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DADA v. MUKASEY (2008)
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| DADA v. MUKASEY |
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| Term: 2007 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: January 7, 2008 |
| Decided: June 16, 2008 |
| Outcome |
| Reversed and remanded |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Majority |
| Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • David Souter • John Paul Stevens |
| Dissenting |
| Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas |
DADA v. MUKASEY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 16, 2008. The case was argued before the court on January 7, 2008.
In a 5-4 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 U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth 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: attorney general of the United States, or his office
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 554 U.S. 1
- 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 liberal.
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