This website requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings, or use a different web browser like Google Chrome or Safari.

Options

From our private database of 31,100+ case briefs...

The DACA Case (Department of Homeland Security v. Regents of the University of California)

United States Supreme Court

140 S.Ct. 1891, 207 L.Ed.2d 353 (2020)

Facts

In 2012 the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The DACA program allowed people under the age of 31 brought to the United States illegally as children who met a series of criteria to remain in the United States and enjoy certain rights. The program was expanded in 2014 amid litigation from 28 states challenging it. In 2017 the Department of Justice (DOJ) wrote a letter to the DHS advising it that DACA was illegal and advising recission. The acting DHS secretary, Elaine Duke, issued a recission of DACA citing its illegality. The regents of the University of California (plaintiff) and other interested parties sued in federal district court, claiming the recission was arbitrary and capricious. DHS countered that recission was not an agency action reviewable by courts and that DHS had gone through the proper methods in rescinding DACA. The new DHS secretary, Kirstjen Nielsen, issued a new recission order that stated multiple reasons for DACA’s recission, which DHS asked the court to consider. The case was appealed to the Supreme Court.

Rule of Law

The rule of law is the black letter law upon which the court rested its decision. To access this section, please start your free trial or log in.

Issue

The issue section includes the dispositive legal issue in the case phrased as a question. To access this section, please start your free trial or log in.

Holding and Reasoning (Roberts, C.J.)

The holding and reasoning section includes:

A "yes" or "no" answer to the question framed in the issue section;
A summary of the majority or plurality opinion, using the CREAC method; and
The procedural disposition (e.g., reversed and remanded, affirmed, etc.).

To access this section, please start your free trial or log in.

What to do next…

Unlock this case brief with a free (no-commitment) trial membership of Quimbee.
You’ll be in good company: Quimbee is one of the most widely used and trusted sites for law students, serving more than 557,000 law students since 2011. Some law schools—such as Yale, Berkeley, and Northwestern—even subscribe directly to Quimbee for all their law students.
Unlock this case brief Read our student testimonials
Learn more about Quimbee’s unique (and proven) approach to achieving great grades at law school.
Quimbee is a company hell-bent on one thing: helping you get an “A” in every course you take in law school, so you can graduate at the top of your class and get a high-paying law job. We’re not just a study aid for law students; we’re the study aid for law students.
Learn about our approach Read more about Quimbee

Here's why 557,000 law students have relied on our case briefs:

Written by law professors and practitioners, not other law students. 31,100 briefs, keyed to 984 casebooks. Top-notch customer support.
The right amount of information, includes the facts, issues, rule of law, holding and reasoning, and any concurrences and dissents.
Access in your classes, works on your mobile and tablet. Massive library of related video lessons and high quality multiple-choice questions.
Easy to use, uniform format for every case brief. Written in plain English, not in legalese. Our briefs summarize and simplify; they don’t just repeat the court’s language.

Access this case brief for FREE

With a 7-day free trial membership

Here's why 557,000 law students have relied on our case briefs:

Reliable - written by law professors and practitioners, not other law students
The right length and amount of information - includes the facts, issue, rule of law, holding and reasoning, and any concurrences and dissents
Access in your class - works on your mobile and tablet
31,100 briefs - keyed to 984 casebooks
Uniform format for every case brief
Written in plain English - not in legalese and not just repeating the court's language
Massive library of related video lessons - and practice questions
Top-notch customer support