1969 term · Burger Court · 4-3
Choctaw Nation et al. v. Oklahoma et al.
397 U.S. 620 · 90 S. Ct. 1328 · 1970 U.S. LEXIS 89
The record
- Term
- 1969
- Decided
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Vote split
- 4-3
- Winning party
- Petitioner
- Decision direction
- Liberal
- Chief Justice
- Burger Court
- Disposition
- Reversed
- Docket
- 41
- U.S. Reports
- 397 U.S. 620
- S. Ct. citation
- 90 S. Ct. 1328
- LEXIS citation
- 1970 U.S. LEXIS 89
How the bench divided
MMMCDDD?
M 3 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting? 1 no vote recorded
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Potter Stewart | Majority |
| Thurgood Marshall | Majority |
| William J. Brennan | Majority |
| William O. Douglas | Regular concurrence |
| Hugo Black | Dissent |
| Byron White | Dissent |
| Warren E. Burger | Dissent |
| John M. Harlan II | Unknown |
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