Borden v. United States
141 S. Ct. 1817 · Decided June 10, 2021 · Supreme Court of the United States
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At a glance
Borden v. United States was decided on June 10, 2021 by a vote of 5–4. The Court reversed the lower court's decision and remanded the case. Justice Elena Kagan wrote the opinion announcing the judgment of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “Statutory construction of criminal laws, firearms” in the Criminal Procedure area.
Read the opinion
- CourtListener (Free Law Project) — opinion text
- Supreme Court of the United States — slip opinions, October Term 2020
- Supreme Court of the United States — docket 19-5410
Case details
- Citations
- 141 S. Ct. 1817 · 210 L. Ed. 2d 63 · 2021 U.S. LEXIS 2990
- Docket number
- 19-5410
- Decided
- June 10, 2021
- Argued
- November 3, 2020
- Court era
- Roberts Court
- Decision type
- Judgment of the Court (orally argued)
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome for petitioner
- The petitioning party received a favorable disposition
- Vote
- 5–4
- Majority opinion
- Elena Kagan
- Opinion assigned by
- Clarence Thomas
- How the case arrived
- Certiorari
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Legal provision
- Armed Career Criminal Act, 18 U.S.C. 924
- Type of law
- Infrequently litigated statute
- Decision direction (SCDB)
- Liberal what this means
How the Justices voted
| Justice | Vote | Separate writing |
|---|---|---|
| Justice Clarence Thomas | Special concurrence | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Stephen G. Breyer | Majority | |
| Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. | Dissent | |
| Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. | Dissent | |
| Justice Sonia Sotomayor | Majority | |
| Justice Elena Kagan | Judgment of the Court | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Neil M. Gorsuch | Majority | |
| Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh | Dissent | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Amy Coney Barrett | Dissent |
Full case caption
Borden v. United States
SCDB identifiers: case 2020-013, docket 2020-013-01.
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