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Cite as:  575 U. S. ____ (2015) 

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Syllabus 

When registration is opposed, there is good reason to think that both
sides  will  take  the  matter  seriously.  Congress’  creation  of  an  elabo-
rate  registration  scheme,  with  many  important  rights  attached  and
backed up by plenary review, confirms that registration decisions can 
be weighty enough to ground issue preclusion.  Pp. 21–22. 

716 F. 3d 1020, reversed and remanded. 

ALITO, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. J., 
and  KENNEDY, GINSBURG, BREYER, SOTOMAYOR, and  KAGAN, JJ., joined. 
GINSBURG, J., filed a concurring opinion.  THOMAS, J., filed a dissenting 
opinion, in which SCALIA, J., joined.