IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. CARDOZA-FONSECA (1987)

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. CARDOZA-FONSECA
	Term: 1986
Important Dates
	Argued: October 7, 1986
	Decided: March 9, 1987
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
	Harry Blackmun • Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
	Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. CARDOZA-FONSECA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 9, 1987. The case was argued before the court on October 7, 1986.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Deportation (cf. immigration and naturalization)
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: 480 U.S. 421
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Paul Stevens

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.