RAFEH-RAFIE ARDESTANI v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE (1991)

RAFEH-RAFIE ARDESTANI v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
	Term: 1991
Important Dates
	Argued: October 8, 1991
	Decided: December 10, 1991
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	6-2
Majority
	Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Byron White
Dissenting
	Harry Blackmun • John Paul Stevens

RAFEH-RAFIE ARDESTANI v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 10, 1991. The case was argued before the court on October 8, 1991.

In a 6-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Attorneys - Attorneys' and governmental employees' or officials' fees or compensation or licenses
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: 502 U.S. 129
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.