Carr v. Saul
Decided April 22, 2021. Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 19-1442 · 593 U.S. 83 (2021) · Cited 325 times
Holding
Principles of issue-exhaustion do not require Social Security disability claimants to argue at the agency level that the administrative law judges hearing their disability claims were unconstitutionally appointed.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 9–0.
Majority · 9
- John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Clarence Thomas · filed an opinion concurring in the judgment
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
- Sonia Sotomayor · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Elena Kagan
- Neil M. Gorsuch
- Brett M. Kavanaugh
- Amy Coney Barrett
- Stephen G. Breyer · filed an opinion concurring in the judgment
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Sims v. Apfel · 530 U.S. 103 (2000)
- United States v. L. A. Tucker Truck Lines, Inc. · 344 U.S. 33 (1952)
- Ryder v. United States · 515 U.S. 177 (1995)
- Richardson v. Perales · 402 U.S. 389 (1971)
- McCarthy v. Madigan · 503 U.S. 140 (1992)
- Bethesda Hospital Assn. v. Bowen · 485 U.S. 399 (1988)
- Mathews v. Eldridge · 424 U.S. 319 (1976)
- Woodford v. Ngo · 548 U.S. 81 (2006)
- Ross v. Blake · 578 U.S. 632 (2016)
- Califano v. Sanders · 430 U.S. 99 (1977)
- Weinberger v. Salfi · 422 U.S. 749 (1975)
- Hormel v. Helvering · 312 U.S. 552 (1941)
- United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
- Mathews v. Diaz · 426 U.S. 67 (1976)
- Federal Communications Commission v. Pottsville Broadcasting Co. · 309 U.S. 134 (1940)
- Unemployment Compensation Comm'n of Alaska v. Aragon · 329 U.S. 143 (1946)
- Montana National Bank v. Yellowstone County of Montana · 276 U.S. 499 (1928)
Official text
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