Immigration and Naturalization Service, et al. v. National Center for Immigrants' Rights, Inc., et al.

Decided December 16, 1991. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 90-1090 · 502 U.S. 183 (1991) · Cited 269 times

Holding

Section 2024(d) does not limit the length of military service after which a member of the Armed Forces retains a right to civilian reemployment.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• Carlson v. Landon · 342 U.S. 524 (1952)
• United States v. Witkovich · 353 U.S. 194 (1957)
• Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn. · 489 U.S. 602 (1989)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Lopez-Mendoza · 468 U.S. 1032 (1984)
• Sure-Tan, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 467 U.S. 883 (1984)
• Federal Trade Commission v. Mandel Bros. · 359 U.S. 385 (1959)
• American Hospital Ass'n v. National Labor Relations Board · 499 U.S. 606 (1991)
• Mead Corp. v. Tilley · 490 U.S. 714 (1989)
• Saxbe v. Bustos · 419 U.S. 65 (1974)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Reno v. Flores · 507 U.S. 292 (1993)
• Bondi v. Vanderstok · 604 U.S. 458 (2025)
• Kisor v. Wilkie · 588 U.S. 558 (2019)
• Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 535 U.S. 137 (2002)
• Almendarez-Torres v. United States · 523 U.S. 224 (1998)
• Henderson v. Shinseki · 562 U.S. 428 (2011)
• Demore v. Kim · 538 U.S. 510 (2003)
• United States National Bank v. Independent Insurance Agents of America, Inc. · 508 U.S. 439 (1993)
• Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapter, Communities for Great Ore. · 515 U.S. 687 (1995)
• Arkansas v. Oklahoma · 503 U.S. 91 (1992)
• Chamber of Commerce of United States of America v. Whiting · 563 U.S. 582 (2011)

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