Chunon L. Bailey, Aka Polo, Petitioner v. United States
Decided February 19, 2013. Anthony McLeod Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 11-770 · 568 U.S. 186 (2013) · Cited 390 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 6–3.
Majority · 3
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy · delivered the opinion of the Court
- John Glover Roberts Jr.
- Sonia Sotomayor
Concurring · 3
- Antonin Scalia · filed a concurring opinion
- Elena Kagan
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Dissenting · 3
- Clarence Thomas
- Samuel A. Alito Jr.
- 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.
- Michigan v. Summers · 452 U.S. 692 (1981)
- Muehler v. Mena · 544 U.S. 93 (2005)
- Terry v. Ohio · 392 U.S. 1 (1968)
- Dunaway v. New York · 442 U.S. 200 (1979)
- Mincey v. Arizona · 437 U.S. 385 (1978)
- Florida v. Royer · 460 U.S. 491 (1983)
- Pennsylvania v. Mimms · 434 U.S. 106 (1977)
- Arizona v. Gant · 556 U.S. 332 (2009)
- Maryland v. Buie · 494 U.S. 325 (1990)
- Henry v. United States · 361 U.S. 98 (1959)
- Kentucky v. King · 563 U.S. 452 (2011)
- United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
- New York v. Class · 475 U.S. 106 (1986)
- Thornton v. United States · 541 U.S. 615 (2004)
- Los Angeles County, California v. Rettele · 550 U.S. 609 (2007)
Cited by
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- Manuel v. City of Joliet · 580 U.S. 357 (2017)
- Fernandez v. California · 571 U.S. 292 (2014)
- Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta · 594 U.S. 595 (2021)
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