Snyder v. United States
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 26, 2024 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- June 26, 2024
- Term
- October Term 2023
- Vote
- 6–3
- Majority author
- Justice Kavanaugh
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 603 U. S. Part 1 Pages 1–42 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT June 26, 2024 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D. C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. CASES ADJUDGED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES AT OCTOBER TERM, 2023 SNYDER v. UNITED STATES certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the seventh circuit No. 23–108. Argued April 15, 2024—Decided June 26, 2024 Page Proof Pending Publication Federal and state law distinguish between two kinds of payments to public offcials—bribes and gratuities. Bribes are typically payments made or agreed to before an offcial act in order to infuence the public offcial with respect to that future offcial act. Gratuities are typically pay- ments made to a public offcial after an offcial act as a reward or token of appreciation. While American law generally treats bribes as inher- ently corrupt and unlawful, the law's treatment of gratuities is more nuanced. Some gratuities might be innocuous, and others may raise ethical and appearance concerns. Federal, state, and local governments have drawn different lines on which…
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