IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. ENRICO ST. CYR (2001)

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. ENRICO ST. CYR
	Term: 2000
Important Dates
	Argued: April 24, 2001
	Decided: June 25, 2001
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
	Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. ENRICO ST. CYR is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 25, 2001. The case was argued before the court on April 24, 2001.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Connecticut U.S. District Court.

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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: 533 U.S. 289
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.