JEAN MARC NKEN v. ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., ATTORNEY GENERAL (2009)

JEAN MARC NKEN v. ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., ATTORNEY GENERAL
	Term: 2008
Important Dates
	Argued: January 21, 2009
	Decided: April 22, 2009
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Roberts • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
	Anthony Kennedy • Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
	Samuel Alito • Clarence Thomas

JEAN MARC NKEN v. ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., ATTORNEY GENERAL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 22, 2009. The case was argued before the court on January 21, 2009.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Deportation (cf. immigration and naturalization)
Petitioner: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: attorney general of the United States, or his office
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 556 U.S. 418
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Roberts

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.