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CITY OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA et al. v. JOHN ROE (2004)

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CITY OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA et al. v. JOHN ROE
Term: 2004
Important Dates
Decided: December 6, 2004
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen BreyerRuth Bader GinsburgAnthony KennedySandra Day O'ConnorWilliam RehnquistAntonin ScaliaDavid SouterJohn Paul StevensClarence Thomas

CITY OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA et al. v. JOHN ROE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 6, 2004.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
  • 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: 543 U.S. 77
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.

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