Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veterans Affairs v. Fred P. Gardner

Decided December 12, 1994. David Hackett Souter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 93-1128 · 513 U.S. 115 (1994) · Cited 1,044 times

Holding

Section 3.358(c)(3) is not consistent with the plain language of § 1151, which contains not a word about fault-or-accident.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

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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.

• King v. St. Vincent's Hospital · 502 U.S. 215 (1991)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Russello v. United States · 464 U.S. 16 (1983)
• Patterson v. McLean Credit Union · 491 U.S. 164 (1989)
• Central Bank of Denver, N. A. v. First Interstate Bank of Denver, N. A. · 511 U.S. 164 (1994)
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. LTV Corp. · 496 U.S. 633 (1990)
• Atlantic Cleaners & Dyers, Inc. v. United States · 286 U.S. 427 (1932)
• Zuber v. Allen · 396 U.S. 168 (1969)
• Good Samaritan Hospital v. Shalala · 508 U.S. 402 (1993)
• Jarecki v. G. D. Searle & Co. · 367 U.S. 303 (1961)
• Zenith Radio Corp. v. United States · 437 U.S. 443 (1978)
• Demarest v. Manspeaker · 498 U.S. 184 (1991)
• Dole v. United Steelworkers · 494 U.S. 26 (1990)
• United States v. Calamaro · 354 U.S. 351 (1957)
• Massachusetts Trustees of Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates v. United States · 377 U.S. 235 (1964)

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• Bailey v. United States · 516 U.S. 137 (1995)
• Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs v. Sanders · 556 U.S. 396 (2009)
• Food & Drug Administration v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. · 529 U.S. 120 (2000)
• Heintz v. Jenkins · 514 U.S. 291 (1995)
• Lexecon Inc. v. Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach · 523 U.S. 26 (1998)
• Holloway v. United States · 526 U.S. 1 (1999)
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