BERENYI v. DISTRICT DIRECTOR, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE (1967)

BERENYI v. DISTRICT DIRECTOR, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
	Term: 1966
Important Dates
	Argued: December 5, 1966
	Decided: January 23, 1967
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Hugo Black • Tom Clark • Abe Fortas • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
	William Brennan • William Douglas • Earl Warren

BERENYI v. DISTRICT DIRECTOR, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 23, 1967. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 1966.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - immigration and naturalization: citizenship
Petitioner: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Immigration and Naturalization Service, or Director of, or District Director of, or Immigration and Naturalization Enforcement
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 385 U.S. 630
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

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.