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136 S. Ct. 554

Smith v. Scalia

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided November 30, 2015

Supreme Court of the United States · decided 2015-11-30

Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently September 2022 · most notably United States v. Rios (2016), United States v. Powell (2017)

11 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 state decisions

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1 (Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 1992) · 28 U.S.C. § 2109

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Decided 2015-11-30

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¶1Because the Court lacks a quorum, 28 U.S.C. § 1, and since the only qualified Justices are 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 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 affirmance by an equally divided court.".

¶2The CHIEF JUSTICE, Justice SCALIA, Justice THOMAS, and Justice KAGAN took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

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