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UNITED STATES v. THE SEMINOLE NATION (1937)

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Seal of the Supreme Court of the United States
UNITED STATES v. THE SEMINOLE NATION
Term: 1936
Important Dates
Argued: December 10, 1936
Decided: January 4, 1937
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
8-0
Majority
Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Benjamin Nathan Cardozo • Charles Evans Hughes • James Clark McReynolds • Owen Josephus Roberts • George Sutherland • Willis Van Devanter

UNITED STATES v. THE SEMINOLE NATION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 4, 1937. The case was argued before the court on December 10, 1936.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Claims, Court of Federal Claims.

For a full list of cases decided in the 1930s, click here. For a full list of cases decided by the Hughes Court, click here.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
  • Petitioner: United States
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Indian, including Indian tribe or nation
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 299 U.S. 417
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Pierce Butler

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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