The Center Square: Supreme Court rules detained foreign nationals in U.S. illegally can’t file class action lawsuits

IRLI In The News

June 13, 2022

By Bethany Blankely

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that foreign nationals in the U.S. illegally and detained on immigration charges can’t file class action lawsuits.

The court ruled 6-3 in Garland v. Aleman Gonzalez with Justice Samuel Alito writing for the majority. Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a partial dissent with Justices Elena Kagan and Stephen Breyer joining.

Read the full story at The Center Square.

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