JEFFREY LEE CHAFIN, PETITIONER v. LYNNE HALES CHAFIN (2013) - Ballotpedia

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JEFFREY LEE CHAFIN, PETITIONER v. LYNNE HALES CHAFIN

Term: 2012
Important Dates
Argued: December 5, 2012
Decided: February 19, 2013
Outcome
Vacated and remanded
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Antonin Scalia

JEFFREY LEE CHAFIN, PETITIONER v. LYNNE HALES CHAFIN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 19, 2013. The case was argued before the court on December 5, 2012.

In a 9-0 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 Alabama Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Juveniles (cf. rights of illegitimates)
Petitioner: Child, children, including adopted or illegitimate
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Mother
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 568 U.S. 165
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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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