United States v. John H. Williams, Jr.

Decided May 4, 1992. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 90-1972 · 504 U.S. 36 (1992) · Cited 730 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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. Calandra · 414 U.S. 338 (1974)
• Bank of Nova Scotia v. United States · 487 U.S. 250 (1988)
• Costello v. United States · 350 U.S. 359 (1956)
• Stevens v. Department of Treasury · 500 U.S. 1 (1991)
• City of Springfield v. Kibbe · 480 U.S. 257 (1987)
• Berger v. United States · 295 U.S. 78 (1935)
• Illinois v. Gates · 462 U.S. 213 (1983)
• Stirone v. United States · 361 U.S. 212 (1960)
• United States v. Mechanik · 475 U.S. 66 (1986)
• Virginia Bankshares, Inc. v. Sandberg · 501 U.S. 1083 (1991)
• Wood v. Georgia · 370 U.S. 375 (1962)
• Brady v. Maryland · 373 U.S. 83 (1963)
• United States v. Hasting · 461 U.S. 499 (1983)
• United States v. Dionisio · 410 U.S. 1 (1973)
• Gravel v. United States · 408 U.S. 606 (1972)
• United States v. Sells Engineering, Inc. · 463 U.S. 418 (1983)
• Brown v. United States · 359 U.S. 41 (1959)
• United States v. Thompson · 251 U.S. 407 (1920)
• Franks v. Delaware · 438 U.S. 154 (1978)
• Donnelly v. DeChristoforo · 416 U.S. 637 (1974)
• City of Oklahoma v. Tuttle · 471 U.S. 808 (1985)
• Caldwell v. Mississippi · 472 U.S. 320 (1985)
• Kastigar v. United States · 406 U.S. 441 (1972)
• United States v. Lovasco · 431 U.S. 783 (1977)
• McNabb v. United States · 318 U.S. 332 (1943)
• Mooney v. Holohan · 294 U.S. 103 (1935)
• Jencks v. United States · 353 U.S. 657 (1957)
• United States v. Morton Salt Co. · 338 U.S. 632 (1950)
• Hannah v. Larche · 363 U.S. 420 (1960)
• United States v. Payner · 447 U.S. 727 (1980)

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• Kaley v. United States · 571 U.S. 320 (2014)
• Izumi Seimitsu Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha v. U. S. Philips Corp. · 510 U.S. 27 (1993)
• United States v. Vonn · 535 U.S. 55 (2002)
• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission · 558 U.S. 310 (2010)
• Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee · 579 U.S. 261 (2016)
• Albright v. Oliver · 510 U.S. 266 (1994)
• United States v. Wells · 519 U.S. 482 (1997)
• Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States · 544 U.S. 696 (2005)
• Stolt-Nielsen S. A. v. AnimalFeeds International Corp. · 559 U.S. 662 (2010)
• Lebron v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation · 513 U.S. 374 (1995)
• Shinn v. Martinez Ramirez · 596 U.S. 366 (2022)
• Verizon Communications Inc. v. Federal Communications Commission · 535 U.S. 467 (2002)
• United States v. Jimenez Recio · 537 U.S. 270 (2003)
• Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings v. Metabolite Laboratories, Inc. · 548 U.S. 124 (2006)
• Trump v. United States · 603 U.S. 593 (2024)
• Stanley v. City of Sanford · 606 U.S. 46 (2025)

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