Holding that text of Title II's prohibition of discrimination by "public entities" against disabled individuals "unmistakably includes State prisons and prisoners within its coverage"
530 U.S. 255 (2000) Cited 400 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that a statute prohibiting taking items from a bank "by force and violence" does not require willfulness because "the concerns underlying the presumption in favor of scienter are fully satisfied" by proof of a taking at least by force
331 U.S. 519 (1947) Cited 560 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that if a party has an unconditional statutory right to intervene, that party's “right to intervene [under Rule 24(a)(1) ] is absolute and unconditional”
Holding that "the jurisdiction-stripping provision [of the REAL ID Act] does not apply to federal habeas corpus petitions that do not involve final orders of removal"
Holding that "battery is clearly a factual determination, readily resolved by the application of a legal standard defining battery to the facts in question"
Holding that the authority to adjudicate naturalization applications is limited by 8 U.S.C. § 1429, which states that `no application for naturalization shall be considered by [the Secretary] if there is pending against the applicant a removal proceeding' and that [t]he natural reading of is that removal proceedings . . . are to take precedence over naturalization applications."
8 U.S.C. § 1101 Cited 16,688 times 91 Legal Analyses
Finding notice and comment rulemaking is required for the agency's interim rule recognizing fear of coercive family practices as basis for refugee status
8 U.S.C. § 1229b Cited 5,200 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 U.S.C. § 1226 Cited 3,220 times 22 Legal Analyses
Ruling that no court may set aside an immigration judge's "discretionary judgment any action or decision . . . regarding the detention or release of any alien or the grant, revocation, or denial of bond or parole"