DESSALERNOS v. SAVORETTI, DISTRICT DIRECTOR, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE (1958)

DESSALERNOS v. SAVORETTI, DISTRICT DIRECTOR, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
	Term: 1957
Important Dates
	Argued: April 3, 1958
	Decided: April 14, 1958
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Brennan • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Concurring
	Felix Frankfurter
Dissenting
	Tom Clark • John Harlan II

DESSALERNOS v. SAVORETTI, DISTRICT DIRECTOR, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 14, 1958. The case was argued before the court on April 3, 1958.

In a 7-2 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 Florida Southern U.S. District Court.

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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: 356 U.S. 269
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
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 liberal.