No. 22-179

United States v. Helaman Hansen

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2022-08-29
Status: Judgment Issued
Type: Paid
Amici (15)Relisted (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: 8-usc-1324 commercial-advantage constitutional-challenge criminal-prohibition first-amendment immigration immigration-law overbreadth overbreadth-doctrine private-financial-gain statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
FirstAmendment Immigration JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-12-09 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the federal criminal prohibition against encouraging or inducing unlawful immigration for commercial advantage or private financial gain, in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv) and (B)(i), is facially unconstitutional on First Amendment overbreadth grounds

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the federal criminal prohibition against encouraging or inducing unlawful immigration for commercial advantage or private financial gain, in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv) and (B)(i), is facially unconstitutional on First Amendment overbreadth grounds. (1)

Docket Entries

2023-07-25
Judgment issued.
2023-06-23
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Barrett, J., delivered the <a href = 'https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/22pdf/22-179_o75q.pdf'>opinion</a> of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Thomas, Alito, Kagan, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh, JJ., joined. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion. Jackson, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Sotomayor, J., joined.
2023-03-27
Argued. For petitioner: Brian H. Fletcher, Deputy Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For respondent: Esha Bhandari, New York, N. Y.
2023-03-17
Reply of petitioner United States filed. (Distributed)
2023-02-24
Brief amici curiae of Electronic Frontier Foundation, Immigrants Rising, Defending Rights & Dissent and Woodhull Freedom Foundation filed. (Distributed)
2023-02-24
2023-02-24
Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. (Mar. 1, 2023) filed. (Distributed)
2023-02-24
Brief amici curiae of The First Amendment Coalition Freedom of the Press Foundation, et al filed (Mar. 10, 2023). (Distributed)
2023-02-24
2023-02-24
Brief amici curiae of The Rutherford Institute and The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression filed. (Distributed)
2023-02-24
Brief amici curiae of City and County of San Francisco, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2023-02-24
Brief amicus curiae of Asian Americans Advancing Justice I AAJC, et al. filed. (Distributed)
2023-02-24
Brief amici curiae of Immigration Representatives and Organizations filed. (Distributed)
2023-02-23
Brief amicus curiae of Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed. (Distributed)
2023-02-22
2023-02-17
2023-02-13
CIRCULATED
2023-02-03
All records from the USCA-9th Circuit are available on PACER. Sealed records from the USDC-Eastern District of CA were transmitted electronically.
2023-02-03
Record requested from the U.S.C.A. for the Ninth Circuit.
2023-01-31
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Monday, March 27, 2023.
2023-01-25
2023-01-25
Brief amicus curiae of Immigration Reform Law Institute (Feb. 2, 2023) filed.
2023-01-25
Brief amicus curiae of Pfizer Inc. in suppoprt of neither party filed.
2023-01-18
Brief of petitioner United States filed.
2023-01-18
Joint appendix filed. (Statement of cost filed.)
2022-12-09
Petition GRANTED.
2022-12-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/9/2022.
2022-11-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/2/2022.
2022-11-14
Reply of petitioner United States filed.
2022-10-28
2022-09-28
2022-09-16
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 28, 2022.
2022-09-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 28, 2022 to October 28, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
2022-08-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 28, 2022)

Attorneys

Arizona, et al.
Linley Sarah WilsonOffice of the Arizona Attorney General, Amicus
Linley Sarah WilsonOffice of the Arizona Attorney General, Amicus
Asian Americans Advancing Justice I AAJC and 45 Community-Based, Advocacy, and Social Services Organizations
Niyati ShahAsian Americans Advancing Justice-AAJC, Amicus
Niyati ShahAsian Americans Advancing Justice-AAJC, Amicus
Cato Institute
Clark M. Neily IIICato Institute, Amicus
Clark M. Neily IIICato Institute, Amicus
City and County of San Francisco
Molly AlarconOffice of the San Francisco City Attorney, Amicus
Molly AlarconOffice of the San Francisco City Attorney, Amicus
Electronic Frontier Foundation, Immigrants Rising, Defending Rights & Dissent and Woodhull Freedom Foundation
David Allen GreeneElectronic Frontier Foundation, Amicus
David Allen GreeneElectronic Frontier Foundation, Amicus
Eugene Volokh
Eugene VolokhUCLA School of Law, Amicus
Eugene VolokhUCLA School of Law, Amicus
Helaman Hansen
Carolyn Mary WigginOffice of the Federal Defender, E.D. Cal., Respondent
Carolyn Mary WigginOffice of the Federal Defender, E.D. Cal., Respondent
Esha BhandariAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Respondent
Esha BhandariAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation, Respondent
Immigration Reform Law Institute
Lawrence J. JosephLaw Office of Lawrence J. Joseph, Amicus
Lawrence J. JosephLaw Office of Lawrence J. Joseph, Amicus
Immigration Representatives and Organizations
William Collins PerdueArnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Amicus
William Collins PerdueArnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Amicus
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and National Association of Federal Defenders
Stephen Reese SadyOregon Federal Public Defender's Office, Amicus
Stephen Reese SadyOregon Federal Public Defender's Office, Amicus
Pfizer Inc.
Douglas Harry Hallward-DriemeierRopes & Gray, LLP, Amicus
Douglas Harry Hallward-DriemeierRopes & Gray, LLP, Amicus
Religious Organizations
Matthew S. HellmanJenner & Block LLP, Amicus
Matthew S. HellmanJenner & Block LLP, Amicus
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Bruce David BrownReporters Committee for Freedom of Press, Amicus
Bruce David BrownReporters Committee for Freedom of Press, Amicus
State of Montana
Peter Martin Torstensen Jr.Montana Attorney General's Office, Amicus
Peter Martin Torstensen Jr.Montana Attorney General's Office, Amicus
The First Amendment Coalition Freedom of the Press Foundation et al
Penny M. VenetisRutgers Const. Litigat. Clinic, Amicus
Penny M. VenetisRutgers Const. Litigat. Clinic, Amicus
The Rutherford Institute and The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression
Erin Glenn Busby — Amicus
Erin Glenn Busby — Amicus
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Petitioner
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Petitioner