United States v. Haymond
139 S. Ct. 2369 · Decided June 26, 2019 · Supreme Court of the United States
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At a glance
United States v. Haymond was decided on June 26, 2019 by a vote of 5–4. The Court vacated the lower court's decision and remanded the case. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch wrote the opinion announcing the judgment of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “Jury trial right” in the Criminal Procedure area. SCDB records that the Court declared an act of Congress unconstitutional.
Read the opinion
- CourtListener (Free Law Project) — opinion text
- Supreme Court of the United States — slip opinions, October Term 2018
- Supreme Court of the United States — docket 17-1672
Case details
- Citations
- 139 S. Ct. 2369 · 204 L. Ed. 2d 897 · 2019 U.S. LEXIS 4398
- Docket number
- 17-1672
- Decided
- June 26, 2019
- Argued
- February 26, 2019
- Court era
- Roberts Court
- Decision type
- Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Outcome for petitioner
- The petitioning party received a favorable disposition
- Vote
- 5–4
- Majority opinion
- Neil M. Gorsuch
- Opinion assigned by
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- How the case arrived
- Certiorari
- Issue (SCDB)
- Jury trial right
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Legal provision
- Sixth Amendment (right to trial by jury)
- Type of law
- Constitutional amendment
- Held unconstitutional
- An act of Congress
- Decision direction (SCDB)
- Liberal what this means
How the Justices voted
| Justice | Vote | Separate writing |
|---|---|---|
| Justice Clarence Thomas | Dissent | |
| Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg | Majority | |
| Justice Stephen G. Breyer | Special concurrence | Wrote an opinion |
| Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. | Dissent | |
| Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. | Dissent | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Sonia Sotomayor | Majority | |
| Justice Elena Kagan | Majority | |
| Justice Neil M. Gorsuch | Judgment of the Court | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh | Dissent |
Full case caption
United States v. Haymond
SCDB identifiers: case 2018-045, docket 2018-045-01.
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