Biden v. Texas

Decided June 30, 2022. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 21-954 · 597 U.S. 785 (2022) · Cited 170 times

Holding

The Government’s rescission of Migrant Protection Protocols did not violate section 1225 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the then-Secretary of Homeland Security’s October 29 Memoranda constituted valid final agency action.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• Bennett v. Spear · 520 U.S. 154 (1997)
• Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Assn. of United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co. · 463 U.S. 29 (1983)
• Jama v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · 543 U.S. 335 (2005)
• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 523 U.S. 83 (1998)
• Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · 401 U.S. 402 (1971)
• Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · 387 U.S. 136 (1967)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp. · 332 U.S. 194 (1947)
• Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · 343 U.S. 579 (1952)
• Reno v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee · 525 U.S. 471 (1999)
• California v. Grace Brethren Church · 457 U.S. 393 (1982)
• Williams v. Taylor · 529 U.S. 362 (2000)
• City of Los Angeles v. Lyons · 461 U.S. 95 (1983)
• Landis v. North American Co. · 299 U.S. 248 (1936)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp. · 318 U.S. 80 (1943)
• United States v. Cotton · 535 U.S. 625 (2002)
• Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Services, Inc. · 545 U.S. 546 (2005)
• Food & Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. · 529 U.S. 120 (2000)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. · 556 U.S. 502 (2009)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Gustafson v. Alloyd Co. · 513 U.S. 561 (1995)
• Arizona v. United States · 567 U.S. 387 (2012)
• Chafin v. Chafin · 568 U.S. 165 (2013)
• Franklin v. Massachusetts · 505 U.S. 788 (1992)
• Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Muchnick · 559 U.S. 154 (2010)
• Galvan v. Press · 347 U.S. 522 (1954)
• Lopez v. Davis · 531 U.S. 230 (2001)
• Dames & Moore v. Regan · 453 U.S. 654 (1981)
• Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. · 569 U.S. 108 (2013)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Mandel Bros. · 359 U.S. 385 (1959)
• U.S. Army Corps of Eng'rs v. Hawkes Co. · 578 U.S. 590 (2016)

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• Bouarfa v. Mayorkas · 604 U.S. 6 (2024)

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