KUNGYS v. UNITED STATES (1988)

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KUNGYS v. UNITED STATES
Term: 1987
Important Dates
Argued: April 27, 1987
Decided: May 2, 1988
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-2
Majority
William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia
Concurring
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Sandra Day O'Connor • Byron White

KUNGYS v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 2, 1988. The case was argued before the court on April 27, 1987.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New Jersey U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - immigration and naturalization: loss of citizenship, denaturalization
  • Petitioner: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: United States
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 485 U.S. 759
  • 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 liberal.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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