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authority type
case
jurisdiction
federal_nationwide
publication status
published_united_states_reports
precedential status
binding
decision or issuance date
1987-06-22
subsequent history
Official source reviewed through 2026-08-25.
negative treatment status
Official primary sources checked through 2026-08-25; comprehensive commercial citator not run.
material limitations
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Tanner v. United States

Holding used

Voluntary juror intoxication is not an outside influence under the federal no-impeachment rule, which operates alongside trial safeguards and admissible nonjuror evidence.

Material limitation

The decision does not erase Rule 606(b)'s textual exceptions or the later constitutional racial-bias exception.

Official source and pinpoints

483 U.S. 107, 117–27 (1987): https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USREPORTS-483/pdf/USREPORTS-483-107.pdf