United States v. Munoz-Flores

United States v. Munoz-Flores
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued February 20, 1990 Decided May 21, 1990
Full case name	United States v. German Munoz-Flores
Citations	495 U.S. 385 (more) 110 S.Ct. 1964; 109 L. Ed. 2d 384
Holding
The "special assessments" statute, 18. U.S.C. §3013 (2006), which requires a monetary penalty be imposed on those convicted of federal misdemeanor crimes, is not a "revenue bill" and so does not violate the Origination Clause of the Constitution.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Case opinions
Majority	Marshall, joined by Rehnquist, Brennan, White, Blackmun, Kennedy
Concurrence	Stevens, joined by O'Connor
Concurrence	Scalia
Laws applied
U.S. Const. Art. I § 7; 18 U.S.C. §3013

United States v. Munoz-Flores, 495 U.S. 385 (1990), was a United States Supreme Court case that interpreted the Origination Clause of the United States Constitution. The Court was asked to rule on whether a statute that imposed mandatory monetary penalties on persons convicted of federal misdemeanors was enacted in violation of that clause, as the lower court had held.