Monasky v. Taglieri
Decided February 25, 2020. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 18-935 · 589 U.S. 68 (2020) · Cited 225 times
Holding
Under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, a child’s “habitual residence” depends on the totality of the circumstances specific to the case, not on categorical requirements such as an actual agreement between the parties.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 9–0.
Majority · 8
- John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Clarence Thomas · filed an opinion concurring in the judgment
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Elena Kagan
- Neil M. Gorsuch
- Brett M. Kavanaugh
- Stephen G. Breyer
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg · delivered the opinion of the Court
Concurring · 1
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr. · filed an opinion concurring in the judgment
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).
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.
- Abbott v. Abbott · 560 U.S. 1 (2010)
- Pierce v. Underwood · 487 U.S. 552 (1988)
- Air France v. Saks · 470 U.S. 392 (1985)
- Medellin v. Texas · 552 U.S. 491 (2008)
- Olympic Airways v. Husain · 540 U.S. 644 (2004)
- Lozano v. Montoya Alvarez · 572 U.S. 1 (2014)
- U. S. Bank N. A. v. Village at Lakeridge, LLC · 583 U.S. 387 (2018)
- United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
- Chafin v. Chafin · 568 U.S. 165 (2013)
- El Al Israel Airlines, Ltd. v. Tsui Yuan Tseng · 525 U.S. 155 (1999)
- Water Splash, Inc. v. Menon · 581 U.S. 271 (2017)
Official text
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