United States v. Texas

Decided June 23, 2023. Brett M. Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 22-58 · 599 U.S. 670 (2023) · Cited 207 times

Holding

Texas and Louisiana lack Article III standing to challenge immigration-enforcement guidelines promulgated by the Secretary of Homeland Security that prioritize the arrest and removal of certain noncitizens from the United States.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

“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.

• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · 504 U.S. 555 (1992)
• Linda R. S. v. Richard D. · 410 U.S. 614 (1973)
• Raines v. Byrd · 521 U.S. 811 (1997)
• Heckler v. Chaney · 470 U.S. 821 (1985)
• Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency · 549 U.S. 497 (2007)
• Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales · 545 U.S. 748 (2005)
• Sure-Tan, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board · 467 U.S. 883 (1984)
• Demore v. Kim · 538 U.S. 510 (2003)
• Dennis v. United States · 341 U.S. 494 (1951)
• Arizona v. United States · 567 U.S. 387 (2012)
• Franklin v. Massachusetts · 505 U.S. 788 (1992)
• Allen v. Wright · 468 U.S. 737 (1984)
• Valley Forge Christian College v. Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Inc. · 454 U.S. 464 (1982)
• Clapper v. Amnesty International USA · 568 U.S. 398 (2013)
• Duke Power Co. v. Carolina Environmental Study Group, Inc. · 438 U.S. 59 (1978)
• United States v. Armstrong · 517 U.S. 456 (1996)
• Wayte v. United States · 470 U.S. 598 (1985)
• Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · 343 U.S. 579 (1952)
• Massachusetts v. Mellon · 262 U.S. 447 (1923)
• Reno v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee · 525 U.S. 471 (1999)
• Federal Election Commission v. Akins · 524 U.S. 11 (1998)
• Fiallo Ex Rel. Rodriguez v. Bell · 430 U.S. 787 (1977)
• Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. United States · 316 U.S. 407 (1942)
• Lincoln v. Vigil · 508 U.S. 182 (1993)
• Hamdan v. Rumsfeld · 548 U.S. 557 (2006)
• United States v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad · 293 U.S. 454 (1935)
• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 523 U.S. 83 (1998)
• Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp. · 546 U.S. 500 (2006)
• Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States · 424 U.S. 800 (1976)
• Buckley v. Valeo · 424 U.S. 1 (1976)

Cited by

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

• FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine · 602 U.S. 367 (2024)
• Trump v. CASA, Inc. · 606 U.S. 831 (2025)
• Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors · 603 U.S. 799 (2024)
• Trump v. Anderson · 601 U.S. 100 (2024)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2023). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).