DARIN L. MUEHLER, et al. v. IRIS MENA (2005)

DARIN L. MUEHLER, et al. v. IRIS MENA
	Term: 2004
Important Dates
	Argued: December 8, 2004
	Decided: March 22, 2005
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

DARIN L. MUEHLER, et al. v. IRIS MENA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 22, 2005. The case was argued before the court on December 8, 2004.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated 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: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: California
Respondent type: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 544 U.S. 93
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rehnquist

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.