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South Carolina v. Catawba Indian Tribe, Inc.

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Don Brantley Miller (on behalf of the Respondents)
James D. St. Clair (on behalf of the Petitioners)
Case Basics
Docket No.: 
84-782
Petitioner: 
South Carolina
Respondent: 
Catawba Indian Tribe, Inc.
Decided By: 
Burger Court (1981-1986)
Opinion: 
476 U.S. 498 (1986)
Argued: 
Thursday, December 12, 1985
Decided: 
Monday, June 2, 1986
Issues: 
Civil Rights, Indians, State Jurisdiction Over

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The Oyez Project, South Carolina v. Catawba Indian Tribe, Inc. , 476 U.S. 498 (1986)
available at: (http://oyez.org/cases/1980-1989/1985/1985_84_782)
(last visited Wednesday, November 25, 2009).
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Decisions

Decision: 6 votes for South Carolina, 3 vote(s) against
Legal provision: 25 U.S.C. 931

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Voted with the majority
Burger
Voted with the majority
Brennan
Voted with the majority
White
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent
Marshall
Wrote a dissent
Blackmun
Voted with the majority
Powell
Voted with the majority
Rehnquist
Wrote the majority opinion
Stevens
Voted with the minority, joined Blackmun's dissent
O'Connor

Full Opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens