IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. JOSEPH PATRICK DOHERTY (1992)

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. JOSEPH PATRICK DOHERTY
	Term: 1991
Important Dates
	Argued: October 16, 1991
	Decided: January 15, 1992
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	5-3
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Dissenting
	Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. JOSEPH PATRICK DOHERTY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 15, 1992. The case was argued before the court on October 16, 1991.

In a 5-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - statutory construction of criminal laws: Hobbs Act; i.e., 18 USC 1951
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. 314
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: 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.