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Kerr-Mcgee Corp. v. Navajo Tribe

Docket: 84-68
Citation: 471 U.S. 195 (1985)
Petitioner: Kerr-Mcgee Corp.
Respondent: Navajo Tribe

Case Media

Abstract

Argument: Monday, February 25, 1985
Decision: Tuesday, April 16, 1985
Issues: Civil Rights, Indians

Advocates

Elizabeth Bernstein (on behalf of the respondents)
Louis F. Claiborne (on behalf of the United States as amicus curiae in support of respondents)
Alvin H. Shrago (on behalf of the petitioner)

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: 8 votes for Navajo Tribe, 0 vote(s) against
Did not participate
Powell
Voted with the majority
Marshall
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Voted with the majority
Stevens
Voted with the majority
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the majority
O'Connor
Wrote the majority opinion
Burger
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Full Opinion by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger

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The Oyez Project, Kerr-Mcgee Corp. v. Navajo Tribe, 471 U.S. 195 (1985),
available at: <http://www.oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1984/1984_84_68/>
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