Morton v. Ruiz

Morton v. Ruiz
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November, 6, 1973 Argued 5–6, 1973 Decided February 20, 1974
Full case name	Morton, Secretary of the Interior v. Ruiz, et ux.
Docket no.	72-1052
Citations	415 U.S. 199 (more) 94 S. Ct. 1055; 39 L. Ed. 2d 270; 1974 U.S. LEXIS 99
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William O. Douglas · William J. Brennan Jr. Potter Stewart · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
Case opinion
Majority	Blackmun, joined by unanimous

Morton v. Ruiz, 415 U.S. 199 (1974), was a case heard before the United States Supreme Court affirming the right of Native Americans living on reservations to receive state assistance.