Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting
| Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting | ||||||
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 Supreme Court of the United States | ||||||
| Argued December 8, 2010 Decided May 26, 2011 | ||||||
| Full case name | Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America et al. v. Michael B. Whiting et al. | |||||
| Docket nos. | 09–115 | |||||
| Prior history | dismissed for lack of jurisdiction sub nom.Arizona Contractors Ass'n, Inc. v. Napolitano (Arizona Contractors I), 526 F.Supp.2d 968 (D. Ariz., 2007); refiled, judgement for defendants sub nom. Arizona Contractors Ass'n, Inc. v. Candelaria (Arizona Contractors II), 534 F.Supp.2d 1036. (D. Ariz., 2008); affirmed sub nom. Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc. v. Napolitano, 558 F.3d 856 (9th. Cir., 2009); certiorari granted, 561 U.S. ___ (2010) | |||||
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| Case opinions | ||||||
| Majority | Roberts, joined by Scalia, Kennedy, Alito; Thomas (except as to Parts II–B and III–B) | |||||
| Dissent | Breyer, joined by Ginsburg | |||||
| Dissent | Sotomayor | |||||
| Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | ||||||
Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting, 563 U.S. ___ (2011) is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States that upheld an Arizona state law that punished businesses that hire illegal aliens.
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- Text of Chamber of Commerce v. Whiting is available from: · U.S. Supreme Court slip opinion
Retrieved from : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamber_of_Commerce_v._Whiting
