Statutory construction of criminal laws, financial crimes: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Statutory construction of criminal laws, financial crimes,” part of the Criminal Procedure area.

Legal provisions most often involved

All 18 decisions, newest first

• Robers v. United States
  572 U.S. 639Decided May 5, 20149–0Stephen G. Breyer
• Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis, Inc.
  570 U.S. 136Decided June 17, 20135–3Stephen G. Breyer
• Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc.
  569 U.S. 576Decided June 13, 20139–0Clarence Thomas
• United States v. Efrain Santos and Benedicto Diaz
  553 U.S. 507Decided June 2, 20085–4Antonin Scalia
• Humberto Fidel Regalado Cuellar v. United States
  553 U.S. 550Decided June 2, 20089–0Clarence Thomas
• H. J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.
  492 U.S. 229Decided June 26, 19899–0William J. Brennan Jr.
• Bell v. United States
  462 U.S. 356Decided June 13, 19838–1Lewis F. Powell Jr.
• Williams v. United States
  458 U.S. 279Decided June 29, 19825–4Harry A. Blackmun
• McElroy v. United States
  455 U.S. 642Decided March 23, 19828–1Sandra Day O'Connor
• Chiarella v. United States
  445 U.S. 222Decided March 18, 19806–3Lewis F. Powell Jr.
• United States v. Cook
  384 U.S. 257Decided May 23, 19669–0Byron R. White
• United States v. Braverman
  373 U.S. 405Decided May 27, 19639–0Hugo L. Black
• United States v. Sampson
  371 U.S. 75Decided November 19, 19628–1Hugo L. Black
• Gilbert v. United States
  370 U.S. 650Decided June 25, 19624–3John M. Harlan II
• Arroyo v. United States
  359 U.S. 419Decided May 4, 19595–4Potter Stewart
• Rodgers v. United States
  332 U.S. 371Decided November 10, 19477–2Hugo L. Black
• United States v. Sheridan
  329 U.S. 379Decided December 23, 19467–2Wiley B. Rutledge
• United States v. Bruno
  329 U.S. 207Decided December 9, 19469–0William O. Douglas

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