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Nevada v. United States

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Advocates
Edwin S. Kneedler (on behalf of the United States)
E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr (on behalf of Nevada)
Robert S. Pelcyger (on behalf of Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians)
Frederick G. Girard (on behalf of Truckee-Carson Irrigation District)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
81-2245
Petitioner: 
Nevada
Respondent: 
United States
Consolidation: 
No. 81-2276
No. 82-38
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
463 U.S. 110 (1983)
Argued: 
Wednesday, April 27, 1983
Decided: 
Friday, June 24, 1983
Issues: 
Economic Activity, Natural Resources

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The Oyez Project, Nevada v. United States , 463 U.S. 110 (1983)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1982/1982_81_2245)
(last visited Thursday, November 26, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

None

Decisions

Decision: 9 votes for Nevada, 0 vote(s) against
Legal provision: res judicata

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Voted with the majority
Burger
Wrote a regular concurrence
Brennan
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Powell
Wrote the majority opinion
Rehnquist
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Voted with the majority
O'Connor

Full Opinion by Justice William H. Rehnquist