Oregon v. Thomas Eugene Ice
Decided January 14, 2009. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 07-901 · 555 U.S. 160 (2009) · Cited 683 times
Holding
In light of historical practice and the States’ authority over administration of their criminal justice systems, the Sixth Amendment does not inhibit States from assigning to judges, rather than to juries, the finding of facts necessary to the imposition of consecutive, rather than concurrent, sentences for multiple offenses.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy
- John Paul Stevens
- Samuel A. Alito Jr.
- Stephen Gerald Breyer
Dissenting · 4
- Antonin Scalia · filed a dissenting opinion
- Clarence Thomas
- David Hackett Souter
- John Glover Roberts Jr.
“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.
- Apprendi v. New Jersey · 530 U.S. 466 (2000)
- Blakely v. Washington · 542 U.S. 296 (2004)
- Cunningham v. California · 549 U.S. 270 (2007)
- United States v. Booker · 543 U.S. 220 (2005)
- Ring v. Arizona · 536 U.S. 584 (2002)
- Patterson v. New York · 432 U.S. 197 (1977)
- Mullaney v. Wilbur · 421 U.S. 684 (1975)
- Williams v. Florida · 399 U.S. 78 (1970)
- Harris v. United States · 536 U.S. 545 (2002)
- New State Ice Co. v. Liebmann · 285 U.S. 262 (1932)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Southern Union Co. v. United States · 567 U.S. 343 (2012)
- United States v. Haymond · 588 U.S. 634 (2019)
- Setser v. United States · 566 U.S. 231 (2012)
- Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm'n · 576 U.S. 787 (2015)
- Dillon v. United States · 560 U.S. 817 (2010)
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