Dean v. United States
Decided April 3, 2017. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 15-9260 · 581 U.S. 62 (2017) · Cited 329 times
Holding
Section 924(c) does not prevent a sentencing court from considering a mandatory minimum imposed under that provision when calculating an appropriate sentence for the predicate offense.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 8–0.
Majority · 8
- John Glover Roberts Jr. · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy
- Clarence Thomas
- Elena Kagan
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Samuel A. Alito Jr.
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Stephen Gerald Breyer
“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.
- Pepper v. United States · 562 U.S. 476 (2011)
- Gall v. United States · 552 U.S. 38 (2007)
- Greenlaw v. United States · 554 U.S. 237 (2008)
- Kimbrough v. United States · 552 U.S. 85 (2007)
Cited by
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- Holguin-Hernandez v. United States · 589 U.S. 169 (2020)
- United States v. Davis · 588 U.S. 445 (2019)
- Esteras v. United States · 606 U.S. 185 (2025)
- Delligatti v. United States · 604 U.S. 423 (2025)
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