TUAN ANH NGUYEN AND JOSEPH BOULAIS v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE (2001)

TUAN ANH NGUYEN AND JOSEPH BOULAIS v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
	Term: 2000
Important Dates
	Argued: January 9, 2001
	Decided: June 11, 2001
Outcome
	Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
	5-4
Majority
	Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • John Paul Stevens
Concurring
	Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Sandra Day O'Connor • David Souter

TUAN ANH NGUYEN AND JOSEPH BOULAIS v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 11, 2001. The case was argued before the court on January 9, 2001.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Sex discrimination (excluding sex discrimination in employment)
Petitioner: Child, children, including adopted or illegitimate
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Immigration and Naturalization Service, or Director of, or District Director of, or Immigration and Naturalization Enforcement
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 533 U.S. 53
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: William Rehnquist
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.