FANE LOZMAN, PETITIONER v. THE CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH, FLORIDA (2013)

FANE LOZMAN, PETITIONER v. THE CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH, FLORIDA
	Term: 2012
Important Dates
	Argued: October 1, 2012
	Decided: January 15, 2013
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Anthony Kennedy • Sonia Sotomayor

FANE LOZMAN, PETITIONER v. THE CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH, FLORIDA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 15, 2013. The case was argued before the court on October 1, 2012.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Florida Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: takings clause, or other non-constitutional governmental taking of property
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Respondent state: Florida
Citation: 568 U.S. 115
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: Stephen Breyer

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.