IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. YUEH-SHAIO YANG (1996)

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. YUEH-SHAIO YANG
	Term: 1996
Important Dates
	Argued: October 15, 1996
	Decided: November 13, 1996
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. YUEH-SHAIO YANG is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 13, 1996. The case was argued before the court on October 15, 1996.

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: 519 U.S. 26
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.