CITY OF CHICAGO v. JESUS MORALES et al. (1999)
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| CITY OF CHICAGO v. JESUS MORALES et al. |
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| Term: 1998 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: December 9, 1998 |
| Decided: June 10, 1999 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 6-3 |
| Majority |
| Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens |
| Concurring |
| Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor |
| Dissenting |
| William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas |
CITY OF CHICAGO v. JESUS MORALES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 10, 1999. The case was argued before the court on December 9, 1998.
In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois State Trial Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: miscellaneous (cf. loyalty oath), the residual code
- Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
- Petitioner state: Illinois
- Respondent type: Person accused, indicted, or suspected of crime
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 527 U.S. 41
- 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: John Paul Stevens
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.
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