KHANH PHUONG NGUYEN v. UNITED STATES et al. (2003)

KHANH PHUONG NGUYEN v. UNITED STATES et al.
	Term: 2002
Important Dates
	Argued: March 24, 2003
	Decided: June 9, 2003
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia

KHANH PHUONG NGUYEN v. UNITED STATES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 9, 2003. The case was argued before the court on March 24, 2003.

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 Guam U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - judicial administration: jurisdiction or authority of federal courts of appeals
Petitioner: Owner, landlord, or claimant to ownership, fee interest, or possession of land as well as chattels
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: United States
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 539 U.S. 69
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: John Paul Stevens

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.