Johnson v. United States | |
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Argued November 5, 2014 Reargued April 20, 2015 Decided June 26, 2015 | |
Full case name | Samuel James Johnson, Petitioner v. United States |
Docket no. | 13-7120 |
Citations | 576 U.S. 591 (more) 135 S. Ct. 2551; 192 L. Ed. 2d 569 |
Argument | Oral argument |
Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
Case history | |
Prior | United States v. Johnson, 526 F. App'x 708 (8th Cir. 2013); cert. granted, 572 U.S. 1059 (2014). |
Holding | |
The Residual Clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act is unconstitutionally vague and as a result one's due process rights are violated. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Scalia, joined by Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan |
Concurrence | Kennedy (in judgment) |
Concurrence | Thomas (in judgment) |
Dissent | Alito |
Laws applied | |
Armed Career Criminal Act 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(1), U.S. Const. amend. V | |
This case overturned a previous ruling or rulings | |
James v. United States (2007) (in part) & Sykes v. United States (2011) (in part) |
Johnson v. United States, 576 U.S. 591 (2015), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled the Residual Clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act was unconstitutionally vague and in violation of due process.