MACKEY, COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION, et al. v. MENDOZA-MARTINEZ (1960)

MACKEY, COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION, et al. v. MENDOZA-MARTINEZ
	Term: 1959
Important Dates
	Argued: November 10, 1959
	Decided: April 18, 1960
Outcome
	Vacated and remanded
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren
Concurring
	Felix Frankfurter
Dissenting
	Tom Clark • John Harlan II • Charles Whittaker

MACKEY, COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION, et al. v. MENDOZA-MARTINEZ is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 18, 1960. The case was argued before the court on November 10, 1959.

In a 6-3 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 California Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - immigration and naturalization: citizenship
Petitioner: Immigration and Naturalization Service, or Director of, or District Director of, or Immigration and Naturalization Enforcement
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 362 U.S. 384
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Per curiam (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown

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.