ALBERTO R. GONZALES, ATTORNEY GENERAL v. LUIS ALEXANDER DUENAS-ALVAREZ (2007)

ALBERTO R. GONZALES, ATTORNEY GENERAL v. LUIS ALEXANDER DUENAS-ALVAREZ
	Term: 2006
Important Dates
	Argued: December 5, 2006
	Decided: January 17, 2007
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
	John Paul Stevens

ALBERTO R. GONZALES, ATTORNEY GENERAL v. LUIS ALEXANDER DUENAS-ALVAREZ is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 17, 2007. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 2006.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated 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, Ninth Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Deportation (cf. immigration and naturalization)
Petitioner: attorney general of the United States, or his office
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 549 U.S. 183
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: Stephen Breyer

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.