MARK SELING, SUPERINTENDENT, SPECIAL COMMITMENT CENTER v. ANDRE BRIGHAM YOUNG (2001)

MARK SELING, SUPERINTENDENT, SPECIAL COMMITMENT CENTER v. ANDRE BRIGHAM YOUNG
	Term: 2000
Important Dates
	Argued: October 31, 2000
	Decided: January 17, 2001
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	8-1
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist
Concurring
	Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	John Paul Stevens

MARK SELING, SUPERINTENDENT, SPECIAL COMMITMENT CENTER v. ANDRE BRIGHAM YOUNG is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on January 17, 2001. The case was argued before the court on October 31, 2000.

In an 8-1 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 Washington Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Due Process - Due process: miscellaneous (cf. loyalty oath), the residual code
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: Washington
Respondent type: Involuntarily committed mental patient
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 531 U.S. 250
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: Sandra Day O'Connor

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.