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UTAH v. UNITED STATES (1971)

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UTAH v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: April 26, 1971
Decided: June 7, 1971
Outcome
Stay, petition, or motion granted
Vote
8-0
Majority
Hugo Black • Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • William Douglas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White

UTAH v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 7, 1971. The case was argued before the court on April 26, 1971.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition, stay, or motion.

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: Federalism - federal-state ownership dispute (cf. Submerged Lands Act)
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Utah
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 403 U.S. 9
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Original
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

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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