2025 term · Roberts Court · 2-4

Hamm v. Smith

608 U.S. 278

The record

Term: 2025
Decided: May 21, 2026
Issue area: —
Vote split: 2-4
Winning party: —
Decision direction: —
Chief Justice: Roberts Court
Disposition: —
Docket: 24-872
U.S. Reports: 608 U.S. 278
S. Ct. citation: —
LEXIS citation: —
Opinion by: Per curiam

Holding

Certiorari dismissed as improvidently granted.

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

How the bench divided

MCDDDD

M 1 majorityC 1 concurringD 4 dissenting

How each justice voted in Hamm v. Smith.
Justice	Vote
Ketanji Brown Jackson	Majority
Sonia Sotomayor	Regular concurrence
Clarence Thomas	Dissent
Samuel Alito	Dissent
John G. Roberts	Dissent
Neil Gorsuch	Dissent

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 24-872Filings, 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 2025 term. The vote lineup is from the Oyez Project. Verify against the opinion before relying on it as legal authority.