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United States party presentationoverbreadthappellate procedure

United States v. Sineneng-Smith

590 U.S. 371 (2020)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtSupreme Court of the United States
Year2020
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Under the principle of party presentation, courts must decide the case the parties actually present, and a court of appeals abuses its discretion when it injects and resolves an issue (here First Amendment overbreadth) that no party raised.

Area of Law

General

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Klein v. Martin 607 U. S. 213 (2026)
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