Lozano v. Montoya Alvarez

Decided March 5, 2014. Clarence Thomas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 12-820 · 572 U.S. 1 (2014) · Cited 489 times

Holding

Article 12's 1-year period is not subject to equitable tolling.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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.

• Abbott v. Abbott · 560 U.S. 1 (2010)
• Young v. United States · 535 U.S. 43 (2002)
• Rotella v. Wood · 528 U.S. 549 (2000)
• Air France v. Saks · 470 U.S. 392 (1985)
• Olympic Airways v. Husain · 540 U.S. 644 (2004)
• Pace v. DiGuglielmo · 544 U.S. 408 (2005)
• Irwin v. Department of Veterans Affairs · 498 U.S. 89 (1990)
• Bowen v. City of New York · 476 U.S. 467 (1986)
• Holmberg v. Armbrecht · 327 U.S. 392 (1946)
• Burnett v. New York Central Railroad · 380 U.S. 424 (1965)
• Astoria Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Solimino · 501 U.S. 104 (1991)
• Medellin v. Texas · 552 U.S. 491 (2008)
• Hallstrom v. Tillamook County · 493 U.S. 20 (1989)
• Sumitomo Shoji America, Inc. v. Avagliano · 457 U.S. 176 (1982)
• Eastern Airlines, Inc. v. Floyd · 499 U.S. 530 (1991)
• Chan v. Korean Air Lines, Ltd. · 490 U.S. 122 (1989)
• Department of Commerce v. United States House of Representatives · 525 U.S. 316 (1999)
• Zicherman Ex Rel. Estate of Kole v. Korean Air Lines Co. · 516 U.S. 217 (1996)
• Honda v. Clark · 386 U.S. 484 (1967)
• Bailey v. Glover · 88 U.S. 342 (1875)
• Sebelius v. Auburn Regional Medical Center · 568 U.S. 145 (2013)
• Heimeshoff v. Hartford Life & Accident Ins. Co. · 571 U.S. 99 (2013)
• BG Group, PLC v. Republic of Argentina · 572 U.S. 25 (2014)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Rotkiske v. Klemm · 589 U.S. 8 (2019)
• Monasky v. Taglieri · 589 U.S. 68 (2020)
• California Public Employees' Retirement System v. ANZ Securities, Inc. · 582 U.S. 497 (2017)
• Golan v. Saada · 596 U.S. 666 (2022)
• Arellano v. McDonough · 598 U.S. 1 (2023)
• Guerrero-Lasprilla v. Barr · 589 U.S. 221 (2020)
• United States v. Kwai Fun Wong · 575 U.S. 402 (2015)
• Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton · 581 U.S. 468 (2017)
• Water Splash, Inc. v. Menon · 581 U.S. 271 (2017)
• Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc. · 594 U.S. 559 (2021)

Official text

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2014). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).