JOHN ASHCROFT, ATTORNEY GENERAL v. AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, et al. (2002)

JOHN ASHCROFT, ATTORNEY GENERAL v. AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, et al.
	Term: 2001
Important Dates
	Argued: November 28, 2001
	Decided: May 13, 2002
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • David Souter
Dissenting
	John Paul Stevens

JOHN ASHCROFT, ATTORNEY GENERAL v. AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 13, 2002. The case was argued before the court on November 28, 2001.

In an 8-1 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 Pennsylvania Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - Obscenity, federal
Petitioner: attorney general of the United States, or his office
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Public interest organization
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 535 U.S. 564
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: Clarence Thomas

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.