KEYSE G. JAMA v. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT (2005)

KEYSE G. JAMA v. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT
	Term: 2004
Important Dates
	Argued: October 12, 2004
	Decided: January 12, 2005
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • David Souter • John Paul Stevens

KEYSE G. JAMA v. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 12, 2005. The case was argued before the court on October 12, 2004.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Minnesota 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: 543 U.S. 335
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: Antonin Scalia

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.