Sekhar v. United States
Decided June 26, 2013. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 12-357 · 570 U.S. 729 (2013) · Cited 178 times
Holding
Attempting to compel a person to recommend that his employer approve an investment does not constitute “the obtaining of property from another” under the Hobbs Act.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 9–0.
Majority · 6
- Antonin Scalia · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Clarence Thomas
- Elena Kagan
- John Glover Roberts Jr.
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Stephen Gerald Breyer
Concurring · 3
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy
- Samuel A. Alito Jr. · filed a concurring opinion
- Sonia Sotomayor
“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.
- Scheidler v. National Organization for Women, Inc. · 537 U.S. 393 (2003)
- Cleveland v. United States · 531 U.S. 12 (2000)
- Neder v. United States · 527 U.S. 1 (1999)
- Morissette v. United States · 342 U.S. 246 (1952)
- United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
- United States v. Enmons · 410 U.S. 396 (1973)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- United States v. Castleman · 572 U.S. 157 (2014)
- United States v. Davis · 588 U.S. 445 (2019)
- Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar · 579 U.S. 176 (2016)
- Honeycutt v. United States · 581 U.S. 443 (2017)
- Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh · 598 U.S. 471 (2023)
- Kousisis v. United States · 605 U.S. 114 (2025)
- Borden v. United States · 593 U.S. 420 (2021)
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Assn. of America, Ltd. · 601 U.S. 416 (2024)
- Delligatti v. United States · 604 U.S. 423 (2025)
- Feliciano v. Department Of Transportation · 605 U.S. 38 (2025)
Official text
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