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TEXAS, et al. v. FRANCOIS DANIEL LESAGE AND UNITED STATES (1999)

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TEXAS, et al. v. FRANCOIS DANIEL LESAGE AND UNITED STATES |
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Term: 1999 |
Important Dates |
Decided: November 29, 1999 |
Outcome |
Reversed and remanded |
Vote |
9-0 |
Majority |
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas |
TEXAS, et al. v. FRANCOIS DANIEL LESAGE AND UNITED STATES is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on November 29, 1999.
In a 9-0 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 Texas Western U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Civil Rights - Affirmative action
- Petitioner: State
- Petitioner state: Texas
- Respondent type: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 528 U.S. 18
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Per curiam (no oral argument)
- Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
- Who wrote the majority opinion: Unknown
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 liberal.
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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