COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION OF PORT OF NEW YORK v. GOTTLIEB et al. (1924)

COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION OF PORT OF NEW YORK v. GOTTLIEB et al.
	Term: 1923
Important Dates
	Argued: April 15, 1924
	Decided: May 26, 1924
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Louis Dembitz Brandeis • Pierce Butler • Oliver Wendell Holmes • Joseph McKenna • James Clark McReynolds • Edward Terry Sanford • George Sutherland • William Howard Taft • Willis Van Devanter

COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION OF PORT OF NEW YORK v. GOTTLIEB et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 26, 1924. The case was argued before the court on April 15, 1924.

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

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - immigration and naturalization: permanent residence
Petitioner: Immigration and Naturalization Service, or Director of, or District Director of, or Immigration and Naturalization Enforcement
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 265 U.S. 310
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Howard Taft
Who wrote the majority opinion: George Sutherland

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.