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1985 term · Burger Court · 5-4

California State Board of Equalization et al. v. Chemehuevi Indian Tribe

474 U.S. 9 · 106 S. Ct. 289 · 1985 U.S. LEXIS 136

The record

Term
1985
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
5-4
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Conservative
Chief Justice
Burger Court
Disposition
Reversed
Docket
85-130
U.S. Reports
474 U.S. 9
S. Ct. citation
106 S. Ct. 289
LEXIS citation
1985 U.S. LEXIS 136

How the bench divided

M 5 majorityD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in California State Board of Equalization et al. v. Chemehuevi Indian Tribe.
JusticeVote
Warren E. BurgerMajority
Byron WhiteMajority
Lewis F. PowellMajority
William RehnquistMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
William J. BrennanJurisdictional dissent
Thurgood MarshallJurisdictional dissent
Harry BlackmunJurisdictional dissent
John Paul StevensJurisdictional dissent

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