AGRON KUCANA v. ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., ATTORNEY GENERAL (2010)

AGRON KUCANA v. ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., ATTORNEY GENERAL
	Term: 2009
Important Dates
	Argued: November 10, 2009
	Decided: January 20, 2010
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
	Samuel Alito

AGRON KUCANA v. ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., ATTORNEY GENERAL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 20, 2010. The case was argued before the court on November 10, 2009.

In a 9-0 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 U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Deportation (cf. immigration and naturalization)
Petitioner: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: attorney general of the United States, or his office
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 558 U.S. 233
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: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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 liberal.