Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
United States v. Texas
579 U.S. 547
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 2016-06-23
- Topic
- litigation
holding that the “financial loss[es]” that Texas would bear, due to having to grant drivers licenses, constituted a concrete and immediate injury for standing purposes | holding that the state of Texas had standing to challenge the Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (“DAPA”) program based on its alleged injury of subsidizing driver’s licenses to DAPA beneficiaries | stating that “about 1.5 million aliens were covered by the DACA Memorandum” and “no one disputes that some” of them are in Texas | enjoining the Department from applying a new rule pending a full determination of the matter on the merits | state regulatory agency filed parens patriae suit against Federal Communications Commission and the federal government | "A plaintiff does not lose standing to challenge an otherwise injurious action simply because he may also derive some benefit from it. Our standing analysis is not an accounting exercise ...." | this litigation will be referred to as Texas I
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(Slip Opinion) Cite as:579 U. S. ____
(2016) 1
Per Curiam
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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
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No. 15–674
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UNITED STATES, ET AL., PETITIONERS v.
TEXAS, ET AL.
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF
APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
[June 23, 2016]
PER CURIAM.
The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.