CAREN CRONK THOMAS AND WINDY CITY HEMP DEVELOPMENT BOARD v. CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT (2002)

CAREN CRONK THOMAS AND WINDY CITY HEMP DEVELOPMENT BOARD v. CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT
	Term: 2001
Important Dates
	Argued: December 3, 2001
	Decided: January 15, 2002
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
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

CAREN CRONK THOMAS AND WINDY CITY HEMP DEVELOPMENT BOARD v. CHICAGO PARK DISTRICT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 15, 2002. The case was argued before the court on December 3, 2001.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: Public interest organization
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Illinois
Citation: 534 U.S. 316
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: Antonin Scalia

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.