Mont v. United States
Decided June 3, 2019. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 17-8995 · 587 U.S. 514 (2019) · Cited 73 times
Holding
Pretrial detention later credited as time served for a new conviction tolls a supervised-release term under 18 U. S. C. §3624(e), even if the court must make the tolling calculation after learning whether the time will be credited.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
- John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Clarence Thomas · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
- Brett M. Kavanaugh
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Dissenting · 4
- Sonia Sotomayor · filed a dissenting opinion
- Elena Kagan
- Neil M. Gorsuch
- Stephen G. Breyer
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).
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. Johnson · 529 U.S. 53 (2000)
- Carr v. United States · 560 U.S. 438 (2010)
- Johnson v. United States · 529 U.S. 694 (2000)
- United States v. Salerno · 481 U.S. 739 (1987)
- Cutter v. Wilkinson · 544 U.S. 709 (2005)
- Davis v. Michigan Department of the Treasury · 489 U.S. 803 (1989)
- Tapia v. United States · 564 U.S. 319 (2011)
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. v. Dabit · 547 U.S. 71 (2006)
- Burns v. United States · 287 U.S. 216 (1932)
- Maracich v. Spears · 570 U.S. 48 (2013)
- Barber v. Thomas · 560 U.S. 474 (2010)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- United States v. Haymond · 588 U.S. 634 (2019)
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