Hunter v. United States
Decided June 18, 2026. Elena Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 24-1063 · 608 U.S. ___ (2026)
Holding
An agreement not to appeal a sentence is unenforceable when it would result in a miscarriage of justice—meaning, when it would leave in place the kind of egregious error that would bring the judicial system into disrepute.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 8–1.
Majority · 8
- John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Elena Kagan · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Neil M. Gorsuch · filed a concurring opinion
- Brett M. Kavanaugh · filed a concurring opinion
- Amy Coney Barrett · filed a concurring opinion
- Ketanji Brown Jackson
Dissenting · 1
- Clarence Thomas · filed a dissenting opinion
“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).
Official text
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