FLORES-VILLAR v. UNITED STATES
No. 09-5801.
Argued November 10, 2010
Decided June 13, 2011
Steven F. Hubachek, by appointment of the Court, 559 U. S. 1105, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Elizabeth M. Barros and Vincent J. Brunkow.
Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Katyal, Assistant Attorneys General West and Breuer, Sarah E. Harrington, Donald E. Keener, Carol Federighi, Robert N Markle, and William C. Brown.
Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed for the American Civil Liberties Union et al. by Sandra S. Park, Steven R. Shnpiro, T.enma M. Lapidus, Lee Gelernt, Lucas Guttentag, Jennifer Chang Newell, and David Blair Loy; for Equality Now et al. by Martha F. Davis; for the National Immigrant Justice Center et al. by Brian J. Murray, Charles Roth, and Stephen W. Manning; for the National Women’s Law Center et al. by Deanne E. Maynard, Brian R. Matsui, Seth M. Galanter, Marcia D. Croenberger, and Dina R. Lrnsow; for Profceoors of History ot al. by Lorclie S. Masters and Lindsay C. Harrison; and for Scholars on Statelessness by Max Gitter.
Michael M. Hethmon filed a brief for the Immigration Reform Law Institute as amicus curiae.
Per Curiam.
The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.
Justice Kagan
took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.
case did not arise on cert or cert not granted federal court conflict federal court conflict and to resolve important or significant question putative conflict conflict between federal court and state court state court conflict federal court confusion or uncertainty state court confusion or uncertainty federal court and state court confusion or uncertainty to resolve important or significant question to resolve question presented no reason given other reason