Keshia Cherie Ashford Dixon v. United States
Decided June 22, 2006. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 05-7053 · 548 U.S. 1 (2006) · Cited 406 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–2.
Majority · 4
- John Paul Stevens · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Clarence Thomas
- John Glover Roberts Jr.
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Concurring · 3
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy · filed a concurring opinion
- Antonin Scalia
- Samuel A. Alito Jr. · filed a concurring opinion
Dissenting · 2
- David Hackett Souter
- Stephen Gerald Breyer · filed a dissenting 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.
- Davis v. United States · 160 U.S. 469 (1895)
- United States v. Bailey · 444 U.S. 394 (1980)
- United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative · 532 U.S. 483 (2001)
- Patterson v. New York · 432 U.S. 197 (1977)
- Leland v. Oregon · 343 U.S. 790 (1952)
- Mullaney v. Wilbur · 421 U.S. 684 (1975)
- Liparota v. United States · 471 U.S. 419 (1985)
- Martin v. Ohio · 480 U.S. 228 (1987)
- McKelvey v. United States · 260 U.S. 353 (1922)
- In Re WINSHIP · 397 U.S. 358 (1970)
- Jacobson v. United States · 503 U.S. 540 (1992)
- Bryan v. United States · 524 U.S. 184 (1998)
- Morissette v. United States · 342 U.S. 246 (1952)
- McNabb v. United States · 318 U.S. 332 (1943)
- United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
- Ratzlaf v. United States · 510 U.S. 135 (1994)
- Salinas v. United States · 522 U.S. 52 (1997)
- Tot v. United States · 319 U.S. 463 (1943)
- Schaffer Ex Rel. Schaffer v. Weast · 546 U.S. 49 (2005)
- Lynch v. Overholser · 369 U.S. 705 (1962)
- Davis v. United States · 165 U.S. 373 (1897)
- United States v. Jimenez Recio · 537 U.S. 270 (2003)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Rosemond v. United States · 572 U.S. 65 (2014)
- Xiulu Ruan v. United States · 597 U.S. 450 (2022)
- Smith v. United States · 568 U.S. 106 (2013)
- Cunningham v. Cornell Univ. · 604 U.S. 693 (2025)
- Perttu v. Richards · 605 U.S. 460 (2025)
- Trump v. United States · 603 U.S. 593 (2024)
- E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera · 604 U.S. 45 (2025)
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