Supreme Court of the United States
Fernandez-Vargas v. Gonzales
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- Type
- Dissent
- Filed
- June 22, 2006
- Case
- Fernandez-Vargas v. Gonzales
- Case status
- Decided
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Justice Stevens, dissenting. In 1982, petitioner Humberto Fernandez-Vargas, an alien who had previously been deported, reentered the United States illegally. Over the next 20 years, petitioner remained here. He worked as a truckdriver, owned a trucking business, fathered a child, and eventually married the child’s mother, a United States citizen. The laws in place at…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| Opinion | Not attributed | June 22, 2006 |
| Opinion of the Court | Not attributed | June 22, 2006 |