IGNACIO CARLOS FLORES-FIGUEROA v. UNITED STATES (2009)

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IGNACIO CARLOS FLORES-FIGUEROA v. UNITED STATES
Term: 2008
Important Dates
Argued: February 25, 2009
Decided: May 4, 2009
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
Samuel Alito • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

IGNACIO CARLOS FLORES-FIGUEROA v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 4, 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 Iowa Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - immigration and naturalization: miscellaneous
  • Petitioner: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 556 U.S. 646
  • 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.

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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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