LUDECKE v. WATKINS, DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION (1948)

LUDECKE v. WATKINS, DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION
	Term: 1947
Important Dates
	Argued: May 3, 1948
	Decided: June 21, 1948
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Harold Burton • Felix Frankfurter • Robert Jackson • Stanley Reed • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
	Hugo Black • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Wiley Rutledge

LUDECKE v. WATKINS, DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 21, 1948. The case was argued before the court on May 3, 1948.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York New York Southern 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: 335 U.S. 160
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: Felix Frankfurter

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.