2024 term · Roberts Court · vote not recorded

Thompson v. United States

604 U.S. 408

The record

Term: 2024
Decided: Mar 21, 2025
Issue area: —
Vote split: —
Winning party: —
Decision direction: —
Chief Justice: Roberts Court
Disposition: —
Docket: 23-1095
U.S. Reports: 604 U.S. 408
S. Ct. citation: —
LEXIS citation: —
Opinion by: John G. Roberts

Holding

Title 18 U. S. C. §1014, which prohibits “knowingly mak[ing] any false statement,” does not criminalize statements that are misleading but not false.

Syllabus summary as published on the Supreme Court’s opinions list.

How the bench divided

No per-justice vote lineup was available for this case.

Read the opinion

supremecourt.govSlip opinionThe opinion as released by the Court, in slip form.
JustiaFull opinion textThe majority, concurring and dissenting opinions as handed down.
supremecourt.govDocket 23-1095Filings, orders and the procedural history on the Court’s own docket.
OyezCase pageArgument audio and the vote lineup, when Oyez has published them.

Name, docket, decision date, citation, syllabus summary and opinion author are taken from the Court’s slip opinion for the 2024 term. No per-justice vote lineup was available for this case. Verify against the opinion before relying on it as legal authority.