Department of State v. Munoz

Decided June 21, 2024. Amy Coney Barrett delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 23-334 · 602 U.S. 899 (2024) · Cited 71 times

Holding

A U. S. citizen does not have a fundamental liberty interest in her noncitizen spouse being admitted to the country.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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.

• Kleindienst v. Mandel · 408 U.S. 753 (1972)
• Washington v. Glucksberg · 521 U.S. 702 (1997)
• Obergefell v. Hodges · 576 U.S. 644 (2015)
• O'Bannon v. Town Court Nursing Center · 447 U.S. 773 (1980)
• United States Ex Rel. Knauff v. Shaughnessy · 338 U.S. 537 (1950)
• Turner v. Safley · 482 U.S. 78 (1987)
• Fiallo Ex Rel. Rodriguez v. Bell · 430 U.S. 787 (1977)
• Meyer v. Nebraska · 262 U.S. 390 (1923)
• Loving v. Virginia · 388 U.S. 1 (1967)
• Zablocki v. Redhail · 434 U.S. 374 (1978)
• Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales · 545 U.S. 748 (2005)
• Wong Wing v. United States · 163 U.S. 228 (1896)
• Roe v. Wade · 410 U.S. 113 (1973)
• Zadvydas v. Davis · 533 U.S. 678 (2001)
• Yick Wo v. Hopkins · 118 U.S. 356 (1886)
• Pell v. Procunier · 417 U.S. 817 (1974)
• Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. Williamson · 316 U.S. 535 (1942)
• City of Mesquite v. Aladdin's Castle, Inc. · 455 U.S. 283 (1982)
• Bowen v. Michigan Academy of Family Physicians · 476 U.S. 667 (1986)
• Landon v. Plasencia · 459 U.S. 21 (1982)
• Harisiades v. Shaughnessy · 342 U.S. 580 (1952)
• Galvan v. Press · 347 U.S. 522 (1954)
• Santos-Zacaria v. Garland · 598 U.S. 411 (2023)
• Nishimura Ekiu v. United States · 142 U.S. 651 (1892)
• Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. v. Stranahan · 214 U.S. 320 (1909)
• Wilkinson v. Garland · 601 U.S. 209 (2024)

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