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UNITED STATES v. NEVADA et al. (1973)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
UNITED STATES v. NEVADA et al.
Term: 1972
Important Dates
Argued: April 16, 1973
Decided: June 11, 1973
Vote
8-1
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Douglas

UNITED STATES v. NEVADA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 11, 1973. The case was argued before the court on April 16, 1973.

The U.S. Supreme Court made a 8-1 ruling.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1970s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Burger Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: Supreme Court's original jurisdiction
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: State
  • Respondent state: Nevada
  • Citation: 412 U.S. 534
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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 conservative.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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