JOHN DOE No. 1, et al. v. SAM REED, WASHINGTON SECRETARY OF STATE, et al. (2010)

JOHN DOE No. 1, et al. v. SAM REED, WASHINGTON SECRETARY OF STATE, et al.
	Term: 2009
Important Dates
	Argued: April 28, 2010
	Decided: June 24, 2010
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts
Concurring
	Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Antonin Scalia • Sonia Sotomayor • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
	Clarence Thomas

JOHN DOE No. 1, et al. v. SAM REED, WASHINGTON SECRETARY OF STATE, et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 24, 2010. The case was argued before the court on April 28, 2010.

In an 8-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Washington Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Privacy - Freedom of Information Act and related federal or state statutes or regulations
Petitioner: Public interest organization
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Respondent state: Washington
Citation: 561 U.S. 186
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 conservative.