Supreme Court· 3/28/2012

Vartelas v. Holder

Citations

132 S. Ct. 1479
182 L. Ed. 2d 473
2012 U.S. LEXIS 2540
566 U.S. 257

Oral argument

Argued
58 min recording
Listen

Source: CourtListener oral-argument corpus (CC0).

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

holding that an IIRIRA provision was imper- missibly retroactive because it “attached a new disability” to Vartelas’s pre-IIRIRA guilty plea and conviction
holding that an IIRIRA provision was impermissibly retroactive because it “attached a new disability” to Vartelas’s pre-IIRIRA guilty plea and conviction
holding that the collateral effects of a noncitizen’s conviction were determined “by the legal regime in force at the time of his conviction”
holding that an IIRIRA provision was imper- missibly retroactive because it “attached a new disability” to Vartelas’s pre-IIRIRA guilty plea and conviction
explaining that the Court has “several times recognized the severity of [the] sanction” of deportation
explaining that Congress made “ad mission” the “key word” and removed the definition of “entry” from the statute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Ginsburg, Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, Scalia, Thomas, Alito

Read full opinion on CourtListener

Cited by

121 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

30 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Other cases named Vartelas v. Holder

6 other CourtListener records share this case name.

Sourced from CourtListener / Free Law Project (CC0).

This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.