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ARIZONANS FOR OFFICIAL ENGLISH AND ROBERT D. PARK v. ARIZONA et al.

Term: 1996
Important Dates
Argued: December 4, 1996
Decided: March 3, 1997
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

ARIZONANS FOR OFFICIAL ENGLISH AND ROBERT D. PARK v. ARIZONA et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 3, 1997. The case was argued before the court on December 4, 1996.

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 Arizona U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Mootness (cf. standing to sue: live dispute)
Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
Petitioner state: Arizona
Respondent type: State
Respondent state: Arizona
Citation: 520 U.S. 43
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
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 conservative.

See also

External links

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Footnotes

↑ 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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