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1979 term · Burger Court · 6-3

Washington et al. v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation et al.

447 U.S. 134 · 100 S. Ct. 2069 · 1980 U.S. LEXIS 16

The record

Term
1979
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
6-3
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Affirmed and reversed in part
Docket
78-630
U.S. Reports
447 U.S. 134
S. Ct. citation
100 S. Ct. 2069
LEXIS citation
1980 U.S. LEXIS 16

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityC 1 concurringD 3 dissenting

How each justice voted in Washington et al. v. Confederated Tribes of the Colville Indian Reservation et al.
JusticeVote
Byron WhiteMajority
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Harry BlackmunMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
John Paul StevensMajority
William RehnquistSpecial concurrence
Potter StewartDissent
Thurgood MarshallDissent
William J. BrennanDissent

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