Shaw v. United States
137 S. Ct. 462 · Decided December 12, 2016 · Supreme Court of the United States
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At a glance
Shaw v. United States was decided on December 12, 2016 unanimously (8–0). The Court vacated the lower court's decision and remanded the case. Justice Stephen G. Breyer wrote the opinion of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “Statutory construction of criminal laws, fraud” in the Criminal Procedure area.
Read the opinion
- CourtListener (Free Law Project) — opinion text
- Supreme Court of the United States — slip opinions, October Term 2016
Case details
- Citations
- 137 S. Ct. 462 · 196 L. Ed. 2d 372 · 2016 U.S. LEXIS 7431
- Docket number
- 15-5991
- Decided
- December 12, 2016
- Argued
- October 4, 2016
- Court era
- Roberts Court
- Decision type
- Opinion of the Court (orally argued)
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Outcome for petitioner
- The petitioning party received a favorable disposition
- Vote
- 8–0 (unanimous)
- Majority opinion
- Stephen G. Breyer
- Opinion assigned by
- John G. Roberts Jr.
- How the case arrived
- Certiorari
- Issue (SCDB)
- Statutory construction of criminal laws, fraud
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Legal provision
- 18 U.S.C. 1344
- Type of law
- Infrequently litigated statute
- Decision direction (SCDB)
- Conservative what this means
How the Justices voted
| Justice | Vote | Separate writing |
|---|---|---|
| Justice Anthony M. Kennedy | Majority | |
| Justice Clarence Thomas | Majority | |
| Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority | |
| Justice Stephen G. Breyer | Majority | Wrote an opinion |
| Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. | Majority | |
| Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. | Majority | |
| Justice Sonia Sotomayor | Majority | |
| Justice Elena Kagan | Majority |
Full case caption
Shaw v. United States
SCDB identifiers: case 2016-042, docket 2016-042-01.
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