United States v. Texas (2016)
| United States v. Texas | |
|---|---|
| Argued April 18, 2016 Decided June 23, 2016 | |
| Full case name | United States of America, et al., Petitioners v. State of Texas, et al. |
| Docket no. | 15-674 |
| Citations | 579 U.S. 547 (more) 136 S. Ct. 2271; 195 L. Ed. 2d 638 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Issuing preliminary injunction, 86 F. Supp. 3d 591 (S.D. Tex. 2015); stay denied, 787 F.3d 733 (5th Cir. 2015); preliminary injunction affirmed, 809 F.3d 134 (5th Cir. 2015); cert. granted, 136 S. Ct. 906 (2016). |
| Holding | |
| The judgment was affirmed by an equally divided court. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Per curiam | |
| Laws applied | |
| Take Care Clause of the U.S. Constitution, Administrative Procedure Act, United States immigration legislation from 1952, 1965, 1986, 1990, 1996, etc. | |
United States v. Texas, 579 U.S. 547 (2016), is a United States Supreme Court case regarding the constitutionality of the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) program.
In a one-line per curiam decision, an equally divided Court affirmed the lower-court injunction blocking the President Barack Obama's program. The case was decided by an eight-member bench due to the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.