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Kerr-Mcgee Corp. v. Navajo Tribe

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Louis F. Claiborne (on behalf of the United States as amicus curiae in support of respondents)
Elizabeth Bernstein (on behalf of the respondents)
Alvin H. Shrago (on behalf of the petitioner)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
84-68
Petitioner: 
Kerr-Mcgee Corp.
Respondent: 
Navajo Tribe
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
471 U.S. 195 (1985)
Argued: 
Monday, February 25, 1985
Decided: 
Tuesday, April 16, 1985
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Indians

Cite this page
The Oyez Project, Kerr-Mcgee Corp. v. Navajo Tribe , 471 U.S. 195 (1985)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1984/1984_84_68)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 8 votes for Navajo Tribe, 0 vote(s) against
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Full Opinion by Justice Warren E. Burger