Keyse G. Jama v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Decided January 12, 2005. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 03-674 · 543 U.S. 335 (2005) · Cited 589 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
- Antonin Scalia · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy
- Clarence Thomas
- Sandra Day O'Connor
- William Hubbs Rehnquist
Dissenting · 4
- David Hackett Souter · filed a dissenting opinion
- John Paul Stevens
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Stephen Gerald Breyer
“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.
- Barnhart v. Thomas · 540 U.S. 20 (2003)
- United States v. Powell · 379 U.S. 48 (1964)
- United States v. Bass · 404 U.S. 336 (1971)
- Zadvydas v. Davis · 533 U.S. 678 (2001)
- Russello v. United States · 464 U.S. 16 (1983)
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
- Mathews v. Diaz · 426 U.S. 67 (1976)
- Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain · 542 U.S. 692 (2004)
- United States v. Gonzales · 520 U.S. 1 (1997)
- Landon v. Plasencia · 459 U.S. 21 (1982)
- Nobelman v. American Savings Bank · 508 U.S. 324 (1993)
- Lexecon Inc. v. Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach · 523 U.S. 26 (1998)
- Haig v. Agee · 453 U.S. 280 (1981)
- Leng May Ma v. Barber · 357 U.S. 185 (1958)
- Federal Trade Commission v. Mandel Bros. · 359 U.S. 385 (1959)
- Calcano-Martinez v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 533 U.S. 348 (2001)
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- Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of Chehalis Reservation · 594 U.S. 338 (2021)
- Martin v. United States · 605 U.S. 395 (2025)
- Zadvydas v. Davis · 533 U.S. 678 (2001)
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