Pereira v. Sessions

Decided June 21, 2018. Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 17-459 · 585 U.S. 198 (2018) · Cited 1,012 times

Holding

A putative notice sent to a nonpermanent resident to appear at a removal proceeding that fails to designate a specific time or place for that proceeding does not end the continuous residence period calculation necessary for possible cancellation of the individual’s removal.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

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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.

• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• City of Arlington v. Fed. Commc'ns Comm'n · 569 U.S. 290 (2013)
• Becker v. Montgomery · 532 U.S. 757 (2001)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Aguirre-Aguirre · 526 U.S. 415 (1999)
• Burrage v. United States · 571 U.S. 204 (2014)
• Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd. · 566 U.S. 560 (2012)
• Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. · 568 U.S. 519 (2013)
• United Sav. Assn. of Tex. v. Timbers of Inwood Forest Associates, Ltd. · 484 U.S. 365 (1988)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Kucana v. Holder · 558 U.S. 233 (2010)
• United States v. Bryan · 339 U.S. 323 (1950)
• Ardestani v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 502 U.S. 129 (1991)
• Entergy Corp. v. Riverkeeper, Inc. · 556 U.S. 208 (2009)

Cited by

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

• Campos-Chaves v. Garland · 602 U.S. 447 (2024)
• Kisor v. Wilkie · 588 U.S. 558 (2019)

Official text

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