Elonis v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 2015-06-01

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Chief Justice ROBERTSdelivered the opinion of the Court. Federal law makes it a crime to transmit in interstate commerce "any communication containing any threat ... to injure the person of another." 18 U.S.C. § 875 (c). Petitioner was convicted of violating this provision unde…

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