United States v. Texas (2016)

United States v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 18, 2016 Decided June 23, 2016
Full case name	United States of America, et al., Petitioners v. State of Texas, et al.
Docket no.	15-674
Citations	579 U.S. ___ (more) 136 S. Ct. 2271; 195 L. Ed. 2d 638
Case history
Prior	Issuing preliminary injunction, 86 F. Supp. 3d 591 (S.D. Tex. 2015); stay denied, 787 F.3d 733 (5th Cir. 2015); preliminary injunction affirmed, 809 F.3d 134 (5th Cir. 2015); cert. granted, 136 S. Ct. 906 (2016).
Holding
The judgment was affirmed by an equally divided court.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan
Case opinion
Per curiam
Laws applied
Take Care Clause of the U.S. Constitution, Administrative Procedure Act, United States immigration legislation from 1952, 1965, 1986, 1990, 1996, etc.

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