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Cite as:  592 U. S. ____ (2021) 

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KAVANAUGH, J., concurring 

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 

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No. 19–968 
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CHIKE UZUEGBUNAM, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. 
STANLEY C. PRECZEWSKI, ET AL. 

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF 
APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT 

[March 8, 2021] 

JUSTICE KAVANAUGH, concurring. 
I  agree  with  the  Court  that,  as  a  matter  of  history  and 
precedent,  a  plaintiff’s  request  for  nominal  damages  can 
satisfy the redressability requirement for Article III stand-
ing and can keep an otherwise moot case alive.  I write sep-
arately simply to note that I agree with THE CHIEF JUSTICE 
and the Solicitor General that a defendant should be able 
to  accept  the  entry  of  a  judgment  for  nominal  damages 
against it and thereby end the litigation without a resolu-
tion of the merits.  Post, at 11 (ROBERTS, C. J., dissenting); 
Brief for United States as Amicus Curiae 29–30.