ROGERS, SECRETARY OF STATE v. BELLEI (1971) - Ballotpedia

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ROGERS, SECRETARY OF STATE v. BELLEI

Term: 1970
Important Dates
Argued: January 15, 1970
Decided: April 5, 1971
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Byron White
Dissenting
Hugo Black • William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall

ROGERS, SECRETARY OF STATE v. BELLEI is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 5, 1971. The case was argued before the court on January 15, 1970.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - immigration and naturalization: loss of citizenship, denaturalization
Petitioner: Department or Secretary of State
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 401 U.S. 815
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Harry Blackmun

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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