Johnson v. Holder
Petition for certiorari denied on September 1, 2012
Issue: (1) Whether this Court's holding in INS v. St. Cyr (2001) concerning the non-retroactivity of Congress's 1996 repeal of Section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act is a matter of statutory interpretation that applies equally to all immigrants; and (2) whether Board of Immigration Appeals correctly applied the "statutory counterpart" rule for eligibility for " 212(c) relief.
SCOTUSblog Coverage
- Petition of the day (Kiran Bhat, January 6, 2011)
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