NRC v. Texas

Decided June 18, 2025. Brett M. Kavanaugh delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 23-1300 · 605 U.S. 665 (2025) · Cited 11 times

Holding

Entities who were not parties to a Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s licensing proceeding are not entitled to obtain judicial review of the NRC’s licensing decision under the Hobbs Act.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court. Read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“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.

• Leedom v. Kyne · 358 U.S. 184 (1958)
• Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. State Energy Resources Conservation & Development Commission · 461 U.S. 190 (1983)
• Boire v. Greyhound Corp. · 376 U.S. 473 (1964)
• Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. MCorp Financial, Inc. · 502 U.S. 32 (1991)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 523 U.S. 83 (1998)
• United States ex rel. Eisenstein v. City of New York · 556 U.S. 928 (2009)
• Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employees v. Association for the Benefit of Non-Contract Employees · 380 U.S. 650 (1965)
• Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner · 387 U.S. 136 (1967)
• Duncan v. Walker · 533 U.S. 167 (2001)
• Morton v. Mancari · 417 U.S. 535 (1974)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Bowen v. Michigan Academy of Family Physicians · 476 U.S. 667 (1986)
• Kucana v. Holder · 558 U.S. 233 (2010)
• Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo · 603 U.S. 369 (2024)
• Marino v. Ortiz · 484 U.S. 301 (1988)
• Bulova Watch Co. v. United States · 365 U.S. 753 (1961)
• Fischer v. United States · 603 U.S. 480 (2024)

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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).