Pereira v. Sessions

Holding that an NTA that omitted the "time or place of the removal proceedings" failed to comply with the requirements of § 239 and was insufficient to trigger the so-called "stop-time rule" of INA § 240A(d)

U.S. v. Stevens

Holding law unconstitutional under First Amendment where "impermissible applications ... far outnumber[ed] any permissible ones"

National Cable Telecom. Assn. v. Brand X Internet S

Holding that an agency is free within "the limits of reasoned interpretation to change course" only if it "adequately justifies the change"

Marx v. Gen. Revenue Corp.

Holding that court may award costs to prevailing defendants in cases under Fair Debt Collection Practices Act without finding under 15 U.S.C. § 1692k that plaintiff brought case in bad faith and for the purpose of harassment

Clark v. Martinez

Holding that § 1231 does not authorize indefinite detention

Kucana v. Holder

Holding that § 1252(B), which governs judicial review of discretionary decisions made by the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security, "does not proscribe judicial review of denials of motions to reopen"

Jama v. Immigration & Customs Enforcement

Holding that Congress could not have ratified a “settled construction” of a statute, because there was no “judicial consensus so broad and unquestioned that we must presume Congress knew of and endorsed it”

Shannon v. United States

Holding that a district court is not "required to instruct the jury regarding the consequences to the defendant of a verdict of 'not guilty by reason of insanity,' either under the Insanity Defense Reform Act of 1984 or as a matter of general federal practice"

Paris Adult Theatre I v. Slaton

Holding that "the interest of the public in the quality of life and the total community environment and . . . possibly, the public safety itself" is implicated in "stemming the tide of commercialized obscenity"

Whitfield v. United States

Holding that a conviction for conspiracy to commit money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h) does not require proof of an overt act

Section 2 - Principals

Holding aiders and abettors punishable as principals under federal criminal law

Section 1101 - Definitions

Finding notice and comment rulemaking is required for the agency's interim rule recognizing fear of coercive family practices as basis for refugee status

Section 1182 - Inadmissible aliens

Holding deportable aliens who have been convicted of "crimes involving moral turpitude"

Section 1227 - Deportable aliens

Granting this discretion to the Attorney General

Section 1229b - Cancellation of removal; adjustment of status

Granting the Attorney General discretion to cancel the removal of an alien who has “been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty by a ... parent who is ... a United States citizen”

Section 2156 - Animal fighting venture prohibition

Amending the term "animal fighting venture" to include fights "to be conducted"

Section 49 - Enforcement of animal fighting prohibitions

Section 1240.8 - Burdens of proof in removal proceedings

Applying "clearly and beyond doubt" burden to "proceedings commenced upon a respondent's arrival" or "[a]liens present in the United States without being admitted"