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HAWAII et al. v. OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS et al. (2009)

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HAWAII et al. v. OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS et al.
Term: 2008
Important Dates
Argued: February 25, 2009
Decided: March 31, 2009
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

HAWAII et al. v. OFFICE OF HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 31, 2009. The case was argued before the court on February 25, 2009.

In a 9-0 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 Hawaii State Trial Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Miscellaneous - Miscellaneous
  • Petitioner: State
  • Petitioner state: Hawaii
  • Respondent type: State commission, board, committee, or authority
  • Respondent state: Hawaii
  • Citation: 556 U.S. 163
  • 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: Samuel Alito

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 unspecifiable.

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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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