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Supreme Court · SCOTUS
Ellingburg v. United States
No. 24-482Supreme Court of the United States
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Official outcomeJudgment REVERSED and case REMANDED.
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- Decision date
- January 20, 2026
- Opinion author
- BK
- October Term
- 2025
- Docket
- No. 24-482
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Record returned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- First added here
- August 10, 2026
- Last entry
- August 5, 2026
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Official docket
Decision and docket history
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Docket entry
Record returned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Docket entry
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kavanaugh, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Gorsuch, J., joined.
Docket entry
Restitution under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996 is criminal punishment for purposes of the Ex Post Facto Clause. [607 U.S. 163]
Open court document ↗Docket entry
Argued. For petitioner: Amy M. Saharia, Washington, D. C. For respondent in support of vacatur: Ashley Robertson, Assistant to the Solicitor General, Department of Justice, Washington, D. C. For Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of judgment below: John F. Bash, Austin, Tex.
Docket entry
Sealed material received electronically from the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. The remainder of the record is electronic and is available on PACER.
Docket entry
Motion for divided argument filed by respondent GRANTED.
Docket entry
CIRCULATED
Docket entry
Record received from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit and available with the Clerk (one box).
Docket entry
Brief of Court-appointed amicus curiae in support of the judgment below filed.
Open court document ↗Docket entry
Record requested from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Docket entry
SET FOR ARGUMENT on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.
Docket entry
Brief amici curiae of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, et al. filed.
Open court document ↗Rulings in this case over time
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3 entries, oldest first.
· Supreme Court of the United States
Granted
The court's record, as written
Petition GRANTED.
Outcome words in this text: GRANTED.
· Supreme Court of the United States
ReversedRemanded
The court's record, as written
Judgment REVERSED and case REMANDED. Kavanaugh, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court. Thomas, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which Gorsuch, J., joined.
Outcome words in this text: REVERSED, REMANDED.
· Supreme Court of the United States
Other
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Judgment Issued.
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AudioOral argument audio: Ellingburg v. United States (No. 24-482)
Supreme Court of the United States · October 14, 2025
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Supreme Court of the United States · October 14, 2025
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