Sessions, Att'Y Gen. v. Morales-Santana

Decided June 12, 2017. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 15-1191 · 582 U.S. 47 (2017) · Cited 211 times

Holding

Section 262(l)(2)(A) is not enforceable by injunction under federal law, but the Federal Circuit on remand should determine whether a state-law injunction is available.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

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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.

• Califano v. Westcott · 443 U.S. 76 (1979)
• Tuan Anh Nguyen v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 533 U.S. 53 (2001)
• Miller v. Albright · 523 U.S. 420 (1998)
• United States v. Virginia · 518 U.S. 515 (1996)
• Welsh v. United States · 398 U.S. 333 (1970)
• Weinberger v. Wiesenfeld · 420 U.S. 636 (1975)
• Fiallo Ex Rel. Rodriguez v. Bell · 430 U.S. 787 (1977)
• Levin v. Commerce Energy, Inc. · 560 U.S. 413 (2010)
• Mississippi University for Women v. Hogan · 458 U.S. 718 (1982)
• Heckler v. Mathews · 465 U.S. 728 (1984)
• Frontiero v. Richardson · 411 U.S. 677 (1973)
• Lehr v. Robertson · 463 U.S. 248 (1983)
• Craig v. Boren · 429 U.S. 190 (1976)
• KIRCHBERG v. FEENSTRA Et Al. · 450 U.S. 455 (1981)
• MacKenzie v. Hare · 239 U.S. 299 (1915)
• Grayned v. City of Rockford · 408 U.S. 104 (1972)
• Reed v. Reed · 404 U.S. 71 (1971)
• Stanton v. Stanton · 421 U.S. 7 (1975)
• Califano v. Goldfarb · 430 U.S. 199 (1977)
• JEB v. Alabama Ex Rel. TB · 511 U.S. 127 (1994)
• Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs · 538 U.S. 721 (2003)
• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• Singleton v. Wulff · 428 U.S. 106 (1976)
• Powers v. Ohio · 499 U.S. 400 (1991)
• United States Department of Agriculture v. Moreno · 413 U.S. 528 (1973)
• Caban v. Mohammed · 441 U.S. 380 (1979)
• Orr v. Orr · 440 U.S. 268 (1979)
• Clark v. Jeter · 486 U.S. 456 (1988)
• Kowalski v. Tesmer · 543 U.S. 125 (2004)
• Jimenez v. Weinberger · 417 U.S. 628 (1974)

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• Bostock v. Clayton County · 590 U.S. 644 (2020)

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