Agron Kucana v. Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General

Decided January 20, 2010. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 08-911 · 558 U.S. 233 (2010) · Cited 858 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Dada v. Mukasey · 554 U.S. 1 (2008)
• McNary v. Haitian Refugee Center, Inc. · 498 U.S. 479 (1991)
• Reno v. Catholic Social Services, Inc. · 509 U.S. 43 (1993)
• Ardestani v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 502 U.S. 129 (1991)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Doherty · 502 U.S. 314 (1992)
• Reno v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee · 525 U.S. 471 (1999)
• Gutierrez De Martinez v. Lamagno · 515 U.S. 417 (1995)
• Zadvydas v. Davis · 533 U.S. 678 (2001)
• Nken v. Holder · 556 U.S. 418 (2009)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr · 533 U.S. 289 (2001)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Abudu · 485 U.S. 94 (1988)
• Stone v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 514 U.S. 386 (1995)
• Hall Street Associates, L. L. C. v. Mattel, Inc. · 552 U.S. 576 (2008)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Davis v. Michigan Department of the Treasury · 489 U.S. 803 (1989)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Jong Ha Wang · 450 U.S. 139 (1981)
• Rapanos v. United States · 547 U.S. 715 (2006)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Rios-Pineda · 471 U.S. 444 (1985)
• Traynor v. Turnage · 485 U.S. 535 (1988)
• Cheng Fan Kwok v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 392 U.S. 206 (1968)
• Florida Department of Revenue v. Piccadilly Cafeterias, Inc. · 554 U.S. 33 (2008)

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• Patel v. Garland · 596 U.S. 328 (2022)
• George v. McDonough · 596 U.S. 740 (2022)
• Bittner v. United States · 598 U.S. 85 (2023)
• Bouarfa v. Mayorkas · 604 U.S. 6 (2024)
• Campos-Chaves v. Garland · 602 U.S. 447 (2024)
• Pereira v. Sessions · 585 U.S. 198 (2018)
• Santos-Zacaria v. Garland · 598 U.S. 411 (2023)
• Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. · 568 U.S. 519 (2013)
• West Virginia v. EPA · 597 U.S. 697 (2022)
• Marinello v. United States · 584 U.S. 1 (2018)
• Biden v. Nebraska · 600 U.S. 477 (2023)
• Salinas v. Railroad Retirement Bd. · 592 U.S. 188 (2021)
• Stanley v. City of Sanford · 606 U.S. 46 (2025)
• NRC v. Texas · 605 U.S. 665 (2025)
• Advocate Christ Medical Center v. Kennedy · 605 U.S. 1 (2025)

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