McFadden v. United States
| McFadden v. United States | |
|---|---|
| Argued April 21, 2015 Decided June 18, 2015 | |
| Full case name | Stephen Dominick McFadden, Petitioner v. United States |
| Docket no. | 14-378 |
| Citations | 576 U.S. 186 (more) 135 S. Ct. 2298; 192 L. Ed. 2d 260 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
| Case history | |
| Prior | United States v. McFadden, 15 F. Supp. 3d 668 (W.D. Va. 2013); affirmed, 753 F.3d 432 (4th Cir. 2014); cert. granted, 135 S. Ct. 2298 (2015). |
| Holding | |
| Under §841(a)(1) of the Controlled Substances Act, the government must prove the defendant knew he was dealing with a controlled substance when it is an analogue. United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit vacated and remanded. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Thomas, joined by Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan |
| Concurrence | Roberts (in part) |
| Laws applied | |
McFadden v. United States, 576 U.S. 186 (2015), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that section 841 of the Controlled Substances Act requires the government to prove that to be in criminal violation, a defendant must be aware that an analogue defined by the Controlled Substance Analogue Enforcement Act with which he was dealing was a controlled substance.