YATES v. U.S.

No. 13-7451.

135 S.Ct. 1074 (2015)

191 L.Ed.2d 64

John L. YATES, Petitioner v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 25, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Badalamenti , Tampa, FL, for Petitioner.

Roman Martinez , Levittown, PR, for Respondent.

Donna Lee Elm , Federal Defender, John L. Badalamenti , Counsel of Record, Rosemary Cakmis, Adeel M. Bashir , Office of the Federal Defender, Tampa, FL, for Petitioner.

Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. , Solicitor General, Counsel of Record, Leslie R. Caldwell , Assistant Attorney General, Michael R. Dreeben , Deputy Solicitor General, Roman Martinez , Assistant to the Solicitor General, John F. De Pue , Attorney, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the United States.

GINSBURG, J., announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which ROBERTS, C.J., and BREYER and SOTOMAYOR, JJ., joined. ALITO, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment. KAGAN, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which SCALIA, KENNEDY, and THOMAS, JJ., joined.


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