Foti v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Decided December 16, 1963. Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 28 · 375 U.S. 217 (1963) · Cited 382 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 9–0.
Majority · 8
- Earl Warren · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Arthur Joseph Goldberg
- Byron Raymond White
- Hugo Lafayette Black
- Potter Stewart
- Tom C. Clark
- William Joseph Brennan Jr.
- William Orville Douglas
Concurring · 1
- John Marshall Harlan · filed a concurring 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.
- Jay v. Boyd · 351 U.S. 345 (1956)
- Kesler v. Department of Public Safety of Utah · 369 U.S. 153 (1962)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Cheng Fan Kwok v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 392 U.S. 206 (1968)
- Nasrallah v. Barr · 590 U.S. 573 (2020)
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
- Agosto v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 436 U.S. 748 (1978)
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr · 533 U.S. 289 (2001)
- Florida Power & Light Co. v. Lorion · 470 U.S. 729 (1985)
- Stone v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 514 U.S. 386 (1995)
- Chrysler Corp. v. Brown · 441 U.S. 281 (1979)
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Jong Ha Wang · 450 U.S. 139 (1981)
- Patel v. Garland · 596 U.S. 328 (2022)
- Riley v. Bondi · 606 U.S. 259 (2025)
- Monsalvo Velazquez v. Bondi · 604 U.S. 712 (2025)
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