MULCAHEY, DISTRICT DIRECTOR, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, v. CATALANOTTE (1957)

MULCAHEY, DISTRICT DIRECTOR, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, v. CATALANOTTE
	Term: 1956
Important Dates
	Argued: March 27, 1957
	Decided: June 3, 1957
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	7-2
Majority
	William Brennan • Harold Burton • Tom Clark • Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Earl Warren • Charles Whittaker
Dissenting
	Hugo Black • William Douglas

MULCAHEY, DISTRICT DIRECTOR, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE, v. CATALANOTTE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 3, 1957. The case was argued before the court on March 27, 1957.

In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Michigan Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Deportation (cf. immigration and naturalization)
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: 353 U.S. 692
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: Charles Whittaker

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.