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WITTMAN v. PERSONHUBALLAH (2016)

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WITTMAN v. PERSONHUBALLAH
Term: 2015
Important Dates
Argued: March 21, 2016
Decided: May 23, 2016
Outcome
Petition denied or appeal dismissed
Vote
8-0
Majority
Samuel Alito • Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Sonia Sotomayor • Clarence Thomas

WITTMAN v. PERSONHUBALLAH is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 23, 2016. The case was argued before the court on March 21, 2016.

In an 8-0 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Virginia Eastern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Judicial Power - Standing to sue: legal injury
  • Petitioner: U.S. House of Representatives
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: voter, prospective voter, elector, or a nonelective official seeking reapportionment or redistricting of legislative districts (POL)
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 578 U.S. 539
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
  • Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
  • Who wrote the majority opinion: Stephen Breyer

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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