United States v. Michael E. Gaudin

Decided June 19, 1995. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 94-514 · 515 U.S. 506 (1995) · Cited 2,553 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.

• Sinclair v. United States · 279 U.S. 263 (1929)
• Kungys v. United States · 485 U.S. 759 (1988)
• United States v. Olano · 507 U.S. 725 (1993)
• Sullivan v. Louisiana · 508 U.S. 275 (1993)
• Patterson v. New York · 432 U.S. 197 (1977)
• Sparf v. United States · 156 U.S. 51 (1895)
• County Court of Ulster Cty. v. Allen · 442 U.S. 140 (1979)
• McMillan v. Pennsylvania · 477 U.S. 79 (1986)
• Horning v. District of Columbia · 254 U.S. 135 (1920)
• In Re WINSHIP · 397 U.S. 358 (1970)
• Estelle v. McGuire · 502 U.S. 62 (1991)
• Arizona v. Fulminante · 499 U.S. 279 (1991)
• Payne v. Tennessee · 501 U.S. 808 (1991)
• Rose v. Clark · 478 U.S. 570 (1986)
• Williams v. Florida · 399 U.S. 78 (1970)
• Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brimson · 154 U.S. 447 (1894)
• Duncan v. Louisiana · 391 U.S. 145 (1968)
• Herrera v. Collins · 506 U.S. 390 (1993)
• Crane v. Kentucky · 476 U.S. 683 (1986)
• Patterson v. McLean Credit Union · 491 U.S. 164 (1989)
• TSC Industries, Inc. v. Northway, Inc. · 426 U.S. 438 (1976)
• Rodriguez De Quijas v. Shearson/American Express, Inc. · 490 U.S. 477 (1989)
• Victor v. Nebraska · 511 U.S. 1 (1994)
• Staples v. United States · 511 U.S. 600 (1994)
• Bloom v. Illinois · 391 U.S. 194 (1968)
• Quercia v. United States · 289 U.S. 466 (1933)
• Yates v. Evatt · 500 U.S. 391 (1991)
• Liparota v. United States · 471 U.S. 419 (1985)
• Apodaca v. Oregon · 406 U.S. 404 (1972)
• Den Ex Dem. Murray v. Hoboken Land & Improvement Co. · 59 U.S. 272 (1856)

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• United States v. Wells · 519 U.S. 482 (1997)
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• Johnson v. United States · 520 U.S. 461 (1997)
• CITGO Asphalt Refining Co. v. Frescati Shipping Co. · 589 U.S. 348 (2020)
• Neder v. United States · 527 U.S. 1 (1999)
• Ramos v. Louisiana · 590 U.S. 83 (2020)
• Knick v. Township of Scott · 588 U.S. 180 (2019)
• Guerrero-Lasprilla v. Barr · 589 U.S. 221 (2020)
• Gamble v. United States · 587 U.S. 678 (2019)
• Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Hyatt · 587 U.S. 230 (2019)
• Apprendi v. New Jersey · 530 U.S. 466 (2000)
• United States v. Booker · 543 U.S. 220 (2005)
• Janus v. State, County, and Municipal Employees · 585 U.S. 878 (2018)
• Hohn v. United States · 524 U.S. 236 (1998)
• Pearson v. Callahan · 555 U.S. 223 (2009)
• Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. Brown · 520 U.S. 397 (1997)
• Ring v. Arizona · 536 U.S. 584 (2002)
• Old Chief v. United States · 519 U.S. 172 (1997)
• Jones v. United States · 526 U.S. 227 (1999)
• Agostini v. Felton · 521 U.S. 203 (1997)
• Harris v. United States · 536 U.S. 545 (2002)
• Washington v. Recuenco · 548 U.S. 212 (2006)
• United States v. Taylor · 596 U.S. 845 (2022)
• Libretti v. United States · 516 U.S. 29 (1995)
• Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization · 597 U.S. 215 (2022)
• United States v. Rahimi · 602 U.S. 680 (2024)
• California v. Roy · 519 U.S. 2 (1996)
• Van Orden v. Perry · 545 U.S. 677 (2005)
• Southern Union Co. v. United States · 567 U.S. 343 (2012)
• Trump v. United States · 603 U.S. 593 (2024)

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