Class v. United States
| Class v. United States | |
|---|---|
| Argued October 4, 2017 Decided February 21, 2018 | |
| Full case name | Class v. United States |
| Docket no. | 16-424 |
| Citations | 583 U.S. ___ (more) 138 S. Ct. 798; 200 L. Ed. 2d 37 |
| Case history | |
| Prior | United States v. Class, 38 F. Supp. 3d 19 (D.D.C. 2014); affirmed, No. 15-3015 (D.C. Cir. July 05, 2016); cert. granted, 137 S. Ct. 1065 (2017). |
| Holding | |
| A guilty plea, by itself, does not bar a federal criminal defendant from challenging the constitutionality of his statute of conviction on direct appeal. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Breyer, joined by Roberts, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch |
| Dissent | Alito, joined by Kennedy, Thomas |
Class v. United States, 583 U.S. ___ (2018), is a Supreme court decision related to the ability to challenge the constitutionality of a federal law if the defendant has already pleaded guilty.