Jennings v. Rodriguez

138 S. Ct. 830 · Decided February 27, 2018 · Supreme Court of the United States

At a glance

Jennings v. Rodriguez was decided on February 27, 2018 by a vote of 5–3. The Court reversed the lower court's decision and remanded the case. Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wrote the opinion of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “Immigration, miscellaneous” in the Civil Rights area.

Read the opinion

• CourtListener (Free Law Project) — opinion text
• Supreme Court of the United States — slip opinions, October Term 2017

Case details

How the Justices voted

Did not participate: Elena Kagan.

Full case caption

Jennings v. Rodriguez

SCDB identifiers: case 2017-003, docket 2017-003-01.

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