Charles Demore, District Director, San Francisco District of Immigration and Naturalization Service, et al. v. Hyung Joon Kim
Decided April 29, 2003. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 01-1491 · 538 U.S. 510 (2003) · Cited 1,378 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 1
- William Hubbs Rehnquist · delivered the opinion of the Court
Concurring · 4
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy · filed a concurring opinion
- Antonin Scalia
- Clarence Thomas
- Sandra Day O'Connor · filed a concurring opinion
Dissenting · 4
- David Hackett Souter · filed a dissenting opinion
- John Paul Stevens
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Stephen Gerald Breyer · filed a dissenting opinion
“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.
- Zadvydas v. Davis · 533 U.S. 678 (2001)
- Carlson v. Landon · 342 U.S. 524 (1952)
- Reno v. Flores · 507 U.S. 292 (1993)
- United States v. Salerno · 481 U.S. 739 (1987)
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr · 533 U.S. 289 (2001)
- Mathews v. Diaz · 426 U.S. 67 (1976)
- Foucha v. Louisiana · 504 U.S. 71 (1992)
- Wong Wing v. United States · 163 U.S. 228 (1896)
- Kansas v. Hendricks · 521 U.S. 346 (1997)
- Kwong Hai Chew v. Colding · 344 U.S. 590 (1953)
- Schall v. Martin · 467 U.S. 253 (1984)
- Heikkila v. Barber · 345 U.S. 229 (1953)
- Addington v. Texas · 441 U.S. 418 (1979)
- Bridges v. Wixon · 326 U.S. 135 (1945)
- Jackson v. Indiana · 406 U.S. 715 (1972)
- Woodby v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 385 U.S. 276 (1966)
- Landon v. Plasencia · 459 U.S. 21 (1982)
- Harisiades v. Shaughnessy · 342 U.S. 580 (1952)
- Rosenberg v. Fleuti · 374 U.S. 449 (1963)
- United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez · 494 U.S. 259 (1990)
- Fong Yue Ting v. United States · 149 U.S. 698 (1893)
- The Japanese Immigrant Case · 189 U.S. 86 (1903)
- Seminole Tribe of Florida v. Florida · 517 U.S. 44 (1996)
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
- Crowell v. Benson · 285 U.S. 22 (1932)
- Reno v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee · 525 U.S. 471 (1999)
- Felker v. Turpin · 518 U.S. 651 (1996)
- Pennsylvania Department of Corrections v. Yeskey · 524 U.S. 206 (1998)
- Stack v. Boyle · 342 U.S. 1 (1951)
- Johnson v. Robison · 415 U.S. 361 (1974)
Cited by
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- Barton v. Barr · 590 U.S. 222 (2020)
- Nielsen v. Preap · 586 U.S. 392 (2019)
- Sessions v. Dimaya · 584 U.S. 148 (2018)
- Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam · 591 U.S. 103 (2020)
- United States v. Texas · 599 U.S. 670 (2023)
- Jones v. Hendrix · 599 U.S. 465 (2023)
- Zadvydas v. Davis · 533 U.S. 678 (2001)
- Garland v. Gonzalez · 596 U.S. 543 (2022)
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