United States v. Castleman

Decided March 26, 2014. Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 12-1371 · 572 U.S. 157 (2014) · Cited 648 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“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.

• Johnson v. United States · 559 U.S. 133 (2010)
• Leocal v. Ashcroft · 543 U.S. 1 (2004)
• United States v. Hayes · 555 U.S. 415 (2009)
• United States v. Stevens · 559 U.S. 460 (2010)
• Crandon v. United States · 494 U.S. 152 (1990)
• Shepard v. United States · 544 U.S. 13 (2005)
• Descamps v. United States · 570 U.S. 254 (2013)
• Sekhar v. United States · 570 U.S. 729 (2013)
• Taylor v. United States · 495 U.S. 575 (1990)
• Smith v. City of Jackson · 544 U.S. 228 (2005)
• Northcross v. Memphis Board of Education · 412 U.S. 427 (1973)
• Begay v. United States · 553 U.S. 137 (2008)
• Custis v. United States · 511 U.S. 485 (1994)
• Georgia v. Randolph · 547 U.S. 103 (2006)
• Gonzales v. Oregon · 546 U.S. 243 (2006)
• Babbitt v. Sweet Home Chapter, Communities for Great Ore. · 515 U.S. 687 (1995)
• IBP, Inc. v. Alvarez · 546 U.S. 21 (2005)
• Barber v. Thomas · 560 U.S. 474 (2010)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Voisine v. United States · 579 U.S. 686 (2016)
• Delligatti v. United States · 604 U.S. 423 (2025)
• Stokeling v. United States · 586 U.S. 73 (2019)
• Rehaif v. United States · 588 U.S. 225 (2019)
• Husky International Electronics, Inc. v. Ritz · 578 U.S. 355 (2016)
• Shular v. United States · 589 U.S. 154 (2020)
• Borden v. United States · 593 U.S. 420 (2021)
• Brown v. United States · 602 U.S. 101 (2024)
• Garland v. Cargill · 602 U.S. 406 (2024)
• Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn · 604 U.S. 593 (2025)
• Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo · 603 U.S. 369 (2024)

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