No. 20-522
Xavier Demetrius Porter v. United States
Tags: categorical-approach dicta federal-court federal-court-interpretation judicial-precedent legal-interpretation precedent state-court state-court-dicta statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
HabeasCorpus Immigration
HabeasCorpus Immigration
Latest Conference:
2021-01-08
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a federal court applying the categorical approach is required to give significant weight to on point dicta from the relevant State's highest court
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a federal court applying the categorical approach is required to give significant weight to on point dicta from the relevant State’s highest court. (i)
Docket Entries
2021-01-11
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-10-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 19, 2020)
Attorneys
United States
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
Xavier Demetrius Porter
Erin Chapman — Hogan Lovells US, LLP, Petitioner
Erin Chapman — Hogan Lovells US, LLP, Petitioner