IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. PHINPATHYA (1984)

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. PHINPATHYA
	Term: 1983
Important Dates
	Argued: October 3, 1983
	Decided: January 10, 1984
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • Sandra Day O'Connor • Lewis Powell • William Rehnquist • Byron White
Concurring
	William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. PHINPATHYA is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 10, 1984. The case was argued before the court on October 3, 1983.

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, 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: 464 U.S. 183
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Sandra Day O'Connor

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.