Hughes v. Oklahoma

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Hughes v. Oklahoma
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 9, 1979 Decided April 24, 1979
Full case name	William Hughes v. Oklahoma
Citations	441 U.S. 322 (more) 99 S. Ct. 1727; 60 L. Ed. 2d 250; 1979 U.S. LEXIS 35
Case history
Prior	Appeal from the Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Holding
The Congress may enact legislation governing wildlife on federal lands. When conflicting state law exists, the supremacy clause ensures that federal legislation will prevail.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Thurgood Marshall Harry Blackmun · Lewis F. Powell Jr. William Rehnquist · John P. Stevens
Case opinions
Majority	Brennan, joined by Stewart, White, Marshall, Blackmun, Powell, Stevens
Dissent	Rehnquist, joined by Burger
This case overturned a previous ruling or rulings
Geer v. Connecticut (1896)

Hughes v. Oklahoma, 441 U.S. 322 (1979), was a United States Supreme Court decision, which held that the United States Congress may enact legislation governing wildlife on federal lands.