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Immigration cases

Removal, asylum, detention, border authority, and immigration procedure cases.

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39 casesUpdated Jul 29, 2026

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34 cases

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24-724

The 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...

DetailedSecurities LawOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitOpen

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24-758

The 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...

DetailedImmigration LawOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth CircuitOpen

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24-777

Douglas 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...

DetailedImmigration LawOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the First CircuitOpen

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24-783

Enbridge 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 ...

DetailedEnvironmental LawOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitOpen

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25-429

Todd 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 ...

DetailedConstitutional LawOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitOpen

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25-5

Markwayne 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...

DetailedImmigration LawOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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25-332

Donald 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...

DetailedOT 2024
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United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitOpen

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21-147

Egbert 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...

DetailedOT 2021
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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20-979

Patel 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 ...

DetailedOT 2020
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United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitOpen

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20-322

Garland 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...

DetailedOT 2020
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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20-1775

Arizona 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...

DetailedOT 2020
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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19-897

Johnson 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...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitOpen

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19-438

Pereida 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 ...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitOpen

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19-161

Department 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...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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19-1189

BP 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...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitOpen

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19-1155

Garland 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...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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17-965

Trump 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...

DetailedOT 2017
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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18-1432

Nasrallah 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...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitOpen

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17-834

Kansas 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...

DetailedOT 2019
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Supreme Court of KansasOpen

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16-1363

Nielsen v. Preap

The case was about whether certain noncitizens with qualifying criminal convictions must be held in mandatory immigration detention even when federal ...

DetailedOT 2018
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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18-725

Barton 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...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitOpen

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17-8995

Mont 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...

DetailedOT 2018
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United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitOpen

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18-1329

Jobe 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...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitOpen

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23-1270

Pierre 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...

DetailedOT 2024
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitOpen

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19-7968

Ndoromo 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...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitOpen

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22-592

Arizona 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...

TrackingOT 2022
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United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitOpen

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22-714

Calcutt 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...

DetailedOT 2022
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United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitOpen

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21-1496

Twitter, 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...

DetailedOT 2022
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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21-1436

Santos-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...

DetailedOT 2022
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitOpen

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19-7409

Pryor 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 ...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitOpen

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22-23

Pugin 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...

DetailedOT 2022
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitOpen

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22-666

Situ 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...

DetailedOT 2023
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United States Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitOpen

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23-929

Hugo 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...

DetailedOT 2024
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United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth CircuitOpen

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22-179

United 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....

DetailedEmployment LawOT 2022
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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