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HOHN v. UNITED STATES

Opinion of the Court

which is hereby overruled. The Eight Circuit’s decision is vacated in
light of the Solicitor General’s position in this Court. Pp. 241–253.

99 F. 3d 892, vacated and remanded.

Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Stevens,
Souter, Ginsburg, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Souter, J., ﬁled a concur-
ring opinion, post, p. 253. Scalia, J., ﬁled a dissenting opinion, in which
Rehnquist, C. J., and O’Connor and Thomas, JJ., joined, post, p. 254.

Eileen Penner argued the cause for petitioner. With her

on the briefs was Alan Untereiner.

Matthew D. Roberts argued the cause for the United
States. With him on the briefs were Solicitor General
Waxman, Acting Assistant Attorney General Keeney, and
Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben.

Jeffrey S. Sutton, by invitation of the Court, 522 U. S. 944,

argued the cause and ﬁled a brief as amicus curiae.*

Justice Kennedy delivered the opinion of the Court.
We granted certiorari to determine whether the Court has
jurisdiction to review decisions of the courts of appeals deny-

*Briefs of amici curiae were ﬁled for the State of California et al. by
Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General of California, George H. Wil-
liamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson, Se-
nior Assistant Attorney General, and Eric L. Christoffersen and Ward A.
Campbell, Deputy Attorneys General, and by the Attorneys General for
their respective States as follows: Bill Pryor of Alabama, Winston Bryant
of Arkansas, Gale A. Norton of Colorado, M. Jane Brady of Delaware,
Robert A. Butterworth of Florida, Margery S. Bronster of Hawaii, James
E. Ryan of Illinois, Jeffrey A. Modisett of Indiana, Richard P. Ieyoub
of Louisiana, Michael C. Moore of Mississippi, Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon
of Missouri, Joseph P. Mazurek of Montana, Don Stenberg of Ne-
braska, Frankie Sue Del Papa of Nevada, Dennis C. Vacco of New York,
W. A. Drew Edmondson of Oklahoma, D. Michael Fisher of Pennsyl-
vania, Jeffrey B. Pine of Rhode Island, Mark Barnett of South Dakota,
John Knox Walkup of Tennessee, Jan Graham of Utah, Mark L. Earley
of Virginia, and William U. Hill of Wyoming; and for the National Asso-
ciation of Criminal Defense Lawyers by Edward M. Chikofsky and Lisa
Kemler.