KESSLER, DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION, v. STRECKER (1939)

KESSLER, DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION, v. STRECKER
	Term: 1938
Important Dates
	Argued: February 10, 1939
	Decided: April 17, 1939
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-2
Majority
	Hugo Black • Felix Frankfurter • Charles Evans Hughes • Stanley Reed • Owen Josephus Roberts • Harlan Fiske Stone
Dissenting
	Pierce Butler • James Clark McReynolds

KESSLER, DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION, v. STRECKER is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 17, 1939. The case was argued before the court on February 10, 1939.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Louisiana Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Deportation (cf. immigration and naturalization)
Petitioner: Immigration and Naturalization Service, or Director of, or District Director of, or Immigration and Naturalization Enforcement
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 307 U.S. 22
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Who wrote the majority opinion: Owen Josephus 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.