Statutory construction of criminal laws, firearms: 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, firearms,” part of the Criminal Procedure area.

Legal provisions most often involved

All 32 decisions, newest first

• United States v. Hemani
  146 S. Ct. 1677Decided June 18, 20269–0Neil M. Gorsuch
• Bondi v. Vanderstok
  145 S. Ct. 857Decided March 26, 20257–2Neil M. Gorsuch
• Delligatti v. United States
  145 S. Ct. 797Decided March 21, 20257–2Clarence Thomas
• Garland v. Cargill
  602 U.S. 406Decided June 14, 20246–3Clarence Thomas
• Borden v. United States
  141 S. Ct. 1817Decided June 10, 20215–4Elena Kagan
• Rehaif v. United States
  139 S. Ct. 2191Decided June 21, 20197–2Stephen G. Breyer
• United States v. Stitt
  139 S. Ct. 399Decided December 10, 20189–0Stephen G. Breyer
• Voisine v. United States
  579 U.S. 686Decided June 27, 20166–2Elena Kagan
• Mathis v. United States
  579 U.S. 500Decided June 23, 20165–3Elena Kagan
• Caetano v. Massachusetts
  577 U.S. 411Decided March 21, 20168–0Per curiam
• Henderson v. United States
  575 U.S. 622Decided May 18, 20159–0Elena Kagan
• United States v. Martin O'Brien and Arthur Burgess
  560 U.S. 218Decided May 24, 20109–0Anthony M. Kennedy
• United States v. Randy Edward Hayes
  555 U.S. 415Decided February 24, 20097–2Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• United States v. Ahmed Ressam
  553 U.S. 272Decided May 19, 20088–1John Paul Stevens
• Gary Sherwood Small v. United States
  544 U.S. 385Decided April 26, 20055–3Stephen G. Breyer
• Jaime Castillo v. United States
  530 U.S. 120Decided June 5, 20009–0Stephen G. Breyer
• Gerald R. Caron v. United States
  524 U.S. 308Decided June 22, 19986–3Anthony M. Kennedy
• Sillasse Bryan v. United States
  524 U.S. 184Decided June 15, 19986–3John Paul Stevens
• Frank J. Muscarello v. United States
  524 U.S. 125Decided June 8, 19985–4Stephen G. Breyer
• Roland J. Bailey v. United States
  516 U.S. 137Decided December 6, 19959–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• Harold E. Staples v. United States
  511 U.S. 600Decided May 23, 19947–2Clarence Thomas
• Lenard Ray Beecham v. United States
  511 U.S. 368Decided May 16, 19949–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• John Angus Smith v. United States
  508 U.S. 223Decided May 24, 19936–3Sandra Day O'Connor
• Ball v. United States
  470 U.S. 856Decided March 26, 19858–0Warren E. Burger
• Dickerson v. New Banner Institute, Inc.
  460 U.S. 103Decided February 23, 19835–4Harry A. Blackmun
• Busic v. United States
  446 U.S. 398Decided May 19, 19806–3William J. Brennan Jr.
• Lewis v. United States
  445 U.S. 55Decided February 27, 19806–3Harry A. Blackmun
• United States v. Batchelder
  442 U.S. 114Decided June 4, 19799–0Thurgood Marshall
• Scarborough v. United States
  431 U.S. 563Decided June 6, 19777–1Thurgood Marshall
• Barrett v. United States
  423 U.S. 212Decided January 13, 19766–2Harry A. Blackmun
• Huddleston v. United States
  415 U.S. 814Decided March 26, 19748–1Harry A. Blackmun
• United States v. Bass
  404 U.S. 336Decided December 20, 19715–2Thurgood Marshall

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