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Abstract

Argument: Monday, March 19, 1973
Decision: Monday, June 4, 1973
Issues: Federalism, Natural Resources, State Tax

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 7 votes for United States, 2 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: Amendment 21: Twenty-First Amendment
Wrote a dissent
Douglas
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Wrote the majority opinion
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Stewart
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the minority, joined Douglas' dissent
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Justice Thurgood Marshall

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The Oyez Project, United States v. Mississippi Tax Comm'n, 412 U.S. 363 (1973),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1970-1979/1972/1972_72_350/>
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