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ZIVOTOFSKY v. KERRY (2015)

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ZIVOTOFSKY v. KERRY
Term: 2014
Important Dates
Argued: November 3, 2014
Decided: June 8, 2015
Outcome
Affirmed (includes modified)
Vote
6-3
Majority
Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Anthony Kennedy • Sonia Sotomayor
Concurring
Stephen Breyer • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Samuel Alito • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia

ZIVOTOFSKY v. KERRY is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 8, 2015. The case was argued before the court on November 3, 2014.

In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the District Of Columbia U.S. District Court.

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About the case

  • Subject matter: Miscellaneous - executive authority vis-a-vis congress or the states
  • Petitioner: Juvenile
  • Petitioner state: Unknown
  • Respondent type: Department or Secretary of State
  • Respondent state: Unknown
  • Citation: 576 U.S. 1
  • How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
  • What type of decision was made: Opinion 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.

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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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