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Oregon Fish & Wildlife Dept. v. Klamath Tribe

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Oregon Fish & Wildlife Dept. v. Klamath Tribe - Oral Argument
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Don Brantley Miller (on behalf of the respondent)
David B. Frohnmayer (on behalf of the petitioners)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
83-2148
Petitioner: 
Oregon Fish & Wildlife Dept.
Respondent: 
Klamath Tribe
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
473 U.S. 753 (1985)
Argued: 
Wednesday, February 27, 1985
Decided: 
Tuesday, July 2, 1985
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Indians, State Jurisdiction Over

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The Oyez Project, Oregon Fish & Wildlife Dept. v. Klamath Tribe , 473 U.S. 753 (1985)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1984/1984_83_2148)
(last visited Saturday, November 28, 2009).
Facts of the Case: 

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Question: 

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Conclusion: 

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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for Oregon Fish & Wildlife Dept., 2 vote(s) against
Legal provision: 16 Stat. 707

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Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the minority, joined Marshall's dissent
Brennan
Voted with the majority
White
Wrote a dissent
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Did not participate
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Wrote the majority opinion
Stevens
Voted with the majority
O'Connor

Full Opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens