Kansas v. Garcia

Kansas v. Garcia
Argued October 16, 2019
Decided March 4, 2020
Full case nameKansas v. Ramiro Garcia, et al.
Docket no.17-834
Citations589 U.S. ___ (more)
140 S. Ct. 791; 206 L. Ed. 2d 146
ArgumentOral argument
Case history
PriorConviction affirmed, State v. Garcia, No. 112,502, 2016 WL 368054 (Kan. App. 2016); reversed, 306 Kan. 1113, 401 P.3d 588 (2017); cert. granted, 139 S. Ct. 1317 (2019).
Holding
The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 neither expressly nor impliedly preempts Kansas's application of its state identity-theft and fraud statutes to the noncitizens in this case.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Neil Gorsuch · Brett Kavanaugh
Case opinions
MajorityAlito, joined by Roberts, Thomas, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh
ConcurrenceThomas, joined by Gorsuch
Concur/dissentBreyer, joined by Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan
Laws applied
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986

Kansas v. Garcia, 589 U.S. ___ (2020), was a case of the United States Supreme Court that was decided, by a 5–4 majority, in 2020. The case concerned whether it was lawful for a State to enforce laws criminalizing the making of fraudulent representations by aliens who were not authorized to work in connection with obtaining a job; the Court held that it was.[1]

  1. ^ "Kansas v. Garcia | ABA". February 25, 2020.

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