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2004 term · Rehnquist Court · 8-0

Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation v. Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.

543 U.S. 631 · 125 S. Ct. 1172 · 2005 U.S. LEXIS 2199

The record

Term
2004
Decided
Issue area
Civil Rights
Vote split
8-0
Winning party
Petitioner
Decision direction
Liberal
Chief Justice
Rehnquist Court
Disposition
Reversed and remanded
Docket
02-1472
U.S. Reports
543 U.S. 631
S. Ct. citation
125 S. Ct. 1172
LEXIS citation
2005 U.S. LEXIS 2199

How the bench divided

M 7 majorityC 1 concurring? 1 no vote recorded

How each justice voted in Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation v. Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.
JusticeVote
John Paul StevensMajority
Sandra Day O'ConnorMajority
Anthony KennedyMajority
David SouterMajority
Clarence ThomasMajority
Ruth Bader GinsburgMajority
Stephen BreyerMajority
Antonin ScaliaRegular concurrence
William RehnquistUnknown

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