Reynolds v. United States (2012)

Reynolds v. United States 565 U.S. 432 (2012) is a Supreme Court case regarding sex offender registration prior to enactment of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act.^[1]

Reynolds v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued October 3, 2011 Decided January 23, 2012
Full case name	Billy Joe Reynolds v. United States
Citations	565 U.S. 432 (more)
Case history
Prior	Certiorari granted January 23, 2012
Holding
Pre-SORNA sex offenders are not obligated to register unless the Attorney General specifies applicability.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
Majority	Breyer, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan
Dissent	Scalia, joined by Ginsburg
Laws applied
Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act