SCIALABBA v. CUELLAR DE OSORIO (2014)

SCIALABBA v. CUELLAR DE OSORIO
	Term: 2013
Important Dates
	Argued: December 10, 2013
	Decided: June 9, 2014
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	5-4
Judgment of the court
	Elena Kagan
Majority
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy
Concurring
	John Roberts • Antonin Scalia
Dissenting
	Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas

SCIALABBA v. CUELLAR DE OSORIO is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 9, 2014. The case was argued before the court on December 10, 2013.

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 Central U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - immigration and naturalization: permanent residence
Petitioner: Governmental official, or an official of an agency established under an interstate compact
Petitioner state: United States
Respondent type: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 573 U.S. 41
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Judgment 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.