BOB RILEY, GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA v. YVONNE KENNEDY ET AL (2008)

BOB RILEY, GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA v. YVONNE KENNEDY ET AL
	Term: 2007
Important Dates
	Argued: March 24, 2008
	Decided: May 27, 2008
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	David Souter • John Paul Stevens

BOB RILEY, GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA v. YVONNE KENNEDY ET AL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 27, 2008. The case was argued before the court on March 24, 2008.

In a 7-2 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 Alabama Middle U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Voting Rights Act of 1965, plus amendments
Petitioner: Political candidate, activist, committee, party, party member, organization, or elected official
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: voter, prospective voter, elector, or a nonelective official seeking reapportionment or redistricting of legislative districts (POL)
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 553 U.S. 406
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
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 conservative.