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UNITED STATES v. WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE

Term: 2002
Important Dates
Argued: December 2, 2002
Decided: March 4, 2003
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Sandra Day O'Connor • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Dissenting
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

UNITED STATES v. WHITE MOUNTAIN APACHE TRIBE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 4, 2003. The case was argued before the court on December 2, 2002.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 537 U.S. 465
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: David Souter

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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