John Hudson, Larry Baresel, and Jack Butler Rackley v. United States
Decided December 10, 1997. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 96-976 · 522 U.S. 93 (1997) · Cited 1,410 times
Holding
The Double Jeopardy Clause is not a bar to petitioners’ later criminal prosecution because the OCC administrative proceedings were civil, not criminal.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 9–0.
Majority · 3
- William Hubbs Rehnquist · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy
- Sandra Day O'Connor
Concurring · 6
- Antonin Scalia · filed a concurring opinion
- Clarence Thomas
- David Hackett Souter · filed a concurring opinion
- John Paul Stevens · filed a concurring opinion
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Stephen Gerald Breyer · filed a concurring opinion
“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 States v. Halper · 490 U.S. 435 (1989)
- Kennedy v. Mendoza-Martinez · 372 U.S. 144 (1963)
- Blockburger v. United States · 284 U.S. 299 (1931)
- United States v. Ursery · 518 U.S. 267 (1996)
- United States v. Ward · 448 U.S. 242 (1980)
- Department of Revenue of Mont. v. Kurth Ranch · 511 U.S. 767 (1994)
- Helvering v. Mitchell · 303 U.S. 391 (1938)
- United States v. Dixon · 509 U.S. 688 (1993)
- Flemming v. Nestor · 363 U.S. 603 (1960)
- Kansas v. Hendricks · 521 U.S. 346 (1997)
- United States v. James Daniel Good Real Property · 510 U.S. 43 (1993)
- United States Ex Rel. Marcus v. Hess · 317 U.S. 537 (1943)
- Alexander v. United States · 509 U.S. 544 (1993)
- Rex Trailer Co. v. United States · 350 U.S. 148 (1956)
- Harmelin v. Michigan · 501 U.S. 957 (1991)
- Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · 297 U.S. 288 (1936)
- Green v. United States · 355 U.S. 184 (1957)
- Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · 348 U.S. 483 (1955)
- Missouri v. Hunter · 459 U.S. 359 (1983)
- Austin v. United States · 509 U.S. 602 (1993)
- Breed v. Jones · 421 U.S. 519 (1975)
- Rutledge v. United States · 517 U.S. 292 (1996)
- United States v. One Assortment of 89 Firearms · 465 U.S. 354 (1984)
- One Lot Emerald Cut Stones and One Ring v. United States · 409 U.S. 232 (1972)
- Wong Wing v. United States · 163 U.S. 228 (1896)
- Bennis v. Michigan · 516 U.S. 442 (1996)
- United States v. La Franca · 282 U.S. 568 (1931)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Seling v. Young · 531 U.S. 250 (2001)
- Smith v. Doe · 538 U.S. 84 (2003)
- Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal Co., Inc. · 556 U.S. 868 (2009)
- Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services (TOC), Inc. · 528 U.S. 167 (2000)
- United States v. Rahimi · 602 U.S. 680 (2024)
Official text
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