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UTAH v. UNITED STATES (1969)

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UTAH v. UNITED STATES |
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Term: 1968 |
Important Dates |
Decided: March 3, 1969 |
Vote |
8-0 |
Majority |
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron 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.
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.
See also
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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