John Angus Smith v. United States

Decided May 24, 1993. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 91-8674 · 508 U.S. 223 (1993) · Cited 1,468 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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.

• United Sav. Assn. of Tex. v. Timbers of Inwood Forest Associates, Ltd. · 484 U.S. 365 (1988)
• United States v. Bass · 404 U.S. 336 (1971)
• Perrin v. United States · 444 U.S. 37 (1979)
• Taylor v. United States · 495 U.S. 575 (1990)
• Chapman v. United States · 500 U.S. 453 (1991)
• Dewsnup v. Timm · 502 U.S. 410 (1992)
• Moskal v. United States · 498 U.S. 103 (1990)
• United States v. One Assortment of 89 Firearms · 465 U.S. 354 (1984)
• United States v. Fisher · 6 U.S. 358 (1805)
• District of Columbia v. Greater Washington Board of Trade · 506 U.S. 125 (1992)
• Adamo Wrecking Co. v. United States · 434 U.S. 275 (1978)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Watson v. United States · 552 U.S. 74 (2007)
• Bailey v. United States · 516 U.S. 137 (1995)
• Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Ariz., Inc. · 570 U.S. 1 (2013)
• Dean v. United States · 556 U.S. 568 (2009)
• Dubin v. United States · 599 U.S. 110 (2023)
• District of Columbia v. Heller · 554 U.S. 570 (2008)
• United States v. Davis · 588 U.S. 445 (2019)
• Muscarello v. United States · 524 U.S. 125 (1998)
• Rosemond v. United States · 572 U.S. 65 (2014)
• Voisine v. United States · 579 U.S. 686 (2016)
• Shular v. United States · 589 U.S. 154 (2020)
• Leocal v. Ashcroft · 543 U.S. 1 (2004)
• United States v. Shabani · 513 U.S. 10 (1994)
• Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Bailey · 557 U.S. 137 (2009)
• United States v. Granderson · 511 U.S. 39 (1994)
• Federal Deposit Insurance v. Meyer · 510 U.S. 471 (1994)
• Staples v. United States · 511 U.S. 600 (1994)
• Reno v. Koray · 515 U.S. 50 (1995)
• Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Greenwich Collieries · 512 U.S. 267 (1994)
• United States v. Wells · 519 U.S. 482 (1997)
• Castillo v. United States · 530 U.S. 120 (2000)
• John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance v. Harris Trust & Savings Bank · 510 U.S. 86 (1993)
• Koons Buick Pontiac GMC, Inc. v. Nigh · 543 U.S. 50 (2004)
• Stewart v. Dutra Construction Co. · 543 U.S. 481 (2005)
• DePierre v. United States · 564 U.S. 70 (2011)
• Diaz v. United States · 602 U.S. 526 (2024)

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