Kerry v. Din
Decided June 15, 2015. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 13-1402 · 576 U.S. 86 (2015) · Cited 275 times
Holding
The judgment is vacated, and the case is remanded.
The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.
How the Justices voted
Majority · 2
Plurality · 1
- Antonin Scalia · delivered the opinion of the Court
Concurring · 2
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy · filed a concurring opinion
- Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Dissenting · 4
- Elena Kagan
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Sonia Sotomayor
- 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.
- Kleindienst v. Mandel · 408 U.S. 753 (1972)
- Washington v. Glucksberg · 521 U.S. 702 (1997)
- Wilkinson v. Austin · 545 U.S. 209 (2005)
- Wolff v. McDonnell · 418 U.S. 539 (1974)
- Hamdi v. Rumsfeld · 542 U.S. 507 (2004)
- Smith v. Organization of Foster Families for Equality & Reform · 431 U.S. 816 (1977)
- Goldberg v. Kelly · 397 U.S. 254 (1970)
- Meyer v. Nebraska · 262 U.S. 390 (1923)
- Vitek v. Jones · 445 U.S. 480 (1980)
- Paul v. Davis · 424 U.S. 693 (1976)
- Goss v. Lopez · 419 U.S. 565 (1975)
- Washington v. Harper · 494 U.S. 210 (1990)
- Turner v. Safley · 482 U.S. 78 (1987)
- Griswold v. Connecticut · 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
- Collins v. City of Harker Heights · 503 U.S. 115 (1992)
- Reno v. Flores · 507 U.S. 292 (1993)
- Moore v. City of East Cleveland · 431 U.S. 494 (1977)
- Swarthout v. Cooke · 562 U.S. 216 (2011)
- Zablocki v. Redhail · 434 U.S. 374 (1978)
- Fiallo Ex Rel. Rodriguez v. Bell · 430 U.S. 787 (1977)
- Mathews v. Eldridge · 424 U.S. 319 (1976)
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth · 408 U.S. 564 (1972)
- Morrissey v. Brewer · 408 U.S. 471 (1972)
- Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill · 470 U.S. 532 (1985)
- Perry v. Sindermann · 408 U.S. 593 (1972)
- Zadvydas v. Davis · 533 U.S. 678 (2001)
- Ingraham v. Wright · 430 U.S. 651 (1977)
- Loving v. Virginia · 388 U.S. 1 (1967)
- Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee v. McGrath · 341 U.S. 123 (1951)
- Klopfer v. North Carolina · 386 U.S. 213 (1967)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Kingsley v. Hendrickson · 576 U.S. 389 (2015)
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