Legal Opinion

United States v. Gendron

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided July 27, 2026No. 25-2570Published

1Opinion of the Court

25-2570 United States v. Gendron United States Court of Appeals For the Second Circuit August Term 2025 Argued: May 20, 2026 Decided: July 27, 2026 No. 25-2570 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellant, v. PAYTON GENDRON, Defendant-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of New York No. 22-cr-109, Lawrence J. Vilardo, Judge. Before: SULLIVAN, BIANCO, and NATHAN, Circuit Judges. Payton Gendron killed ten Black people in Buffalo, New York in an effort to spread racial hatred and incite violence. A grand jury subsequently indicted him on twenty-seven counts of…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Zant v. StephensSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Brandenburg v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Tison v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. United States v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  5. National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982

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