JOEL JUDULANG, PETITIONER v. ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., ATTORNEY GENERAL (2011)

JOEL JUDULANG, PETITIONER v. ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., ATTORNEY GENERAL
	Term: 2011
Important Dates
	Argued: October 12, 2011
	Decided: December 12, 2011
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas

JOEL JUDULANG, PETITIONER v. ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., ATTORNEY GENERAL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 12, 2011. The case was argued before the court on October 12, 2011.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed 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, Ninth 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: 565 U.S. 42
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: Elena Kagan

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.