GLEN SCOTT MILNER, PETITIONER v. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY (2011)

GLEN SCOTT MILNER, PETITIONER v. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
	Term: 2010
Important Dates
	Argued: December 1, 2010
	Decided: March 7, 2011
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
	Samuel Alito
Dissenting
	Stephen Breyer

GLEN SCOTT MILNER, PETITIONER v. DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 7, 2011. The case was argued before the court on December 1, 2010.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the Washington Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Privacy - Freedom of Information Act and related federal or state statutes or regulations
Petitioner: Protester, demonstrator, picketer or pamphleteer (non-employment related), or non-indigent loiterer
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Secretary or administrative unit of the U.S. Navy
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 562 U.S. 562
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: Elena Kagan

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.