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1978 term · Burger Court · 8-0

Wilson et al. v. Omaha Indian Tribe et al.

442 U.S. 653 · 99 S. Ct. 2529 · 1979 U.S. LEXIS 5

The record

Term
1978
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Vacated and remanded
Docket
78-160
U.S. Reports
442 U.S. 653
S. Ct. citation
99 S. Ct. 2529
LEXIS citation
1979 U.S. LEXIS 5

How the bench divided

M 6 majorityC 2 concurring? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Wilson et al. v. Omaha Indian Tribe et al.
JusticeVote
Potter StewartMajority
Thurgood MarshallMajority
William J. BrennanMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
William RehnquistMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
Warren E. BurgerRegular concurrence
Harry BlackmunRegular concurrence
Lewis F. PowellUnknown

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