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IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. BAGAMASBAD (1976)

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IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. BAGAMASBAD
Term: 1976
Important Dates
Decided: November 1, 1976
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Harry BlackmunWilliam BrennanWarren BurgerThurgood MarshallLewis PowellWilliam RehnquistJohn Paul StevensPotter StewartByron White

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. BAGAMASBAD is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 1, 1976.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - immigration and naturalization: permanent residence
  • Petitioner: Immigration and Naturalization Service, or Director of, or District Director of, or Immigration and Naturalization Enforcement
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 429 U.S. 24
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
  • Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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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