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WASHINGTON et al. v. CONFEDERATED BANDS AND TRIBES OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION (1979)

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WASHINGTON et al. v. CONFEDERATED BANDS AND TRIBES OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION
Term: 1978
Important Dates
Argued: October 2, 1978
Decided: January 16, 1979
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
7-2
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

WASHINGTON et al. v. CONFEDERATED BANDS AND TRIBES OF THE YAKIMA INDIAN NATION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 16, 1979. The case was argued before the court on October 2, 1978.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians, state jurisdiction over
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Washington
  • Respondent type: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 439 U.S. 463
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

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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