Home › Cases › 1970-1979 › 1972 › Mattz v. Arnett ›

Mattz v. Arnett

Media Items
Oral Argument, Part 2
Get Adobe Flash Player
Expanded View
Download MP3
Oral Argument, Part 1
Get Adobe Flash Player
Expanded View
Download MP3
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
71-1182
Petitioner: 
Mattz
Respondent: 
Arnett
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1972-1975)
Opinion: 
412 U.S. 481 (1973)
Argued: 
March 27-28, 1973
Decided: 
Monday, June 11, 1973
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Indians, State Jurisdiction Over

Cite this page
The Oyez Project, Mattz v. Arnett , 412 U.S. 481 (1973)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1972/1972_71_1182)
(last visited Friday, November 27, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

None

Question: 

None

Conclusion: 

None

Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Mattz, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: 27 Stat. 52

Sort by Ideology

Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the majority
Douglas
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Wrote the majority opinion
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist

Full Opinion by Justice Harry A. Blackmun