Marvin Stone v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Decided April 19, 1995. Anthony McLeod Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 93-1199 · 514 U.S. 386 (1995) · Cited 1,703 times

Holding

A timely motion for reconsideration of a BIA decision does not toll the running of § 106(a)(1)’s 90-day period.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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.

• Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers · 482 U.S. 270 (1987)
• Griggs v. Provident Consumer Discount Co. · 459 U.S. 56 (1982)
• Civil Aeronautics Board v. Delta Air Lines, Inc. · 367 U.S. 316 (1961)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Landis v. North American Co. · 299 U.S. 248 (1936)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Doherty · 502 U.S. 314 (1992)
• Thomas Jefferson University v. Shalala · 512 U.S. 504 (1994)
• Reiter v. Sonotone Corp. · 442 U.S. 330 (1979)
• Moskal v. United States · 498 U.S. 103 (1990)
• American Farm Lines v. Black Ball Freight Service · 397 U.S. 532 (1970)
• Standard Oil Co. of Cal. v. United States · 429 U.S. 17 (1976)
• Foti v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 375 U.S. 217 (1963)
• Republic National Bank of Miami v. United States · 506 U.S. 80 (1992)
• Cheng Fan Kwok v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 392 U.S. 206 (1968)
• Missouri v. Jenkins · 495 U.S. 33 (1990)

Cited by

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

• Riley v. Bondi · 606 U.S. 259 (2025)
• Ross v. Blake · 578 U.S. 632 (2016)
• Banister v. Davis · 590 U.S. 504 (2020)
• Santos-Zacaria v. Garland · 598 U.S. 411 (2023)
• Dada v. Mukasey · 554 U.S. 1 (2008)
• Nken v. Holder · 556 U.S. 418 (2009)
• Henderson v. Shinseki · 562 U.S. 428 (2011)
• Kucana v. Holder · 558 U.S. 233 (2010)
• Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapter, Communities for Great Ore. · 515 U.S. 687 (1995)
• Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. · 542 U.S. 241 (2004)
• Department of Commerce v. United States House of Representatives · 525 U.S. 316 (1999)
• Pierce County v. Guillen · 537 U.S. 129 (2003)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1995). 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).