Bond v. United States (572 U.S. 844)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 2, 2014 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 572 U.S. 844 · 134 S. Ct. 2077
- Docket
- No. 12-158
- Argued
- November 5, 2013
- Decided
- June 2, 2014
- Term
- October Term 2013
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Roberts
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
How the Justices voted
- Majority
- Chief Justice Roberts (wrote), Justice Kennedy, Justice Ginsburg, Justice Breyer, Justice Sotomayor, Justice Kagan
- Concurring in the judgment
- Justice Scalia (wrote), Justice Thomas (wrote), Justice Alito (wrote)
Oral argument transcript and advocates · Opinion on Justia
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2013 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321, 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus BOND v. UNITED STATES CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT No. 12–158. Argued November 5, 2013—Decided June 2, 2014 To implement the international Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling, and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction, Congress enacted the Chemical Weapons Convention Implementation Act of 1998. The statute forbids, among other things, any person knowingly to “possess[ ] or use . . . any chemical weapon,” 18 U. S. C. §229(a)(1). A “chemical weapon” is “[a] toxic chemical and its precursors, except where intended for a pur- pose not prohibited under this chapter.” §229F(1)(A). A “toxic chem- ical” is “any chemical which through its chemical action on life pro- cesses can cause death, temporary incapacitation or permanent harm to humans or animals. The term includes all such chemicals, regard- less of their origin or of their method of…
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