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WASHINGTON et al. v. WASHINGTON STATE COMMERCIAL PASSENGER FISHING VESSEL ASSOCIATION et al. (1979)

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WASHINGTON et al. v. WASHINGTON STATE COMMERCIAL PASSENGER FISHING VESSEL ASSOCIATION et al.
Term: 1978
Important Dates
Argued: February 28, 1979
Decided: July 2, 1979
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Warren Burger • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens • Byron White
Dissenting
Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Potter Stewart

WASHINGTON et al. v. WASHINGTON STATE COMMERCIAL PASSENGER FISHING VESSEL ASSOCIATION et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on July 2, 1979. The case was argued before the court on February 28, 1979.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Washington State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians, state jurisdiction over
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Washington
  • Respondent type: Fisherman or fishing company
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 443 U.S. 658
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: John Paul Stevens

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 liberal.

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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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