Nasrallah v. Barr
Decided June 1, 2020. Brett M. Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 18-1432 · 590 U.S. 573 (2020) · Cited 756 times
Holding
Title 8 U. S. C. §§1252(a)(2)(C) and (D) do not preclude judicial review of a removable noncitizen’s factual challenges to an order denying relief under the international Convention Against Torture, which protects noncitizens from removal to a country where they would likely face torture.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–2.
Majority · 7
- John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Elena Kagan
- Neil M. Gorsuch
- Brett M. Kavanaugh · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Stephen G. Breyer
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Dissenting · 2
- Clarence Thomas · filed a dissenting opinion
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
“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.
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr · 533 U.S. 289 (2001)
- Foti v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 375 U.S. 217 (1963)
- Guerrero-Lasprilla v. Barr · 589 U.S. 221 (2020)
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Elias-Zacarias · 502 U.S. 478 (1992)
- Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
- Reno v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee · 525 U.S. 471 (1999)
- Kucana v. Holder · 558 U.S. 233 (2010)
- Medellin v. Texas · 552 U.S. 491 (2008)
- Calcano-Martinez v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 533 U.S. 348 (2001)
- Jennings v. Rodriguez · 583 U.S. 281 (2018)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Monsalvo Velazquez v. Bondi · 604 U.S. 712 (2025)
- Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam · 591 U.S. 103 (2020)
Official text
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