Supreme Court· 6/25/2009

Horne v. Flores

Citations

557 U.S. 433
129 S. Ct. 2579
174 L. Ed. 2d 406
2009 U.S. LEXIS 4733

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holding that Court of Appeals should have inquired into whether changed conditions satisfied statutory violations that the continuing structural reform injunction was directed to address
holding that the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit employed a heightened standard for its Rule 60(b)(5) inquiry instead of the required flexible approach
concluding that a school superintendent had standing to seek vacatur of a trial court’s orders, while declining to consider whether the state legislature also had standing to pursue identical relief
holding that relief from a judgment is appropriate if “a significant change either in factual conditions or in law renders continued enforcement detrimental to the public interest”
holding that the party seeking modification of a judgment bears the burden of proof
noting that injunctions tend remain in force for long periods of time in such cases, warranting reexamination

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Judges: Alito, Breyer

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