Johnnie Corley v. United States

Decided April 6, 2009. David Hackett Souter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 07-10441 · 556 U.S. 303 (2009) · Cited 913 times

Holding

Sec tion 3501 modified McNabb-Mallory but did not supplant it.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• Miranda v. Arizona · 384 U.S. 436 (1966)
• McNabb v. United States · 318 U.S. 332 (1943)
• Mallory v. United States · 354 U.S. 449 (1957)
• Upshaw v. United States · 335 U.S. 410 (1948)
• County of Riverside v. McLaughlin · 500 U.S. 44 (1991)
• United States v. Alvarez-Sanchez · 511 U.S. 350 (1994)
• Connecticut National Bank v. Germain · 503 U.S. 249 (1992)
• Dickerson v. United States · 530 U.S. 428 (2000)
• Russello v. United States · 464 U.S. 16 (1983)
• Escobedo v. Illinois · 378 U.S. 478 (1964)
• Davis v. United States · 512 U.S. 452 (1994)
• Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
• Food & Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. · 529 U.S. 120 (2000)
• Haynes v. Washington · 373 U.S. 503 (1963)
• Bram v. United States · 168 U.S. 532 (1897)
• Hudson v. Michigan · 547 U.S. 586 (2006)
• United States v. Albertini · 472 U.S. 675 (1985)
• King v. St. Vincent's Hospital · 502 U.S. 215 (1991)
• Hibbs v. Winn · 542 U.S. 88 (2004)
• Wilson v. United States · 162 U.S. 613 (1896)
• Busic v. United States · 446 U.S. 398 (1980)
• Gutierrez De Martinez v. Lamagno · 515 U.S. 417 (1995)
• Tome v. United States · 513 U.S. 150 (1995)
• New York v. Hill · 528 U.S. 110 (2000)
• United States v. Monsanto · 491 U.S. 600 (1989)
• Lyons v. Oklahoma · 322 U.S. 596 (1944)
• United States v. Naftalin · 441 U.S. 768 (1979)
• Carcieri v. Salazar · 555 U.S. 379 (2009)
• Ziang Sung Wan v. United States · 266 U.S. 1 (1924)

Cited by

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

• Barton v. Barr · 590 U.S. 222 (2020)
• Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas · 596 U.S. 685 (2022)
• Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd. Partnership · 564 U.S. 91 (2011)
• Marx v. General Revenue Corp. · 568 U.S. 371 (2013)
• Jerman v. Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Kramer & Ulrich, L.P.A. · 559 U.S. 573 (2010)
• Forest Grove School District v. T. A. · 557 U.S. 230 (2009)
• Kawashima v. Holder · 565 U.S. 478 (2012)

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