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1975 term · Burger Court · 9-0

Moe, Sheriff, et al. v. Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation et al.

425 U.S. 463 · 96 S. Ct. 1634 · 1976 U.S. LEXIS 48

The record

Term
1975
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
9-0
Winning party
Respondent
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed
Docket
74-1656
U.S. Reports
425 U.S. 463
S. Ct. citation
96 S. Ct. 1634
LEXIS citation
1976 U.S. LEXIS 48

How the bench divided

M 9 majority

How each justice voted in Moe, Sheriff, et al. v. Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority

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