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UTAH v. UNITED STATES (1969)

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UTAH v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1968
Important Dates
Decided: March 3, 1969
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo BlackWilliam BrennanWilliam DouglasAbe FortasJohn Harlan IIPotter StewartEarl WarrenByron White

UTAH v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1969.

The U.S. Supreme Court made a 8-0 ruling.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1960s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Warren Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Federalism - federal-state ownership dispute (cf. Submerged Lands Act)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Utah
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 394 U.S. 89
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
  • 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 unspecifiable.

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