Lenard Ray Beecham v. United States

Decided May 16, 1994. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 93-445 · 511 U.S. 368 (1994) · Cited 273 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• Chapman v. United States · 500 U.S. 453 (1991)
• King v. St. Vincent's Hospital · 502 U.S. 215 (1991)
• Dickerson v. New Banner Institute, Inc. · 460 U.S. 103 (1983)
• Massachusetts v. Morash · 490 U.S. 107 (1989)
• Jarecki v. G. D. Searle & Co. · 367 U.S. 303 (1961)
• Dole v. United Steelworkers · 494 U.S. 26 (1990)
• Third Nat. Bank in Nashville v. Impac Limited, Inc. · 432 U.S. 312 (1977)
• Shell Oil Co. v. Iowa Department of Revenue · 488 U.S. 19 (1988)

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

• Small v. United States · 544 U.S. 385 (2005)
• Graham County Soil & Water Conservation District v. United States Ex Rel. Wilson · 559 U.S. 280 (2010)
• Financial Oversight and Management Bd. for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC · 590 U.S. 448 (2020)
• S. D. Warren Co. v. Maine Board of Environmental Protection · 547 U.S. 370 (2006)
• Crawford v. Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson Cty. · 555 U.S. 271 (2009)
• United States v. Shabani · 513 U.S. 10 (1994)
• Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapter, Communities for Great Ore. · 515 U.S. 687 (1995)
• Caron v. United States · 524 U.S. 308 (1998)
• Logan v. United States · 552 U.S. 23 (2007)

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