Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions
| Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions | |
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| Argued February 27, 2017 Decided May 30, 2017 | |
| Full case name | Juan Esquivel-Quintana, Petitioner v. Jefferson B. Sessions III, Attorney General |
| Docket no. | 16-54 |
| Citations | 581 U.S. ___ (more) 137 S. Ct. 1562; 198 L. Ed. 2d 22 |
| Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Appeal of deportation order dismissed 26 I&N Dec. 469 (B.I.A., 2015); appeal dismissed, 810 F.3d 1019 (6th Cir. 2016); cert. granted, 137 S. Ct. 368 (2016). |
| Holding | |
| In the context of statutory rape offenses that criminalize sexual intercourse based solely on the ages of the participants, the generic federal definition of "sexual abuse of a minor" requires the age of the victim to be less than 16. Reversed and remanded. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Thomas, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan |
| Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |
| Laws applied | |
| Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. § 1101, § 1227 | |
Esquivel-Quintana v. Sessions, 581 U.S. ___ (2017), is a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 8–0 that in the context of statutory rape offenses that criminalize sexual intercourse based solely on the ages of the participants, the generic federal definition of "sexual abuse of a minor" requires the age of the victim to be less than 16. Justice Clarence Thomas delivered the majority opinion.