Caetano v. Massachusetts
| Jaime Caetano v. Massachusetts | |
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| Decided March 21, 2016 | |
| Full case name | Jaime Caetano v. Massachusetts |
| Docket no. | 14-10078 |
| Citations | 577 U.S. 411 (more) 136 S. Ct. 1027; 194 L. Ed. 2d 99; 2016 U.S. LEXIS 1862 |
| Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
| Case history | |
| Prior | On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts |
| Procedural | Motion to dismiss denied, sub nom. Commonwealth v. Caetano, No. 1149-CR-2522 (Mass. Dist. Ct. April 29, 2013); defendant convicted, No. 1149-CR-2522, Mass. Dist. Ct.; aff'd, 26 N. E. 3d 688 (Mass. 2015) |
| Holding | |
| The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts' erred in upholding a law that prohibited the possession of stun guns | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Per curiam | |
| Concurrence | Alito (in judgment), joined by Thomas |
| Laws applied | |
| U.S. Const. amend. II; Mass. Gen. Laws, ch. 140, §131J (2014) | |
Caetano v. Massachusetts, 577 U.S. 411 (2016), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States unanimously vacated a Massachusetts conviction of a woman who carried a stun gun for self-defense.