Welch v. United States

Welch v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 30, 2016
Decided April 18, 2016
Full case nameGregory Welch, Petitioner v. United States
Docket no.15-6418
Citations578 U.S. ___ (more)
136 S. Ct. 1257; 194 L. Ed. 2d 387
Related casesJohnson v. United States
ArgumentOral argument
Opinion announcementOpinion announcement
Case history
PriorUnited States v. Welch, 683 F.3d 1304 (11th Cir. 2012); cert. denied, 568 U.S. 1112 (2013); cert. granted, 136 S. Ct. 790 (2016).
Holding
Johnson v. United States announced a substantive rule change and is thus retroactive.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor
Elena Kagan
Case opinions
MajorityKennedy, joined by Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan
DissentThomas

Welch v. United States, 578 U.S. 120 (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that the decision in Johnson v. United States[1] announced a substantive rule change and is therefore retroactive.[2]

  1. ^ Johnson v. United States, No. 13-7120, 576 U.S. 591 (2015).
  2. ^ Welch v. United States, 578 U.S. 120 (2016)