United States v. Texas | |
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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 | |
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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. |
United States v. Texas, 579 U.S. ___ (2016), is a United States Supreme Court case regarding the constitutionality of the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) program.
In a one-line per curiam decision, an equally divided Court affirmed the lower-court injunction blocking the President Barack Obama's program. The case was decided by an eight-member bench due to the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.