IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE et al. v. DELGADO et al. (1984)

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE et al. v. DELGADO et al.
	Term: 1983
Important Dates
	Argued: January 11, 1984
	Decided: April 17, 1984
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
	Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE et al. v. DELGADO et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 17, 1984. The case was argued before the court on January 11, 1984.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Central U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - search and seizure (other than as pertains to vehicles or Crime Control Act)
Petitioner: Immigration and Naturalization Service, or Director of, or District Director of, or Immigration and Naturalization Enforcement
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Employee, or job applicant, including beneficiaries of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 466 U.S. 210
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Rehnquist

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.