Bond v. United States

Decided June 2, 2014. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 12-158 · 572 U.S. 844 (2014) · Cited 374 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• United States v. Bass · 404 U.S. 336 (1971)
• Jones v. United States · 529 U.S. 848 (2000)
• United States v. Lopez · 514 U.S. 549 (1995)
• Bond v. United States · 564 U.S. 211 (2011)
• Johnson v. United States · 559 U.S. 133 (2010)
• Gregory v. Ashcroft · 501 U.S. 452 (1991)
• Reid v. Covert · 354 U.S. 1 (1957)
• Whitney v. Robertson · 124 U.S. 190 (1888)
• Medellin v. Texas · 552 U.S. 491 (2008)
• Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon · 473 U.S. 234 (1985)
• BFP v. Resolution Trust Corporation · 511 U.S. 531 (1994)
• Geofroy v. Riggs · 133 U.S. 258 (1890)
• Asakura v. City of Seattle · 265 U.S. 332 (1924)
• Stenberg v. Carhart · 530 U.S. 914 (2000)
• Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 297 U.S. 288 (1936)
• Bordenkircher v. Hayes · 434 U.S. 357 (1978)
• Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp. · 331 U.S. 218 (1947)
• Patterson v. McLean Credit Union · 491 U.S. 164 (1989)
• Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. Halderman · 451 U.S. 1 (1981)
• United States v. Batchelder · 442 U.S. 114 (1979)
• United States v. Morrison · 529 U.S. 598 (2000)
• Pennsylvania Department of Corrections v. Yeskey · 524 U.S. 206 (1998)
• New York v. United States · 505 U.S. 144 (1992)
• Coates v. City of Cincinnati · 402 U.S. 611 (1971)
• United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · 438 U.S. 422 (1978)
• Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd. · 561 U.S. 247 (2010)
• Salinas v. United States · 522 U.S. 52 (1997)
• Printz v. United States · 521 U.S. 898 (1997)
• United States v. Curtiss-Wright Export Corp. · 299 U.S. 304 (1936)
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Arabian American Oil Co. · 499 U.S. 244 (1991)

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• Sackett v. EPA · 598 U.S. 651 (2023)
• Hewitt v. United States · 606 U.S. 419 (2025)
• Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo · 603 U.S. 369 (2024)
• Van Buren v. United States · 593 U.S. 374 (2021)
• Haaland v. Brackeen · 599 U.S. 255 (2023)
• Biden v. Nebraska · 600 U.S. 477 (2023)
• Fischer v. United States · 603 U.S. 480 (2024)
• Delligatti v. United States · 604 U.S. 423 (2025)
• Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn · 604 U.S. 593 (2025)
• Trump v. Anderson · 601 U.S. 100 (2024)
• Arizona v. Navajo Nation · 599 U.S. 555 (2023)
• Feliciano v. Department Of Transportation · 605 U.S. 38 (2025)

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