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Analysis Overview	Issues Summary	Frequency Distributions	Crosstab Reports	Case Details

Supreme Court Detail

Case Name	NIELSEN v. PREAP LEXIS \| Westlaw \| FindLaw \| CourtListener Note: FindLaw and CourtListener are free services.
Date Decision	March 19, 2019
Date Argument	October 10, 2018
Decision Type	opinion of the court (orally argued)
Citations	139 S. Ct. 954 2019 U.S. LEXIS 2088 203 L. Ed. 2d 333
Docket	16-1363

Lower Court Detail

Court in which Case Originated	California Northern U.S. District Court
Court whose Decision was Reviewed	U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Petitioner	Department or Secretary of Homeland Security
Respondent	alien, person subject to a denaturalization proceeding, or one whose citizenship is revoked

Vote Detail

Issue/Legal Provision (1 of 1)	CIVIL RIGHTS Deportation (cf. Immigration And Naturalization) FEDERAL STATUTE Immigration and Naturalization, Immigration, Nationality, or Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Acts, as amended
Vote Coalition	5 - 4
Decision Direction	Conservative
Justice Votes	voted with majority or plurality Roberts Alito regular concurrence Thomas Gorsuch Kavanaugh dissent Ginsburg Breyer Sotomayor Kagan

Supreme Court Database Detail

SCDB ID

2018-010-01

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