KESTUTIS ZADVYDAS v. CHRISTINE G. DAVIS AND IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE (2001)

KESTUTIS ZADVYDAS v. CHRISTINE G. DAVIS AND IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
	Term: 2000
Important Dates
	Argued: February 21, 2001
	Decided: June 28, 2001
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor • David Souter • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
	Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

KESTUTIS ZADVYDAS v. CHRISTINE G. DAVIS AND IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 28, 2001. The case was argued before the court on February 21, 2001.

In a 5-4 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 Louisiana Eastern U.S. District Court.

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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: Immigration and Naturalization Service, or Director of, or District Director of, or Immigration and Naturalization Enforcement
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 533 U.S. 678
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: Stephen Breyer

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.