ADOPTIVE COUPLE v. BABY GIRL (2013)

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ADOPTIVE COUPLE v. BABY GIRL
Term: 2012
Important Dates
Argued: April 16, 2013
Decided: June 25, 2013
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
5-4
Majority
Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts
Concurring
Stephen Breyer • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor

ADOPTIVE COUPLE v. BABY GIRL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 2013. The case was argued before the court on April 16, 2013.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the South Carolina State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Indians (other than pertains to state jurisdiction over)
  • Petitioner: Parent or parents
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Child, children, including adopted or illegitimate
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 570 U.S. 637
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Samuel Alito

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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