Feliciano v. Department Of Transportation

Decided April 30, 2025. Neil M. Gorsuch delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 23-861 · 605 U.S. 38 (2025) · Cited 5 times

Holding

A federal civilian employee called to active duty pursuant to “any other provision of law . . . during a national emergency” as described in 10 U. S. C. §101(a)(13)(B) is entitled to differential pay if the reservist’s service temporally coincides with a declared national emergency without any showing that the service bears a substantive connection to a particular emergency.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas · 596 U.S. 685 (2022)
• TRW Inc. v. Andrews · 534 U.S. 19 (2001)
• Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prisons · 552 U.S. 214 (2008)
• Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc. · 582 U.S. 79 (2017)
• Lockhart v. United States · 577 U.S. 347 (2016)
• Pulsifer v. United States · 601 U.S. 124 (2024)
• Food & Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. · 529 U.S. 120 (2000)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Davis v. Michigan Department of the Treasury · 489 U.S. 803 (1989)
• Reid v. Covert · 354 U.S. 1 (1957)
• Home Depot U. S. A., Inc. v. Jackson · 587 U.S. 435 (2019)
• Wachovia Bank, National Ass'n v. Schmidt · 546 U.S. 303 (2006)
• Patel v. Garland · 596 U.S. 328 (2022)
• Bond v. United States · 572 U.S. 844 (2014)
• Federal Maritime Commission v. Seatrain Lines, Inc. · 411 U.S. 726 (1973)
• Rimini Street, Inc. v. Oracle USA, Inc. · 586 U.S. 334 (2019)
• Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers · 583 U.S. 149 (2018)
• American National Red Cross v. S. G. · 505 U.S. 247 (1992)
• Sekhar v. United States · 570 U.S. 729 (2013)
• Niz-Chavez v. Garland · 593 U.S. 155 (2021)
• Weyerhaeuser Co. v. United States Fish and Wildlife Serv. · 586 U.S. 9 (2018)
• Fischer v. United States · 603 U.S. 480 (2024)
• Yegiazaryan v. Smagin · 599 U.S. 533 (2023)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2025). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).