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LOZANO v. MONTOYA ALVAREZ (2014)

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LOZANO v. MONTOYA ALVAREZ
Term: 2013
Important Dates
Argued: December 11, 2013
Decided: March 5, 2014
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Sonia Sotomayor

LOZANO v. MONTOYA ALVAREZ is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 5, 2014. The case was argued before the court on December 11, 2013.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Juveniles (cf. rights of illegitimates)
  • Petitioner: Father
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Mother
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 572 U.S. 1
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Clarence Thomas

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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