HUMBERTO FERNANDEZ-VARGAS v. ALBERTO R. GONZALES, ATTORNEY GENERAL (2006)

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HUMBERTO FERNANDEZ-VARGAS v. ALBERTO R. GONZALES, ATTORNEY GENERAL
Term: 2005
Important Dates
Argued: March 22, 2006
Decided: June 22, 2006
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
8-1
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
John Paul Stevens

HUMBERTO FERNANDEZ-VARGAS v. ALBERTO R. GONZALES, ATTORNEY GENERAL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 22, 2006. The case was argued before the court on March 22, 2006.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Deportation (cf. immigration and naturalization)
  • Petitioner: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: attorney general of the United States, or his office
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 548 U.S. 30
  • 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: David Souter

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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