2025 term · Roberts Court · 9-0
Abouammo v. United States
608 U.S. 597
The record
- Term
- 2025
- Decided
- Issue area
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- Vote split
- 9-0
- Winning party
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- Decision direction
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- Chief Justice
- Roberts Court
- Disposition
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- Docket
- 25-5146
- U.S. Reports
- 608 U.S. 597
- S. Ct. citation
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- LEXIS citation
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- Opinion by
- Elena Kagan
Holding
A defendant charged with knowingly falsifying a document with the intent to obstruct a federal investigation in violation of 18 U. S. C. §1519 must be tried in the district where the falsification occurred; the defendant cannot be tried in a different district where the investigation was located because no “conduct constituting the offense” happened there.
How the bench divided
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M 9 majority
| Justice | Vote |
|---|---|
| Elena Kagan | Majority |
| John G. Roberts | Majority |
| Clarence Thomas | Majority |
| Samuel Alito | Majority |
| Neil Gorsuch | Majority |
| Brett Kavanaugh | Majority |
| Sonia Sotomayor | Majority |
| Amy Coney Barrett | Majority |
| Ketanji Brown Jackson | Majority |
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 25-5146Filings, orders and the procedural history on the Court’s own docket.
- OyezCase pageArgument audio and the vote lineup, when Oyez has published them.