Nathaniel Jones v. United States

Decided March 24, 1999. David Hackett Souter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 97-6203 · 526 U.S. 227 (1999) · Cited 2,200 times

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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.

• Almendarez-Torres v. United States · 523 U.S. 224 (1998)
• McMillan v. Pennsylvania · 477 U.S. 79 (1986)
• Patterson v. New York · 432 U.S. 197 (1977)
• In Re WINSHIP · 397 U.S. 358 (1970)
• Mullaney v. Wilbur · 421 U.S. 684 (1975)
• Walton v. Arizona · 497 U.S. 639 (1990)
• Hildwin v. Florida · 490 U.S. 638 (1989)
• Spaziano v. Florida · 468 U.S. 447 (1984)
• Hamling v. United States · 418 U.S. 87 (1974)
• Monge v. California · 524 U.S. 721 (1998)
• Poland v. Arizona · 476 U.S. 147 (1986)
• Duncan v. Louisiana · 391 U.S. 145 (1968)
• Sullivan v. Louisiana · 508 U.S. 275 (1993)
• United States v. Gaudin · 515 U.S. 506 (1995)
• Staples v. United States · 511 U.S. 600 (1994)
• Rust v. Sullivan · 500 U.S. 173 (1991)
• Almeida-Sanchez v. United States · 413 U.S. 266 (1973)
• Edward J. DeBartolo Corp. v. Florida Gulf Coast Building & Construction Trades Council · 485 U.S. 568 (1988)
• United States v. X-Citement Video, Inc. · 513 U.S. 64 (1994)
• Liparota v. United States · 471 U.S. 419 (1985)
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. LTV Corp. · 496 U.S. 633 (1990)
• United States v. Price · 361 U.S. 304 (1960)
• United States v. Jin Fuey Moy · 241 U.S. 394 (1916)
• Burch v. Louisiana · 441 U.S. 130 (1979)

Cited by

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

• Harris v. United States · 536 U.S. 545 (2002)
• Apprendi v. New Jersey · 530 U.S. 466 (2000)
• Ring v. Arizona · 536 U.S. 584 (2002)
• Rita v. United States · 551 U.S. 338 (2007)
• United States v. Booker · 543 U.S. 220 (2005)
• Cunningham v. California · 549 U.S. 270 (2007)
• Shepard v. United States · 544 U.S. 13 (2005)
• Castillo v. United States · 530 U.S. 120 (2000)
• United States v. O’Brien · 560 U.S. 218 (2010)
• Erlinger v. United States · 602 U.S. 821 (2024)
• Blakely v. Washington · 542 U.S. 296 (2004)
• Bruesewitz v. Wyeth LLC · 562 U.S. 223 (2011)
• Kisor v. Wilkie · 588 U.S. 558 (2019)
• Carter v. United States · 530 U.S. 255 (2000)
• United States v. Cotton · 535 U.S. 625 (2002)
• CBOCS West, Inc. v. Humphries · 553 U.S. 442 (2008)
• Jones v. United States · 529 U.S. 848 (2000)
• Chamber of Commerce of United States of America v. Whiting · 563 U.S. 582 (2011)
• Southern Union Co. v. United States · 567 U.S. 343 (2012)

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