Washington v. United States

138 S. Ct. 1832 · Decided June 11, 2018 · Supreme Court of the United States

At a glance

Washington v. United States was decided on June 11, 2018 by a vote of 4–4. The Court affirmed the lower court's decision. The Justices were equally divided, which leaves the lower court's judgment in place without setting precedent. SCDB classifies its main issue as “Indians (general)” in the Civil Rights area.

Read the opinion

• CourtListener (Free Law Project) — opinion text
• Supreme Court of the United States — slip opinions, October Term 2017
• Supreme Court of the United States — docket 17-269

Case details

How the Justices voted

Did not participate: Anthony M. Kennedy.

Full case caption

Washington v. United States

SCDB identifiers: case 2017-062, docket 2017-062-01.

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