Ashcroft v. al-Kidd
| Ashcroft v. al-Kidd | |
|---|---|
| Argued March 2, 2011 Decided May 31, 2011 | |
| Full case name | John D. Ashcroft, Petitioner v. Abdullah al-Kidd |
| Citations | 563 U.S. 731 (more) 131 S. Ct. 2074; 179 L. Ed. 2d 1149 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Al-Kidd v. Ashcroft, 580 F.3d 949 (9th Cir. 2009); rehearing en banc denied, 598 F.3d 1129 (9th Cir. 2010); cert. granted, 562 U.S. 980 (2010). |
| Holding | |
| United States Attorney General John D. Ashcroft could not be personally sued for his involvement in the federal detention of Abdullah al-Kidd, an American citizen, in the wake of the September 11 attacks. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Scalia, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito |
| Concurrence | Kennedy, joined by Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor (Part I) |
| Concurrence | Ginsburg (in judgment), joined by Breyer, Sotomayor |
| Concurrence | Sotomayor (in judgment), joined by Ginsburg, Breyer |
| Kagan took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
Ashcroft v. al-Kidd, 563 U.S. 731 (2011), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that U.S. Attorney General John D. Ashcroft could not be personally sued for his involvement in the detention of a U.S. citizen in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.