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ROSELVA CHAIDEZ, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES (2013)

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ROSELVA CHAIDEZ, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES |
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Term: 2012 |
Important Dates |
Argued: November 1, 2012 |
Decided: February 20, 2013 |
Outcome |
Affirmed (includes modified) |
Vote |
7-2 |
Majority |
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia |
Concurring |
Clarence Thomas |
Dissenting |
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sonia Sotomayor |
ROSELVA CHAIDEZ, PETITIONER v. UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on February 20, 2013. The case was argued before the court on November 1, 2012.
In a 7-2 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the Illinois Northern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - Retroactivity (of newly announced or newly enacted constitutional or statutory rights)
- Petitioner: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: United States
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 568 U.S. 342
- 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: Elena Kagan
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
- United States Supreme Court cases and courts
- Supreme Court of the United States
- History of the Supreme Court
- United States federal courts
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