Snyder v. United States

144 S. Ct. 1947 (2024)

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Snyder v. United States

United States Supreme Court
144 S. Ct. 1947 (2024)

Snyder v. United States

Facts

While James Snyder (defendant) was mayor of Portage, Indiana, the city awarded two contracts to Great Lakes Peterbilt (Peterbilt), purchasing five trash trucks for approximately $1.1 million. The next year, Peterbilt issued Snyder a check for $13,000. Snyder claimed the payment was for consulting services, but the federal government believed it was a gratuity for the truck contracts. A district-court jury convicted Snyder of accepting an illegal gratuity in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 666, and Snyder was sentenced to a year and nine months in prison. The court of appeals affirmed. The United States Supreme Court granted certiorari to consider Snyder’s argument that § 666 prohibited only bribes, not gratuities.

Rule of Law

Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Kavanaugh, J.)

Concurrence (Gorsuch, J.)

Dissent (Jackson, J.)

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