Gallardo v. Marstiller
Decided June 6, 2022. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 20-1263 · 596 U.S. 420 (2022) · Cited 24 times
Holding
The Medicaid Act permits a State to seek reimbursement from settlement payments allocated for future medical care.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–2.
Majority · 7
- John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Clarence Thomas · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
- Elena Kagan
- Neil M. Gorsuch
- Brett M. Kavanaugh
- Amy Coney Barrett
Dissenting · 2
- Sonia Sotomayor · filed a dissenting opinion
- Stephen G. Breyer
“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.
- Arkansas Department of Health & Human Services v. Ahlborn · 547 U.S. 268 (2006)
- Russello v. United States · 464 U.S. 16 (1983)
- United States v. Gonzales · 520 U.S. 1 (1997)
- Mississippi Ex Rel. Hood v. AU Optronics Corp. · 571 U.S. 161 (2014)
- Food & Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. · 529 U.S. 120 (2000)
- United Sav. Assn. of Tex. v. Timbers of Inwood Forest Associates, Ltd. · 484 U.S. 365 (1988)
- Harris v. McRae · 448 U.S. 297 (1980)
- United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
- Panama Refining Co. v. Ryan · 293 U.S. 388 (1935)
- Maracich v. Spears · 570 U.S. 48 (2013)
- United States v. Alvarez-Sanchez · 511 U.S. 350 (1994)
- Gomez-Perez v. Potter · 553 U.S. 474 (2008)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Esteras v. United States · 606 U.S. 185 (2025)
- City and County of San Francisco v. EPA · 604 U.S. 334 (2025)
Official text
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