Thompson v. United States
Decided March 21, 2025. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 23-1095 · 604 U.S. 408 (2025) · Cited 12 times
Holding
Title 18 U. S. C. §1014, which prohibits “knowingly mak[ing] any false statement,” does not criminalize statements that are misleading but not false.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 9–0.
Majority · 9
- John G. Roberts, Jr. · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Clarence Thomas
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr. · filed a concurring opinion
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Elena Kagan
- Neil M. Gorsuch
- Brett M. Kavanaugh
- Amy Coney Barrett
- Ketanji Brown Jackson · filed a concurring 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).
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. Gonzales · 520 U.S. 1 (1997)
- United States v. Wells · 519 U.S. 482 (1997)
- Custis v. United States · 511 U.S. 485 (1994)
- Williams v. United States · 458 U.S. 279 (1982)
- Kay v. United States · 303 U.S. 1 (1938)
- Jackson v. Virginia · 443 U.S. 307 (1979)
- Victor v. Nebraska · 511 U.S. 1 (1994)
- Cutter v. Wilkinson · 544 U.S. 709 (2005)
- United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
- Gustafson v. Alloyd Co. · 513 U.S. 561 (1995)
- Deal v. United States · 508 U.S. 129 (1993)
- Department of Housing and Urban Development v. Rucker · 535 U.S. 125 (2002)
- Brogan v. United States · 522 U.S. 398 (1998)
- Peel v. Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission of Illinois · 496 U.S. 91 (1990)
- Freeman v. Quicken Loans, Inc. · 566 U.S. 624 (2012)
- United States v. Briggs · 592 U.S. 69 (2020)
Official text
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