561 U.S. 1 (2010) Cited 868 times 5 Legal Analyses
Holding that the plaintiffs had standing because a statute criminalized knowingly providing material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization, and the plaintiffs had provided support to groups designated as terrorist organizations and planned to provide similar support in the future
380 U.S. 1 (1965) Cited 2,157 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that when a regulation must be interpreted, “a court must necessarily look to the administrative construction of the regulation if the meaning of the words used is in doubt”
538 U.S. 468 (2003) Cited 520 times 7 Legal Analyses
Holding that a now-private corporation could not assert sovereign immunity in a suit involving events that occurred when the entity was owned by a foreign sovereign
444 U.S. 394 (1980) Cited 1,093 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that if a defendant fails to support one element of a defense, "the trial court and jury need not be burdened with testimony supporting other elements"
548 U.S. 1 (2006) Cited 311 times 3 Legal Analyses
Holding that where a defense “excuse conduct that would otherwise be punishable,” but “does not controvert any of the elements of the offense itself,” the Government has no constitutional duty to overcome the defense beyond a reasonable doubt
Holding that acquiescence "requires only that government officials know of or remain willfully blind to an act and thereafter breach their legal responsibility to prevent it"
286 U.S. 427 (1932) Cited 483 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that the presumption of uniformity gives way “[w]here the subject-matter to which the words refer is not the same in the several places where they are used”
Holding that, to establish a private cause of action for material support of terrorism under 18 U.S.C. § 2333, 2339A, "the plaintiffs must be able to show that [the murder of their son by Hamas] was a reasonably foreseeable result of [defendants'] making a donation" to Hamas
8 U.S.C. § 1231 Cited 7,836 times 13 Legal Analyses
Concluding that once petitioner's removal order was reinstated, he was no longer eligible for "relief" in the form of adjustment of status-even if he could obtain a Form I-212 waiver
8 U.S.C. § 1229b Cited 5,110 times 24 Legal Analyses
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”
8 C.F.R. § 1240.8 Cited 307 times 4 Legal Analyses
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"