Supreme Court of the United States
Nken v. Holder
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- Type
- Opinion
- Filed
- April 22, 2009
- Case
- Nken v. Holder
- Case status
- Decided
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Chief Justice Roberts delivered the opinion of the Court. It takes time to decide a case on appeal. Sometimes a little; sometimes a lot. “No court can make time stand still” while it considers an appeal, Scripps-Howard Radio, Inc. v. FCC, 316 U. S. 4, 9 (1942), and if a court takes the time it needs, the court’s decision…
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