IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. JUAN ANIBAL AGUIRRE-AGUIRRE (1999)

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. JUAN ANIBAL AGUIRRE-AGUIRRE
	Term: 1998
Important Dates
	Argued: March 3, 1999
	Decided: May 3, 1999
Outcome
	Reversed and remanded
Vote
	9-0
Majority
	Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Anthony Kennedy • Sandra Day O'Connor • William Rehnquist • Antonin Scalia • David Souter • John Paul Stevens • Clarence Thomas

IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE v. JUAN ANIBAL AGUIRRE-AGUIRRE is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 3, 1999. The case was argued before the court on March 3, 1999.

In a 9-0 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 U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

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About the case

Subject matter: Civil Rights - Deportation (cf. immigration and naturalization)
Petitioner: Immigration and Naturalization Service, or Director of, or District Director of, or Immigration and Naturalization Enforcement
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 526 U.S. 415
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: 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 conservative.