Kansas v. Garcia
| Kansas v. Garcia | |
|---|---|
| Argued October 16, 2019 Decided March 4, 2020 | |
| Full case name | Kansas v. Ramiro Garcia, et al. |
| Docket no. | 17-834 |
| Citations | 589 U.S. ___ (more) 140 S. Ct. 791; 206 L. Ed. 2d 146 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Conviction affirmed, State v. Garcia, No. 112,502, 2016 WL 368054 (Kan. App. 2016); reversed, 306 Kan. 1113, 401 P.3d 588 (2017); cert. granted, 139 S. Ct. 1317 (2019). |
| Holding | |
| The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 neither expressly nor impliedly preempts Kansas's application of its state identity-theft and fraud statutes to the noncitizens in this case. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Alito, joined by Roberts, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh |
| Concurrence | Thomas, joined by Gorsuch |
| Concur/dissent | Breyer, joined by Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan |
| Laws applied | |
| Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 | |
Kansas v. Garcia, 589 U.S. ___ (2020), was a case of the United States Supreme Court that was decided, by a 5–4 majority, in 2020. The case concerned whether it was lawful for a State to enforce laws criminalizing the making of fraudulent representations by aliens who were not authorized to work in connection with obtaining a job; the Court held that it was.