Sale v. Haitian Centers Council, Inc.

Sale v. Haitian Centers Council
Argued March 2, 1993
Decided June 21, 1993
Full case nameSale, Acting Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, et al., Petitioners
v.
Haitian Centers Council, Inc.
Citations509 U.S. 155 (more)
113 S. Ct. 2549; 125 L. Ed. 2d 128; 1993 U.S. LEXIS 4247
ArgumentOral argument
Holding
Neither 243(h) nor Article 33 limits the President's power to order the Coast Guard to repatriate undocumented aliens intercepted on the high seas.
Court membership
Chief Justice
William Rehnquist
Associate Justices
Byron White · Harry Blackmun
John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
David Souter · Clarence Thomas
Case opinions
MajorityStevens, joined by Rehnquist, White, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas
DissentBlackmun

Sale v. Haitian Centers Council, 509 U.S. 155 (1993), is a case that the U.S. Supreme Court decided on June 21, 1993. The Court ruled that the President's executive order requiring all aliens intercepted on the high seas to be repatriated was not limited by the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 or Article 33 of the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees.