ROSENBERG, DISTRICT DIRECTOR, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. YEE CHIEN WOO (1971)

ROSENBERG, DISTRICT DIRECTOR, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. YEE CHIEN WOO
	Term: 1970
Important Dates
	Argued: February 23, 1971
	Decided: April 21, 1971
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Hugo Black • Harry Blackmun • Warren Burger • John Harlan II • Byron White
Dissenting
	William Brennan • William Douglas • Thurgood Marshall • Potter Stewart

ROSENBERG, DISTRICT DIRECTOR, IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. YEE CHIEN WOO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 21, 1971. The case was argued before the court on February 23, 1971.

In a 5-4 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: Civil Rights - immigration and naturalization: miscellaneous
Petitioner: Immigration and Naturalization Service, or Director of, or District Director of, or Immigration and Naturalization Enforcement
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 402 U.S. 49
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Warren Burger
Who wrote the majority opinion: Hugo Black

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.