Barton v. Barr
Decided April 23, 2020. Brett M. Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 18-725 · 590 U.S. 222 (2020) · Cited 107 times
Holding
In determining eligibility for cancellation of removal of a lawful permanent resident who commits a serious crime, an offense listed in 8 U. S. C. §1182(a)(2) committed during the initial seven years of residence need not be one of the offenses of removal.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
- John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Clarence Thomas
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
- Neil M. Gorsuch
- Brett M. Kavanaugh · delivered the opinion of the Court
Dissenting · 4
- Sonia Sotomayor · filed a dissenting opinion
- Elena Kagan
- Stephen G. Breyer
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).
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.
- Demore v. Kim · 538 U.S. 510 (2003)
- Judulang v. Holder · 565 U.S. 42 (2011)
- Rimini Street, Inc. v. Oracle USA, Inc. · 586 U.S. 334 (2019)
- Morissette v. United States · 342 U.S. 246 (1952)
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr · 533 U.S. 289 (2001)
- Duncan v. Walker · 533 U.S. 167 (2001)
- Lamie v. United States Trustee · 540 U.S. 526 (2004)
- United States v. Menasche · 348 U.S. 528 (1955)
- Corley v. United States · 556 U.S. 303 (2009)
- Marx v. General Revenue Corp. · 568 U.S. 371 (2013)
- Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapter, Communities for Great Ore. · 515 U.S. 687 (1995)
- Wisconsin Central Ltd. v. United States · 585 U.S. 274 (2018)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Brown v. United States · 602 U.S. 101 (2024)
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