ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW YORK v. SOTO-LOPEZ et al. (1986) - Ballotpedia

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ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW YORK v. SOTO-LOPEZ et al.

Term: 1985
Important Dates
Argued: January 15, 1986
Decided: June 16, 1986
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Judgment of the court
William Brennan
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell
Concurring
Warren Burger • Byron White
Dissenting
Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW YORK v. SOTO-LOPEZ et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 16, 1986. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 1986.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Residency requirements: durational, plus discrimination against nonresidents
Petitioner: State
Petitioner state: New York
Respondent type: Veteran
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 476 U.S. 898
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

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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