United States v. Washington

2022 U.S. LEXIS 3010 · Decided June 21, 2022 · Supreme Court of the United States

At a glance

United States v. Washington was decided on June 21, 2022 unanimously (9–0). The Court reversed the lower court's decision and remanded the case. Justice Stephen G. Breyer wrote the opinion of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “National supremacy, miscellaneous” in the Federalism area. SCDB records that the Court declared a state or territorial law, regulation or constitutional provision unconstitutional.

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• CourtListener (Free Law Project) — opinion text
• Supreme Court of the United States — slip opinions, October Term 2021
• Supreme Court of the United States — docket 21-404

Case details

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Full case caption

United States v. Washington

SCDB identifiers: case 2021-060, docket 2021-060-01.

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