MANOJ NIJHAWAN v. ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., ATTORNEY GENERAL (2009) - Ballotpedia

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MANOJ NIJHAWAN v. ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., ATTORNEY GENERAL

Term: 2008
Important Dates
Argued: April 27, 2009
Decided: June 15, 2009
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

MANOJ NIJHAWAN v. ERIC H. HOLDER, JR., ATTORNEY GENERAL is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 15, 2009. The case was argued before the court on April 27, 2009.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

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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: attorney general of the United States, or his office
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 557 U.S. 29
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: Stephen Breyer

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.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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