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WASHINGTON et al. v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION et al. (1980)

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WASHINGTON et al. v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION et al.
Term: 1979
Important Dates
Argued: October 9, 1979
Decided: June 10, 1980
Outcome
Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Concurring
William Rehnquist
Dissenting
William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart

WASHINGTON et al. v. CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 10, 1980. The case was argued before the court on October 9, 1979.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part 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: 447 U.S. 134
  • 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: Byron White

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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