CITY OF ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA, et al. v. JEFF QUON et al. (2010)

CITY OF ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA, et al. v. JEFF QUON et al.
	Term: 2009
Important Dates
	Argued: April 19, 2010
	Decided: June 17, 2010
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
	Antonin Scalia • John Paul Stevens

CITY OF ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA, et al. v. JEFF QUON et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 17, 2010. The case was argued before the court on April 19, 2010.

In a 9-0 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 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: Governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: California
Citation: 560 U.S. 746
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: Anthony Kennedy

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.