UNITED STATES v. HUMBERTO ALVAREZ-MACHAIN (1992) - Ballotpedia

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UNITED STATES v. HUMBERTO ALVAREZ-MACHAIN

Term: 1991
Important Dates
Argued: April 1, 1992
Decided: June 15, 1992
Outcome
Reversed and remanded
Vote
6-3
Majority
Anthony Kennedy • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • Clarence Thomas • Byron White
Dissenting
Harry Blackmun • Sandra Day O'Connor • John Paul Stevens

UNITED STATES v. HUMBERTO ALVAREZ-MACHAIN is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 15, 1992. The case was argued before the court on April 1, 1992.

In a 6-3 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 California Central U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Criminal Procedure - subconstitutional fair procedure: miscellaneous
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 504 U.S. 655
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: William Rehnquist

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.

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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