Zedner v. United States

Zedner v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 18, 2006 Decided June 5, 2006
Full case name	Jacob Zedner, Petitioner v. United States
Docket no.	05-5992
Citations	547 U.S. 489 (more) 126 S. Ct. 1976; 164 L. Ed. 2d 749; 2006 U.S. LEXIS 4509; 74 U.S.L.W. 4271; 46 A.L.R. Fed. 2d 649; 19 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 213
Holding
A defendant cannot prospectively waive the protections of the Speedy Trial Act. Second Circuit reversed and remanded.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy · David Souter Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Case opinions
Majority	Alito, joined by Roberts, Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg, Breyer; Scalia (all but Part III–A–2)
Concurrence	Scalia (in part)
Laws applied
Speedy Trial Act

Zedner v. United States, 547 U.S. 489 (2006), was a United States Supreme Court case involving the right to a speedy trial. Justice Samuel Alito, writing for a unanimous Court, ruled that a defendant cannot prospectively waive the protections of the Speedy Trial Act.^[1] Justice Antonin Scalia filed a partial concurrence, objecting to Alito's use of legislative history.