United States v. Briggs
Decided December 10, 2020. Samuel A. Alito Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 19-108 · 592 U.S. 69 (2020) · Cited 21 times
Holding
Respondents’ prosecutions for military rape were timely commenced under the Uniform Code of Military Justice’s statute of limitations.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 8–0.
Majority · 8
- John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Clarence Thomas
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr. · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Sonia Sotomayor
- Elena Kagan
- Neil M. Gorsuch · filed a concurring opinion
- Brett M. Kavanaugh
- Stephen G. Breyer
Did not participate · 1
“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.
- Roper v. Simmons · 543 U.S. 551 (2005)
- United States v. Lovasco · 431 U.S. 783 (1977)
- Coker v. Georgia · 433 U.S. 584 (1977)
- Kennedy v. Louisiana · 554 U.S. 407 (2008)
- Graham v. Florida · 560 U.S. 48 (2010)
- Atkins v. Virginia · 536 U.S. 304 (2002)
- Penry v. Lynaugh · 492 U.S. 302 (1989)
- Trop v. Dulles · 356 U.S. 86 (1958)
- United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
- Glossip v. Gross · 576 U.S. 863 (2015)
- Tyler v. Cain · 533 U.S. 656 (2001)
- Deal v. United States · 508 U.S. 129 (1993)
- Burns v. Wilson · 346 U.S. 137 (1953)
- Thompson v. Oklahoma · 487 U.S. 815 (1988)
- Stanford v. Kentucky · 492 U.S. 361 (1989)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, Inc. · 606 U.S. 748 (2025)
- Thompson v. United States · 604 U.S. 408 (2025)
Official text
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