Issue area
Immigration cases
Removal, asylum, detention, border authority, and immigration procedure cases.
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25-1352Deborah Kollman, as Executor of the Estate of Stephanie A. Smith, Petitioner v. Mercy Health-Clermont Hospital, LLC, et al.
1. When a case is timely filed in state court and then removed to federal court, does the tolling provision in § 1367(d) stop the clock on the limitat...
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25-842Tamer S. Wassily, et al., Petitioners v. Todd Blanche, Acting Attorney General
Whether noncitizens who were "granted asylum," but whose asylum was later terminated, are eligible for adjustment to LPR status under Section 1159(b) ...
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25-1418El Centro del Barrio, dba CentroMed, Petitioner v. Arturo Gonzalez
1. Whether the Attorney General’s timely state court appearance extinguishes removal jurisdiction under 42 U.S.C. § 233(l)(1), including a deemed Publ...
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24-724The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Sarah Palmquist, Individually and as Next Friend of E.P., a Minor, et al.
The Supreme Court unanimously held that a district court's erroneous dismissal of a non-diverse party before final judgment cannot cure a jurisdiction...
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24-758The GEO Group, Inc., Petitioner v. Alejandro Menocal, et al.
The Supreme Court held that a private company operating an immigration detention facility cannot take an immediate appeal from an order denying its de...
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24-777Douglas Humberto Urias-Orellana, et al., Petitioners v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General
The Supreme Court unanimously held that courts of appeals must apply substantial-evidence review to the Board of Immigration Appeals' determination of...
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24-783Enbridge Energy, LP, et al., Petitioners v. Dana Nessel, Attorney General of Michigan, on Behalf of the People of the State of Michigan
Michigan sued Enbridge in state court to stop operation of its Line 5 pipeline, but Enbridge did not try to move the case to federal court until long ...
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25-429Todd Blanche, Acting Attorney General, Petitioner v. Muk Choi Lau
The Court considered when the government may treat a returning lawful permanent resident as seeking admission to the United States after he committed ...
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25-5Markwayne Mullin, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al., Petitioners v. Al Otro Lado, a California Corporation, et al.
This case challenged the federal government's "metering" policy at ports of entry on the U.S.-Mexico border, under which officials limited how many pe...
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25-332Donald J. Trump, President of the United States, et al., Petitioners v. Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, et al.
This case examines whether the President has the authority to fire a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) commissioner at will, despite federal laws that on...
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21-147Egbert v. Boule
This case asked whether an inn owner could sue a U.S. Border Patrol agent for money damages after the agent allegedly used excessive force against him...
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20-979Patel v. Garland
This case is about whether federal courts can review an immigration agency’s factual finding that a noncitizen is ineligible to seek lawful permanent ...
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20-322Garland v. Gonzalez
This case concerns noncitizens held in immigration detention under 8 U.S.C. § 1231(a)(6) who sought class-wide court orders requiring bond hearings af...
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20-1775Arizona v. City and County of San Francisco
This case arose from challenges to the federal government's 2019 immigration "public charge" rule. The main dispute at the Supreme Court was whether A...
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19-897Johnson v. Guzman Chavez
This case asked which immigration detention law applies to noncitizens who were previously removed, reentered the United States, had their old removal...
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19-438Pereida v. Wilkinson
This case concerned whether a noncitizen seeking cancellation of removal can qualify for that relief when the record of his state criminal conviction ...
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19-161Department of Homeland Security v. Thuraissigiam
This case involved a Sri Lankan asylum seeker who was caught shortly after crossing the border and was placed in expedited removal after asylum offici...
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19-1189BP p.l.c. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
Baltimore sued several energy companies in state court over the environmental harms of fossil fuels, and the companies tried to move the case to feder...
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19-1155Garland v. Ming Dai
This immigration case concerned whether the Ninth Circuit wrongly treated Ming Dai’s asylum testimony as automatically credible and true because the i...
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17-965Trump v. Hawaii
This case was about President Trump’s 2017 proclamation restricting entry into the United States for certain people from several countries after a gov...
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18-1432Nasrallah v. Barr
This case asked whether federal appeals courts may review the facts behind an immigration agency’s denial of protection under the Convention Against T...
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17-834Kansas v. Garcia
Kansas prosecuted several unauthorized workers for identity theft and related state crimes after they used other people’s Social Security numbers on j...
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16-1363Nielsen v. Preap
The case was about whether certain noncitizens with qualifying criminal convictions must be held in mandatory immigration detention even when federal ...
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18-725Barton v. Barr
The case asked when a lawful permanent resident loses eligibility to ask an immigration judge to cancel removal after committing certain crimes. The C...
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17-8995Mont v. United States
This case asked whether a person’s federal supervised-release term stops running while the person is held in pretrial detention on new charges, if tha...
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18-1329Jobe v. Barr
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari regarding the immigration status of a lawfully admitted permanent resident. Specifically, it ad...
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23-1270Pierre Yassue Nashun Riley, Petitioner v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General
The Supreme Court ruled that the 30-day deadline for filing a petition for review of a removal order is a mandatory claims-processing rule rather than...
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19-7968Ndoromo v. Barr
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Ndoromo against Barr, originating from the United States Court of Appeals for the Dist...
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22-592Arizona v. Mayorkas
Whether several states can intervene to defend Title 42, a Trump-era border policy that allowed immigration officials to quickly turn away asylum seek...
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22-714Calcutt v. FDIC
The Supreme Court ruled that when a federal agency makes a legal error, an appeals court must send the case back to the agency rather than reviewing t...
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21-1496Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh
In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled that social media platforms cannot be held liable for aiding and abetting international terrorism und...
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21-1436Santos-Zacaria v. Garland
This case considers whether a federal immigration law prevents a court of appeals from reviewing an immigrant's claim if they did not first file a dis...
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19-7409Pryor v. United States
Melvin Pryor filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court following a decision by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals. The specific ...
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22-23Pugin v. Garland
The Supreme Court held that a state conviction for accessory after the fact to a felony qualifies as an offense relating to obstruction of justice und...
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22-666Situ Kamu Wilkinson, Petitioner v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General
The Supreme Court ruled that federal courts have the jurisdiction to review an immigration agency's determination that a noncitizen's removal would no...
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23-929Hugo Abisai Monsalvo Velazquez, Petitioner v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General
The Supreme Court ruled that when a noncitizen's statutory deadline for voluntary departure falls on a weekend or holiday, it automatically extends to...
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22-179United States v. Hansen
Hansen involved a First Amendment challenge to a federal immigration-solicitation statute used in a fraudulent scheme promising a path to citizenship....
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25-7296In Re Patrick Starzenski
This case appears to come from a pro se habeas corpus filing in which Patrick Starzenski claims he is being unlawfully detained and that federal court...
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25-312Cathy Harris, Petitioner v. Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury, et al.
The Court is deciding whether the President can fire Federal Reserve board members, testing the independence of the central bank. The case challenges ...
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