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JUDULANG v. HOLDER

No. 10-694.

132 S.Ct. 476 (2011)

181 L.Ed.2d 449

Joel JUDULANG, Petitioner v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 12, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark C. Fleming , Boston, MA, for Petitioner.

Curtis E. Gannon , Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Seth P. Waxman , Paul R.Q. Wolfson , James L. Quarles, III , Eric F. Citron , Wilmer Cutler Pickering , Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, Mark C. Fleming , Counsel of Record, Megan Barbero , Elizabeth Kent Cullen , Wilmer Cutler Pickering , Hale and Dorr LLP, Boston, MA, for Petitioner.

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Solicitor General Counsel of Record, Tony West , Assistant Attorney General, Edwin S. Kneedler , Deputy Solicitor General, Curtis E. Gannon , Assistant to the Solicitor General, Donald E. Keener , Alison R. Drucker , Andrew MacLachlan , Attorneys, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Justice KAGAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case concerns the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA or Board) policy for deciding when resident aliens may apply to the Attorney General for relief from deportation under a now-repealed provision of the immigration laws. We hold that the BIA's approach is arbitrary and capricious.

The legal background of this case is complex, but the principle guiding our decision is anything but. When an administrative...

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