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TOWN OF GREECE v. GALLOWAY (2014)

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TOWN OF GREECE v. GALLOWAY
Term: 2013
Important Dates
Argued: November 6, 2013
Decided: May 5, 2014
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts
Concurring
Samuel Alito • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Sonia Sotomayor

TOWN OF GREECE v. GALLOWAY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 5, 2014. The case was argued before the court on November 6, 2013.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the New York Western U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: First Amendment - Establishment of religion (other than as pertains to parochiaid:)
  • Petitioner: City, town, township, village, or borough government or governmental unit
  • Petitioner state: New York
  • Respondent type: Resident
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 572 U.S. 565
  • 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: Anthony Kennedy

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.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024
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