NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION v. ALLAN J. FAVISH et al. (2004)

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION v. ALLAN J. FAVISH et al.
	Term: 2003
Important Dates
	Argued: December 3, 2003
	Decided: March 30, 2004
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION v. ALLAN J. FAVISH et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 30, 2004. The case was argued before the court on December 3, 2003.

In a 9-0 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 California Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Privacy - Freedom of Information Act and related federal or state statutes or regulations
Petitioner: Department of Justice or Attorney General
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Private person
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 541 U.S. 157
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: Anthony Kennedy

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.