Speedy trial: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Speedy trial,” part of the Criminal Procedure area.

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All 24 decisions, newest first

• Betterman v. Montana
  578 U.S. 437Decided May 19, 20168–0Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• United States v. Jason Louis Tinklenberg
  563 U.S. 647Decided May 26, 20118–0Stephen G. Breyer
• Taylor James Bloate v. United States
  559 U.S. 196Decided March 8, 20107–2Clarence Thomas
• Vermont v. Michael Brillon
  556 U.S. 81Decided March 9, 20097–2Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Jacob Zedner v. United States
  547 U.S. 489Decided June 5, 20069–0Samuel A. Alito Jr.
• Marc Gilbert Doggett v. United States
  505 U.S. 647Decided June 24, 19925–4David H. Souter
• United States v. Taylor
  487 U.S. 326Decided June 24, 19886–3Harry A. Blackmun
• Henderson v. United States
  476 U.S. 321Decided May 19, 19865–4Lewis F. Powell Jr.
• United States v. Loud Hawk
  474 U.S. 302Decided January 21, 19865–4Lewis F. Powell Jr.
• United States v. Von Neumann
  474 U.S. 242Decided January 14, 19869–0William J. Brennan Jr.
• United States v. Rojas-Contreras
  474 U.S. 231Decided December 16, 19859–0Warren E. Burger
• United States v. Eight Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Dollars ($ 8,850) in United States Currency
  461 U.S. 555Decided May 23, 19838–1Sandra Day O'Connor
• United States v. Macdonald
  456 U.S. 1Decided March 31, 19826–3Warren E. Burger
• United States v. Macdonald
  435 U.S. 850Decided May 1, 19788–0Harry A. Blackmun
• United States v. Lovasco
  431 U.S. 783Decided June 9, 19778–1Thurgood Marshall
• Dillingham v. United States
  423 U.S. 64Decided December 1, 19757–1Per curiam
• Moore v. Arizona
  414 U.S. 25Decided November 5, 19739–0Per curiam
• Strunk v. United States
  412 U.S. 434Decided June 11, 19739–0Warren E. Burger
• Barker v. Wingo
  407 U.S. 514Decided June 22, 19729–0Lewis F. Powell Jr.
• United States v. Marion
  404 U.S. 307Decided December 20, 19717–0Byron R. White
• Dickey v. Florida
  398 U.S. 30Decided May 25, 19708–0Warren E. Burger
• Smith v. Hooey
  393 U.S. 374Decided January 20, 19699–0Potter Stewart
• Klopfer v. North Carolina
  386 U.S. 213Decided March 13, 19679–0Earl Warren
• United States v. Ewell
  383 U.S. 116Decided February 23, 19667–2Byron R. White

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error