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CITY OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA v. PATEL

Term: 2014
Important Dates
Argued: March 3, 2015
Decided: June 22, 2015
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • Sonia Sotomayor
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

CITY OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA v. PATEL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 2015. The case was argued before the court on March 3, 2015.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Central U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - search and seizure (other than as pertains to vehicles or Crime Control Act)
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 576 U.S. 409
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Sonia Sotomayor

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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