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UNITED STATES, PETITIONER v. XAVIER ALVAREZ

Term: 2011
Important Dates
Argued: February 22, 2012
Decided: June 28, 2012
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Judgment of the court
Anthony Kennedy
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor
Concurring
Stephen Breyer • Elena Kagan
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas

UNITED STATES, PETITIONER v. XAVIER ALVAREZ is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 28, 2012. The case was argued before the court on February 22, 2012.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed 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: First Amendment - First Amendment, miscellaneous (cf. comity: First Amendment)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Veteran
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 567 U.S. 709
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: 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 liberal.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ 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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