United States v. Ralph Stuart Granderson, Jr.

Decided March 22, 1994. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 92-1662 · 511 U.S. 39 (1994) · Cited 311 times

Holding

The minimum revocation sentence under § 3565(a)’s drug-possession proviso is one-third the maximum of the originally applicable Guidelines range of imprisonment, and the maximum revocation sentence is the Guidelines maximum.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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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.

• North Carolina v. Pearce · 395 U.S. 711 (1969)
• United States v. Bass · 404 U.S. 336 (1971)
• Chapman v. United States · 500 U.S. 453 (1991)
• United States v. DiFrancesco · 449 U.S. 117 (1980)
• Smith v. United States · 508 U.S. 223 (1993)
• Reves v. Ernst & Young · 507 U.S. 170 (1993)
• Hicks Ex Rel. Feiock v. Feiock · 485 U.S. 624 (1988)
• Moskal v. United States · 498 U.S. 103 (1990)
• Bifulco v. United States · 447 U.S. 381 (1980)
• Gozlon-Peretz v. United States · 498 U.S. 395 (1991)
• In Re Chapman · 166 U.S. 661 (1897)
• United States v. R. L. C. · 503 U.S. 291 (1992)
• Russello v. United States · 464 U.S. 16 (1983)
• Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc. · 447 U.S. 102 (1980)
• Davis v. Michigan Department of the Treasury · 489 U.S. 803 (1989)
• Patterson v. Shumate · 504 U.S. 753 (1992)
• United States v. Locke · 471 U.S. 84 (1985)
• Elder v. Holloway · 510 U.S. 510 (1994)
• Deal v. United States · 508 U.S. 129 (1993)
• Pavelic & LeFlore v. Marvel Entertainment Group, Div. of Cadence Industries Corp. · 493 U.S. 120 (1989)
• Green v. Bock Laundry MacHine Co. · 490 U.S. 504 (1989)
• Ladner v. United States · 358 U.S. 169 (1958)
• Black v. Romano · 471 U.S. 606 (1985)
• Busic v. United States · 446 U.S. 398 (1980)
• Callanan v. United States · 364 U.S. 587 (1961)
• Blanton v. City of North Las Vegas · 489 U.S. 538 (1989)
• Muniz v. Hoffman · 422 U.S. 454 (1975)
• Pennsylvania Ex Rel. Sullivan v. Ashe · 302 U.S. 51 (1937)
• Bendix Autolite Corp. v. Midwesco Enterprises, Inc. · 486 U.S. 888 (1988)
• Puerto Rico Department of Consumer Affairs v. Isla Petroleum Corp. · 485 U.S. 495 (1988)

Cited by

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• Esteras v. United States · 606 U.S. 185 (2025)
• Lamie v. United States Trustee · 540 U.S. 526 (2004)
• Muscarello v. United States · 524 U.S. 125 (1998)
• United States v. Johnson · 529 U.S. 53 (2000)
• Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P. A. v. United States · 559 U.S. 229 (2010)
• Barber v. Thomas · 560 U.S. 474 (2010)
• South Dakota v. Yankton Sioux Tribe · 522 U.S. 329 (1998)
• Wooden v. United States · 595 U.S. 360 (2022)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1994). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).