Black v. United States

Black v. United States
Argued December 8, 2009
Decided June 24, 2010
Full case nameConrad M. Black, John A. Boultbee, and Mark S. Kipnis v. United States
Docket no.08-876
Citations561 U.S. 465 (more)
130 S. Ct. 2963; 177 L. Ed. 2d 695
Case history
PriorUnited States v. Black, 530 F.3d 596 (7th Cir. 2008)
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia
Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor
Case opinions
MajorityGinsburg, joined by Roberts, Stevens, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor
ConcurrenceScalia (in part), joined by Thomas
ConcurrenceKennedy (in part)
Laws applied
18 U.S.C. § 1346

Black v. United States, 561 U.S. 465 (2010), is a white-collar criminal law case decided by the United States Supreme Court dealing with businessman Conrad Black's fraud trial. Along with two companion cases—Skilling v. United States and Weyhrauch v. United States—it dealt with the honest services provision, 18 U.S.C. § 1346.