Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Juan Anibal Aguirre-Aguirre

Decided May 3, 1999. Anthony McLeod Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 97-1754 · 526 U.S. 415 (1999) · Cited 1,159 times

Holding

In ruling that the BIA must supplement its weighing test by examining these additional factors, the Ninth Circuit failed to accord the BIA’s interpretation the level of deference required under Chevron U.

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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.

• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca · 480 U.S. 421 (1987)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Doherty · 502 U.S. 314 (1992)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Stevic · 467 U.S. 407 (1984)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Abudu · 485 U.S. 94 (1988)

Cited by

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

• Negusie v. Holder · 555 U.S. 511 (2009)
• Zadvydas v. Davis · 533 U.S. 678 (2001)
• Kerry v. Din · 576 U.S. 86 (2015)
• Pereira v. Sessions · 585 U.S. 198 (2018)
• Johnson v. Guzman Chavez · 594 U.S. 523 (2021)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Ventura · 537 U.S. 12 (2002)
• United States v. Mead Corp. · 533 U.S. 218 (2001)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr · 533 U.S. 289 (2001)
• Christensen v. Harris County · 529 U.S. 576 (2000)
• Food & Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. · 529 U.S. 120 (2000)
• Whitman v. American Trucking Assns., Inc. · 531 U.S. 457 (2001)
• Garland v. Ming Dai · 593 U.S. 357 (2021)
• Holder v. Martinez Gutierrez · 566 U.S. 583 (2012)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1999). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).