Supreme Court of the United States, 2011

Johnson v. Obama

Johnson v. Obama
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 11, 2011 · Alito, Breyer, Consideration, Ginsburg, Kennedy, Scalia, Thomas, Took
181 L. Ed. 2d 251; 2011 U.S. LEXIS 7297; 132 S. Ct. 398; 565 U.S. 937 (Lawyers' Edition, Second Series)

Johnson v. Obama

Opinion of the Court

Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Because the Court lacks a quorum, 28 U.S.C. § 1, and since the only qualified Justice is of the opinion that the case cannot be heard and determined at the next Term of the Court, the judgment is affirmed under 28 U.S.C. § 2109, which provides that under these circumstances “the court shall enter its order affirming the judgment of the court from which the case was brought for review with the same effect as upon affir-mance by an equally divided court.”

The Chief Justice, Justice Scalia, Justice Kennedy, Justice Thomas, Justice Ginsburg, Justice Breyer, Justice Alito, and Justice Sotomayor took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

Same case below, 414 Fed. Appx. 887.

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