Supreme Court of the United States / October Term 1994

State of Nebraska v. States of Wyoming and Colorado

Decided May 30, 1995. David Hackett Souter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 108 ORIG · 515 U.S. 1 (1995)

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

Majority · 8

David Hackett Souter · delivered the opinion of the Court
Anthony McLeod Kennedy
Antonin Scalia
John Paul Stevens
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Sandra Day O'Connor
Stephen Gerald Breyer
William Hubbs Rehnquist

Dissenting · 1

Clarence Thomas · filed a dissenting opinion

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