Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd.

Holding extraterritorial application of a statute is a merits question, not a question of subject matter jurisdiction

United States v. Dixon

Holding that the same-elements test inquires whether each offense contains an element not contained in the other; if not, they are the same offense and double jeopardy bars additional punishment and successive prosecution

Ashe v. Swenson

Holding that the Double Jeopardy Clause prevents a defendant acquitted of robbing one participant at a poker game from being prosecuted for robbing any of the other participants at the same game

Blockburger v. United States

Holding that the test for whether two offenses are distinct for double jeopardy purposes is "whether each provision requires proof of a fact which the other does not"

Ball v. United States

Holding that the proper remedy is to remand “for the District Court, where the sentencing responsibility resides, to exercise its discretion to vacate one of the underlying convictions”

Russell v. United States

Holding that an indictment may not be "amended except by resubmission to the grand jury"

Williams v. New York

Holding that consideration of information supplied by witnesses at sentencing who are not subject to cross-examination did not violate Due Process Clause

U.S. v. Yousef

Holding that a U.S. nexus must be demonstrated for a federal criminal statute to apply extraterritorially, but not reaching the vessel registry issue because it was not presented

U.S. v. Walsh

Holding that a prison guard who repeatedly stepped on a prisoner's penis acted “contrary to contemporary standards of decency”

U.S. v. Bortnovsky

Holding that the standard of review of a decision denying a bill of particulars is abuse of discretion

Section 2 - Principals

Holding aiders and abettors punishable as principals under federal criminal law

Rule 403 - Excluding Relevant Evidence for Prejudice, Confusion, Waste of Time, or Other Reasons

Adopting a similar standard, but requiring the probative value to be "substantially outweighed" by these risks

Section 371 - Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States

Requiring proof of an "act to effect the object of the conspiracy"

Section 3500 - Demands for production of statements and reports of witnesses

Requiring the government to produce "any statement," including testimony provided before the grand jury, only after the witness has testified on direct examination at trial

Section 2339B - Providing material support or resources to designated foreign terrorist organizations

Clarifying the scope of “personnel”

Section 2339A - Providing material support to terrorists

Defining “ ‘material support or resources' ” as “any property, tangible or intangible ”

Section 956 - Conspiracy to kill, kidnap, maim, or injure persons or damage property in a foreign country

Prohibiting conspiracy within United States to murder, kidnap, maim, or injure persons, outside United States

Section 1203 - Hostage taking

Limiting extraterritorial application of the Hostage Taking Act to three scenarios, one of which being when "the offender is found in the United States"

Section 1705 - Penalties

Criminalizing violations of 31 CFR § 595.204

Section 1702 - Presidential authorities

Granting the President the authority under IEEPA to regulate trade only of persons "subject to the jurisdiction of the United States"

Section 594.305 - Information or informational materials