Nina Perales already has argued a case successfully before the U.S. Supreme Court. She won’t need to try to do it again, after the high court declined to review a decision that found unconstitutional a Dallas suburb’s ordinance meant to curb illegal immigration.

In 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled on Farmers Branch v. Villas at Parkside in a consolidated appeal with another case. The Fifth Circuit held unconstitutional the city of Farmers Branch’s 2008 ordinance requiring would-be renters to provide proof of lawful presence in the country.

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