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DWIGHT J. LOVING v. UNITED STATES (1996)

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DWIGHT J. LOVING v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1995
Important Dates
Argued: January 9, 1996
Decided: June 3, 1996
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist
Concurring
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

DWIGHT J. LOVING v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 3, 1996. The case was argued before the court on January 9, 1996.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Military Review.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - military: active duty
  • Petitioner: Military personnel, or dependent of, including reservist
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 517 U.S. 748
  • 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: 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 conservative.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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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