IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. JAIRO JONATHAN ELIAS-ZACARIAS (1992)

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. JAIRO JONATHAN ELIAS-ZACARIAS
	Term: 1991
Important Dates
	Argued: November 4, 1991
	Decided: January 22, 1992
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas • Byron White
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. JAIRO JONATHAN ELIAS-ZACARIAS is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 22, 1992. The case was argued before the court on November 4, 1991.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed 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: 502 U.S. 478
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: Antonin Scalia

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.