STEVE A. FILARSKY, PETITIONER v. NICHOLAS B. DELIA. (2012)

STEVE A. FILARSKY, PETITIONER v. NICHOLAS B. DELIA.
	Term: 2011
Important Dates
	Argued: January 17, 2012
	Decided: April 17, 2012
Outcome
	Reversed
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Concurring
	Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sonia Sotomayor

STEVE A. FILARSKY, PETITIONER v. NICHOLAS B. DELIA. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on April 17, 2012. The case was argued before the court on January 17, 2012.

In a 9-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Central U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - liability, civil rights acts (cf. liability, governmental and liability, nongovernmental; cruel and unusual punishment, non-death penalty)
Petitioner: Attorney, or person acting as such;includes bar applicant or law student, or law firm or bar association
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Governmental employee or job applicant
Respondent state: California
Citation: 566 U.S. 377
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: John Roberts

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.