COSTELLO v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE (1964) - Ballotpedia

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COSTELLO v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE

Term: 1963
Important Dates
Argued: December 12, 1963
Decided: February 17, 1964
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
6-2
Majority
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Dissenting
Tom Clark • Byron White

COSTELLO v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 17, 1964. The case was argued before the court on December 12, 1963.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Deportation (cf. immigration and naturalization)
Petitioner: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Immigration and Naturalization Service, or Director of, or District Director of, or Immigration and Naturalization Enforcement
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 376 U.S. 120
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Potter Stewart

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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