Charles Carlisle v. United States

Decided April 29, 1996. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 94-9247 · 517 U.S. 416 (1996) · Cited 522 times

Holding

The District Court had no authority to grant petitioner’s motion for judgment of acquittal filed one day outside the Rule 29(c) time limit.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

“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. Smith · 331 U.S. 469 (1947)
• United States v. Sisson · 399 U.S. 267 (1970)
• Link v. Wabash Railroad · 370 U.S. 626 (1962)
• Thompson v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 375 U.S. 384 (1964)
• Fallen v. United States · 378 U.S. 139 (1964)
• Chambers v. Nasco, Inc. · 501 U.S. 32 (1991)
• United States v. Morgan · 307 U.S. 183 (1939)
• United States v. Wilson · 420 U.S. 332 (1975)
• Weinberger v. Romero-Barcelo · 456 U.S. 305 (1982)
• Bank of Nova Scotia v. United States · 487 U.S. 250 (1988)
• United States v. Mayer · 235 U.S. 55 (1914)
• Harris Truck Lines, Inc. v. Cherry Meat Packers, Inc. · 371 U.S. 215 (1962)
• Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert · 330 U.S. 501 (1947)
• Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness Society · 421 U.S. 240 (1975)
• Rochin v. California · 342 U.S. 165 (1952)
• Irwin v. Department of Veterans Affairs · 498 U.S. 89 (1990)
• Herrera v. Collins · 506 U.S. 390 (1993)
• Roadway Express, Inc. v. Piper · 447 U.S. 752 (1980)
• United States v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. · 310 U.S. 150 (1940)
• Palko v. Connecticut · 302 U.S. 319 (1937)
• United States v. Robinson · 361 U.S. 220 (1960)
• United States v. Hasting · 461 U.S. 499 (1983)
• United States v. Nobles · 422 U.S. 225 (1975)
• Shillitani v. United States · 384 U.S. 364 (1966)
• Cooke v. United States · 267 U.S. 517 (1925)
• United States v. Locke · 471 U.S. 84 (1985)
• Peacock v. Thomas · 516 U.S. 349 (1996)
• Molinaro v. New Jersey · 396 U.S. 365 (1970)
• Enelow v. New York Life Insurance · 293 U.S. 379 (1935)
• Pennsylvania Bureau of Correction v. United States Marshals Service · 474 U.S. 34 (1985)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Nutraceutical Corp. v. Lambert · 586 U.S. 188 (2019)
• Dietz v. Bouldin · 579 U.S. 40 (2016)
• County of Sacramento v. Lewis · 523 U.S. 833 (1998)
• Kontrick v. Ryan · 540 U.S. 443 (2004)
• Dickerson v. United States · 530 U.S. 428 (2000)
• Eberhart v. United States · 546 U.S. 12 (2005)
• Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp. · 546 U.S. 500 (2006)
• Johnson v. United States · 520 U.S. 461 (1997)
• Forest Grove School District v. T. A. · 557 U.S. 230 (2009)
• Clinton v. Goldsmith · 526 U.S. 529 (1999)
• United States v. Denedo · 556 U.S. 904 (2009)
• United States v. Hyde · 520 U.S. 670 (1997)
• United States v. Tsarnaev · 595 U.S. 302 (2022)

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