Concepcion v. United States
Decided June 27, 2022. Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 20-1650 · 597 U.S. 481 (2022) · Cited 110 times
Holding
Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018, 132 Stat. 5222, allows district courts to consider intervening changes of law or fact in exercising their discretion to reduce a sentence.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
- Clarence Thomas
- Sonia Sotomayor · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Elena Kagan
- Neil M. Gorsuch
- Stephen G. Breyer
Dissenting · 4
- John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
- Brett M. Kavanaugh · filed a dissenting opinion
- Amy Coney Barrett
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).
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.
- Pepper v. United States · 562 U.S. 476 (2011)
- Kimbrough v. United States · 552 U.S. 85 (2007)
- Rita v. United States · 551 U.S. 338 (2007)
- Koon v. United States · 518 U.S. 81 (1996)
- Gall v. United States · 552 U.S. 38 (2007)
- Solem v. Helm · 463 U.S. 277 (1983)
- Williams v. New York · 337 U.S. 241 (1949)
- United States v. Tucker · 404 U.S. 443 (1972)
- Mistretta v. United States · 488 U.S. 361 (1989)
- United States v. Frady · 456 U.S. 152 (1982)
- Dillon v. United States · 560 U.S. 817 (2010)
- Calderon v. Thompson · 523 U.S. 538 (1998)
- United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
- Peugh v. United States · 569 U.S. 530 (2013)
- Tapia v. United States · 564 U.S. 319 (2011)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Esteras v. United States · 606 U.S. 185 (2025)
Official text
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