Khanh Phuong Nguyen v. United States et al.

Decided June 9, 2003. John Paul Stevens delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 01-10873 · 539 U.S. 69 (2003) · Cited 140 times

Holding

The Ninth Circuit panel did not have the authority to decide petitioners’ appeals.

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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.

• United States v. Olano · 507 U.S. 725 (1993)
• United States v. American-Foreign Steamship Corp. · 363 U.S. 685 (1960)
• Johnson v. United States · 520 U.S. 461 (1997)
• United States v. Atkinson · 297 U.S. 157 (1936)
• United States v. Cotton · 535 U.S. 625 (2002)
• Glidden Co. v. Zdanok · 370 U.S. 530 (1962)
• United States v. Young · 470 U.S. 1 (1985)
• Apprendi v. New Jersey · 530 U.S. 466 (2000)
• Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. · 458 U.S. 50 (1982)
• Yakus v. United States · 321 U.S. 414 (1944)
• Blessing v. Freestone · 520 U.S. 329 (1997)
• Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc. · 514 U.S. 211 (1995)
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Schor · 478 U.S. 833 (1986)
• Bank of Nova Scotia v. United States · 487 U.S. 250 (1988)
• Jones v. United States · 527 U.S. 373 (1999)
• Lehman Brothers v. Schein · 416 U.S. 386 (1974)
• Ryder v. United States · 515 U.S. 177 (1995)

Cited by

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

• New Process Steel, L. P. v. National Labor Relations Board · 560 U.S. 674 (2010)
• Yovino v. Rizo · 586 U.S. 181 (2019)
• Hamdan v. Rumsfeld · 548 U.S. 557 (2006)
• Rivera v. Illinois · 556 U.S. 148 (2009)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2003). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).