Sale v. Haitian Centers Council, Inc.
| Sale v. Haitian Centers Council | |
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| Argued March 2, 1993 Decided June 21, 1993 | |
| Full case name | Sale, Acting Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, et al., Petitioners v. Haitian Centers Council, Inc. |
| Citations | 509 U.S. 155 (more) 113 S. Ct. 2549; 125 L. Ed. 2d 128; 1993 U.S. LEXIS 4247 |
| Argument | Oral 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. | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Stevens, joined by Rehnquist, White, O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas |
| Dissent | Blackmun |
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.