Mellouli v. Lynch

Mellouli v. Lynch
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 14, 2015 Decided June 1, 2015
Full case name	Moones Mellouli, Petitioner v. Loretta Lynch, Attorney General
Docket no.	13-1034
Citations	575 U.S. 798 (more)
Case history
Prior	United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Holding
The court held that a drug conviction under state law triggers deportation only if the crime falls within a category of deportable offenses defined by federal law.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
Majority	Ginsburg, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagen
Dissent	Thomas, joined by Alito
Laws applied
Immigration and Nationality Act Controlled Substances Act

Mellouli v. Lynch, 575 U.S. 798 (2015) is a Supreme Court of the United States ruling which reversed the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on the matter of whether Tunisian national Moones Mellouli should be deported after being convicted for driving under the influence.