Booker T. Hudson, Jr. v. Michigan
Decided June 15, 2006. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 04-1360 · 547 U.S. 586 (2006) · Cited 1,222 times
Holding
The judgment is affirmed.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 4
- Antonin Scalia · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Clarence Thomas
- John Glover Roberts Jr.
- Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Concurring · 1
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy · filed a concurring opinion
Dissenting · 4
- David Hackett Souter
- John Paul Stevens
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Stephen Gerald Breyer · filed a dissenting opinion
“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.
- Mapp v. Ohio · 367 U.S. 643 (1961)
- Wilson v. Arkansas · 514 U.S. 927 (1995)
- Segura v. United States · 468 U.S. 796 (1984)
- Richards v. Wisconsin · 520 U.S. 385 (1997)
- New York v. Harris · 495 U.S. 14 (1990)
- United States v. Leon · 468 U.S. 897 (1984)
- Wolf v. Colorado · 338 U.S. 25 (1949)
- United States v. Ramirez · 523 U.S. 65 (1998)
- United States v. Banks · 540 U.S. 31 (2003)
- Payton v. New York · 445 U.S. 573 (1980)
- Nix v. Williams · 467 U.S. 431 (1984)
- Murray v. United States · 487 U.S. 533 (1988)
- Miller v. United States · 357 U.S. 301 (1958)
- Pennsylvania Bd. of Probation and Parole v. Scott · 524 U.S. 357 (1998)
- Boyd v. United States · 116 U.S. 616 (1886)
- Silverthorne Lumber Co. v. United States · 251 U.S. 385 (1920)
- Arizona v. Evans · 514 U.S. 1 (1995)
- Illinois v. Gates · 462 U.S. 213 (1983)
- Wong Sun v. United States · 371 U.S. 471 (1963)
- United States v. Calandra · 414 U.S. 338 (1974)
- United States v. Ceccolini · 435 U.S. 268 (1978)
- Sabbath v. United States · 391 U.S. 585 (1968)
- Coolidge v. New Hampshire · 403 U.S. 443 (1971)
- Franks v. Delaware · 438 U.S. 154 (1978)
- Elkins v. United States · 364 U.S. 206 (1960)
- Dickerson v. United States · 530 U.S. 428 (2000)
- Whiteley v. Warden, Wyoming State Penitentiary · 401 U.S. 560 (1971)
- Kyllo v. United States · 533 U.S. 27 (2001)
- McDonald v. United States · 335 U.S. 451 (1948)
- United States v. Janis · 428 U.S. 433 (1976)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Herring v. United States · 555 U.S. 135 (2009)
- Utah v. Strieff · 579 U.S. 232 (2016)
- Collins v. Virginia · 584 U.S. 586 (2018)
- McDonald v. City of Chicago · 561 U.S. 742 (2010)
- Corley v. United States · 556 U.S. 303 (2009)
- Lange v. California · 594 U.S. 295 (2021)
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