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ELGIN v. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY (2012)

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ELGIN v. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY
Term: 2011
Important Dates
Argued: February 27, 2012
Decided: June 11, 2012
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan

ELGIN v. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 11, 2012. The case was argued before the court on February 27, 2012.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Massachusetts U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Judicial review of administrative agency's or administrative official's actions and procedures
  • Petitioner: Governmental employee or job applicant
  • Petitioner state: United States
  • Respondent type: Department of Justice or Attorney General
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 567 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: Clarence Thomas

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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