Snyder v. United States

Decided June 26, 2024. Brett M. Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 23-108 · 603 U.S. 1 (2024) · Cited 23 times

Holding

Federal law, 18 U. S. C. §666, proscribes bribes to state and local officials but does not make it a crime for those officials to accept gratuities for their past acts.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court. Read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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. Sun-Diamond Growers of California · 526 U.S. 398 (1999)
• McDonnell v. United States · 579 U.S. 550 (2016)
• Salinas v. United States · 522 U.S. 52 (1997)
• Sabri v. United States · 541 U.S. 600 (2004)
• Marinello v. United States · 584 U.S. 1 (2018)
• Greer v. United States · 593 U.S. 503 (2021)
• Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States · 544 U.S. 696 (2005)
• Dubin v. United States · 599 U.S. 110 (2023)
• Fischer v. United States · 529 U.S. 667 (2000)
• United States v. Davis · 588 U.S. 445 (2019)
• St. Amant v. Thompson · 390 U.S. 727 (1968)
• United States v. Bass · 404 U.S. 336 (1971)
• TRW Inc. v. Andrews · 534 U.S. 19 (2001)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Hartford Underwriters Insurance v. Union Planters Bank, N. A. · 530 U.S. 1 (2000)
• Skilling v. United States · 561 U.S. 358 (2010)
• Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc. · 582 U.S. 79 (2017)
• McCormick v. United States · 500 U.S. 257 (1991)
• National Assn. of Mfrs. v. Department of Defense · 583 U.S. 109 (2018)
• Wooden v. United States · 595 U.S. 360 (2022)
• Kelly v. United States · 590 U.S. 391 (2020)
• Ciminelli v. United States · 598 U.S. 306 (2023)
• Luna Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools · 598 U.S. 142 (2023)
• Percoco v. United States · 598 U.S. 319 (2023)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2024). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).