MRVICA v. ESPERDY, DISTRICT DIRECTOR, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE (1964)

MRVICA v. ESPERDY, DISTRICT DIRECTOR, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
	Term: 1963
Important Dates
	Argued: March 5, 1964
	Decided: March 30, 1964
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-3
Majority
	William Brennan • Tom Clark • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Earl Warren • Byron White
Dissenting
	Hugo Black • William Douglas • Arthur Goldberg

MRVICA v. ESPERDY, DISTRICT DIRECTOR, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 30, 1964. The case was argued before the court on March 5, 1964.

In a 6-3 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 - immigration and naturalization: permanent residence
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: 376 U.S. 560
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
Who wrote the majority opinion: John Harlan II

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.