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FOLEY v. CONNELIE, SUPERINTENDENT OF NEW YORK STATE POLICE, et al. (1978)
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| FOLEY v. CONNELIE, SUPERINTENDENT OF NEW YORK STATE POLICE, et al. |
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| Term: 1977 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: November 8, 1977 |
| Decided: March 22, 1978 |
| Outcome |
| Affirmed (includes modified) |
| Vote |
| 6-3 |
| Majority |
| Warren Burger • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White |
| Concurring |
| Harry Blackmun • Potter Stewart |
| Dissenting |
| William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens |
FOLEY v. CONNELIE, SUPERINTENDENT OF NEW YORK STATE POLICE, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 22, 1978. The case was argued before the court on November 8, 1977.
In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - Employability of aliens (cf. immigration and naturalization)
- Petitioner: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: State
- Respondent state: New York
- Citation: 435 U.S. 291
- How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Warren Burger
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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