UNITED STATES v. MITCHELL et al. (1980)

UNITED STATES v. MITCHELL et al.
	Term: 1979
Important Dates
	Argued: December 3, 1979
	Decided: April 15, 1980
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-3
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart
Dissenting
	William Brennan • John Paul Stevens • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. MITCHELL et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 15, 1980. The case was argued before the court on December 3, 1979.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Liability, governmental: tort or contract actions by or against government or governmental officials other than defense of criminal actions brought under a civil rights action.
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 445 U.S. 535
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Thurgood Marshall

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.