PLEASANT GROVE CITY, UTAH et al. v. SUMMUM (2009) - Ballotpedia

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PLEASANT GROVE CITY, UTAH et al. v. SUMMUM

Term: 2008
Important Dates
Argued: November 12, 2008
Decided: February 25, 2009
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
9-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts
Concurring
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

PLEASANT GROVE CITY, UTAH et al. v. SUMMUM is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 25, 2009. The case was argued before the court on November 12, 2008.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Utah U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
Petitioner state: Utah
Respondent type: Religious organization, institution, or person
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 555 U.S. 460
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: Samuel Alito

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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