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UNITED STATES v. MENDOZA-LOPEZ et al. (1987)

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UNITED STATES v. MENDOZA-LOPEZ et al.
Term: 1986
Important Dates
Argued: March 3, 1987
Decided: May 26, 1987
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
5-4
Majority
Harry Blackmun • William Brennan • Thurgood Marshall • Lewis Powell • John Paul Stevens
Dissenting
Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • Byron White

UNITED STATES v. MENDOZA-LOPEZ et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 26, 1987. The case was argued before the court on March 3, 1987.

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

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Civil Rights - Deportation (cf. immigration and naturalization)
  • 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: 481 U.S. 828
  • 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: Thurgood Marshall

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.

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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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