Ruan v. United States

Ruan v. United States Kahn v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 1, 2022 Decided June 27, 2022
Full case name	Xiulu Ruan v. United States Shakeel Kahn v. United States
Docket nos.	20-1410 21-5261
Citations	597 U.S. ___ (more) 142 S. Ct. 2370; 2022 WL 2295024; 2022 U.S. LEXIS 3089
Argument	Oral argument
Holding
Section 841’s “knowingly or intentionally” mens rea applies to the statute’s “except as authorized” clause. Once a defendant meets the burden of producing evidence that his or her conduct was “authorized,” the Government must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant knowingly or intentionally acted in an unauthorized manner.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Clarence Thomas · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan · Neil Gorsuch Brett Kavanaugh · Amy Coney Barrett
Case opinions
Majority	Breyer, joined by Roberts, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh
Concurrence	Alito (in judgment), joined by Thomas; Barrett (Parts I–A, I–B, and II)
Laws applied
Controlled Substances Act

Ruan v. United States, 597 U.S. ___ (2022), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States.