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Abstract

Argument: Wednesday, March 23, 1983
Decision: Friday, July 1, 1983
Issues: Judicial Power, Comity, Civil Procedure

Advocates

Louis F. Claiborne (on behalf of Respondent United States)
Michael T. Greely (on behalf of the Petitioners in No. 81-2188)
Jon L. Kyl (on behalf of the Petitioners in No. 81-2147)
Robert S. Pelcyger (on behalf of the Respondent Montana Indian Tribes)
Simon K. Rifkind (on behalf of Respondent Arizona Indian Tribes)

Facts of the Case

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Question

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Conclusion

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Supreme Court Justice Opinions and Votes (by Ideology)

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Decision: 6 votes for Arizona, 3 vote(s) against
Legal Provision: 43 U.S.C. 666
Wrote a dissent
Marshall
Wrote the majority opinion
Brennan
Wrote a dissent
Stevens
Voted with the minority, joined Stevens' dissent
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the majority
O'Connor
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.

Cite this page

The Oyez Project, Arizona v. San Carlos Apache Tribe, 463 U.S. 545 (1983),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1982/1982_81_2147/>
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