Esteras v. United States
Decided June 20, 2025. Amy Coney Barrett delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 23-7483 · 606 U.S. 185 (2025) · Cited 96 times
Holding
A district court considering whether to revoke a defendant’s term of supervised release may not consider 18 U. S. C. §3553(a)(2)(A), which covers retribution vis-à-vis the defendant’s underlying criminal offense.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–2.
Majority · 7
- John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Clarence Thomas
- Sonia Sotomayor · filed an opinion concurring in the judgment
- Elena Kagan
- Brett M. Kavanaugh
- Amy Coney Barrett · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Ketanji Brown Jackson · filed an opinion concurring in the judgment
Dissenting · 2
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr. · filed a dissenting opinion
- Neil M. Gorsuch
“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.
- Tapia v. United States · 564 U.S. 319 (2011)
- Concepcion v. United States · 597 U.S. 481 (2022)
- United States v. Johnson · 529 U.S. 53 (2000)
- Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Echazabal · 536 U.S. 73 (2002)
- Johnson v. United States · 529 U.S. 694 (2000)
- United States v. Granderson · 511 U.S. 39 (1994)
- Mont v. United States · 587 U.S. 514 (2019)
- United States v. Olano · 507 U.S. 725 (1993)
- United States v. Young · 470 U.S. 1 (1985)
- Russello v. United States · 464 U.S. 16 (1983)
- United States v. Vonn · 535 U.S. 55 (2002)
- United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
- Jama v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · 543 U.S. 335 (2005)
- Barnhart v. Peabody Coal Co. · 537 U.S. 149 (2003)
- Nat'l Labor Relations Bd. v. SW Gen., Inc. · 580 U.S. 288 (2017)
- Dean v. United States · 581 U.S. 62 (2017)
- Luna Torres v. Lynch · 578 U.S. 452 (2016)
- Samia v. United States · 599 U.S. 635 (2023)
- Gallardo v. Marstiller · 596 U.S. 420 (2022)
Official text
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