Erlinger v. United States
144 S. Ct. 1840 · Decided June 21, 2024 · Supreme Court of the United States
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At a glance
Erlinger v. United States was decided on June 21, 2024 by a vote of 6–3. The Court vacated the lower court's decision and remanded the case. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch wrote the opinion of the Court. SCDB classifies its main issue as “Statutory construction of criminal laws, sentencing guidelines” in the Criminal Procedure area.
Read the opinion
- CourtListener (Free Law Project) — opinion text
- Supreme Court of the United States — slip opinions, October Term 2023
- Supreme Court of the United States — docket 23-370
Case details
- Citations
- 144 S. Ct. 1840 · 219 L. Ed. 2d 451 · 2024 U.S. LEXIS 2715
- Docket number
- 23-370
- Decided
- June 21, 2024
- Argued
- March 27, 2024
- 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
- 6–3
- Majority opinion
- Neil M. Gorsuch
- Opinion assigned by
- John G. Roberts Jr.
- How the case arrived
- Certiorari
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Legal provision
- Armed Career Criminal Act
- Type of law
- Infrequently litigated statute
- Decision direction (SCDB)
- Liberal what this means
How the Justices voted
| Justice | Vote | Separate writing |
|---|---|---|
| Justice Clarence Thomas | Concurrence | Wrote an opinion |
| Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. | Concurrence | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. | Dissent | |
| Justice Sonia Sotomayor | Majority | |
| Justice Elena Kagan | Majority | |
| Justice Neil M. Gorsuch | Majority | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh | Dissent | Wrote an opinion |
| Justice Amy Coney Barrett | Majority | |
| Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson | Dissent | Wrote an opinion |
Full case caption
Erlinger v. United States
SCDB identifiers: case 2023-050, docket 2023-050-01.
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