Vartelas v. Holder
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Vartelas v. Holder, 566 U.S. 257 (2012), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the enforcement of a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996[1] was applied retroactively to Panagis Vartelas and was thus unconstitutional.[2][3]
Quick Facts Vartelas v. Holder, Argued January 18, 2012 Decided March 28, 2012 ...
Vartelas v. Holder | |
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Argued January 18, 2012 Decided March 28, 2012 | |
Full case name | Panagis Vartelas, Petitioner v. Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General |
Docket no. | 10-1211 |
Citations | 566 U.S. 257 (more) 132 S. Ct. 1479; 182 L. Ed. 2d 473; 2012 U.S. LEXIS 2540; 80 U.S.L.W. 4281 |
Argument | Oral argument |
Case history | |
Prior | Plaintiff denied reentry and removed (Bd. Immigr. 2003); affirmed, 2009 WL 331200 (Bd. Immigr. App. 2008); affirmed, 620 F.3d 108 (2nd Cir. 2010); certiorari granted, 564 U.S. 1066 (2011). |
Holding | |
The enforcement of a provision of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 was improperly applied retroactively to Panagis Vartelas, violating the principle that laws are to be deemed prospective only, absent compelling evidence of congressional intent to apply them retroactively. Second Circuit reversed and remanded. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Ginsburg, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan |
Dissent | Scalia, joined by Thomas, Alito |
Laws applied | |
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 |
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