United States v. Randy Edward Hayes

Decided February 24, 2009. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 07-608 · 555 U.S. 415 (2009) · Cited 322 times

Holding

A domestic relationship, although it must be established beyond a reasonable doubt in a § 922(g)(9) firearms possession prosecution, need not be a defining element of the predicate offense.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

“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.

• Taylor v. United States · 495 U.S. 575 (1990)
• Shepard v. United States · 544 U.S. 13 (2005)
• Barnhart v. Thomas · 540 U.S. 20 (2003)
• Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. Dimension Financial Corp. · 474 U.S. 361 (1986)
• Consumer Product Safety Commission v. GTE Sylvania, Inc. · 447 U.S. 102 (1980)
• Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Allapattah Services, Inc. · 545 U.S. 546 (2005)
• Rowland v. California Men's Colony, Unit II Men's Advisory Council · 506 U.S. 194 (1993)
• Bragdon v. Abbott · 524 U.S. 624 (1998)
• Bifulco v. United States · 447 U.S. 381 (1980)
• Crandon v. United States · 494 U.S. 152 (1990)
• United States v. Shabani · 513 U.S. 10 (1994)
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. v. Dabit · 547 U.S. 71 (2006)
• Huddleston v. United States · 415 U.S. 814 (1974)
• Castillo v. United States · 530 U.S. 120 (2000)
• First National Bank in St. Louis v. Missouri · 263 U.S. 640 (1924)

Cited by

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

• United States v. Castleman · 572 U.S. 157 (2014)
• United States v. Davis · 588 U.S. 445 (2019)
• Voisine v. United States · 579 U.S. 686 (2016)
• Shular v. United States · 589 U.S. 154 (2020)
• Mathis v. United States · 579 U.S. 500 (2016)
• Rehaif v. United States · 588 U.S. 225 (2019)
• Sessions v. Dimaya · 584 U.S. 148 (2018)
• Nijhawan v. Holder · 557 U.S. 29 (2009)
• Barber v. Thomas · 560 U.S. 474 (2010)
• Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Holder · 557 U.S. 193 (2009)

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