Rico v. United States
Decided March 25, 2026. Neil M. Gorsuch delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 24-1056 · 607 U.S. ___ (2026)
Holding
The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 does not authorize a rule automatically extending a defendant’s term of supervised release when the defendant fails to report to a probation officer.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 8–1.
Majority · 8
- John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Clarence Thomas
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Elena Kagan
- Neil M. Gorsuch · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Brett M. Kavanaugh
- Amy Coney Barrett
- Ketanji Brown Jackson
Dissenting · 1
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr. · filed a dissenting opinion
“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).
Official text
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