Legal Opinion
Taylor v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 20, 2016No. 14–6166PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Alito
The Hobbs Act makes it a crime for a person to affect commerce, or to attempt to do so, by robbery. 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a). The Act defines "commerce" broadly as interstate commerce "and all other commerce over which the United States has jurisdiction." § 1951(b)(3). This case requires us to decide what the Government must prove to satisfy the Hobbs Act's commerce element when a defendant commits a robbery that targets a marijuana dealer's drugs or drug proceeds.
The answer to this question is straightforward and dictated by our precedent. We held in Gonzales v. Raich, 545 U.S. 1, 125 S.Ct. 2195,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- United States v. LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Stirone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- United States v. MorrisonSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Wickard v. FilburnSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Gonzales v. RaichSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
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