Moncrieffe v. Holder

Moncrieffe v. Holder
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 10, 2012
Decided April 23, 2013
Full case nameAdrian Moncrieffe, petitioner, v. Eric H. Holder Jr., Attorney General
Docket no.11-702
Citations569 U.S. 184 (more)
133 S. Ct. 1678; 185 L. Ed. 2d 727; 2013 U.S. LEXIS 3313; 81 U.S.L.W. 4265
Case history
Prior662 F.3d 387 (5th Cir. 2011); cert. granted, 566 U.S. 920 (2012).
Holding
If a noncitizen’s conviction for a marijuana distribution offense fails to establish that the offense involved either remuneration or more than a small amount of marijuana, it is not an aggravated felony under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
MajoritySotomayor, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan
DissentThomas
DissentAlito
Laws applied
Immigration and Nationality Act (1952)
Controlled Substances Act

Moncrieffe v. Holder, 569 U.S. 184 (2013), is a United States Supreme Court decision in which the court ruled in a 7–2 decision that "social sharing of a small amount of marijuana" by a legal immigrant does not constitute aggravated felony and so does not require mandatory deportation.[1][2]

  1. ^ Moncrieffe v. Holder, 569 U.S. 184 (2013).
  2. ^ Campbell, Ryan (June 5, 2013). "Marijuana and Immigration". Huffington Post. Retrieved June 7, 2013.