Welch v. United States
| Welch v. United States | |
|---|---|
| Argued March 30, 2016 Decided April 18, 2016 | |
| Full case name | Gregory Welch, Petitioner v. United States |
| Docket no. | 15-6418 |
| Citations | 578 U.S. ___ (more) 136 S. Ct. 1257; 194 L. Ed. 2d 387 |
| Related cases | Johnson v. United States |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
| Case history | |
| Prior | United States v. Welch, 683 F.3d 1304 (11th Cir. 2012); cert. denied, 568 U.S. 1112 (2013); cert. granted, 136 S. Ct. 790 (2016). |
| Holding | |
| Johnson v. United States announced a substantive rule change and is thus retroactive. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Kennedy, joined by Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan |
| Dissent | Thomas |
Welch v. United States, 578 U.S. 120 (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that the decision in Johnson v. United States announced a substantive rule change and is therefore retroactive.