Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Ass'N

Decided March 9, 2015. Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 13-1041 · 575 U.S. 92 (2015) · Cited 475 times

Holding

The Paralyzed Veterans doctrine is contrary to the clear text of the APA's rulemaking provisions and improperly imposes on agencies an obligation beyond the APA's maximum procedural requirements.

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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.

• Bowles v. Seminole Rock & Sand Co. · 325 U.S. 410 (1945)
• Auer v. Robbins · 519 U.S. 452 (1997)
• Shalala v. Guernsey Memorial Hospital · 514 U.S. 87 (1995)
• Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 435 U.S. 519 (1978)
• Christensen v. Harris County · 529 U.S. 576 (2000)
• Thomas Jefferson University v. Shalala · 512 U.S. 504 (1994)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. · 556 U.S. 502 (2009)
• Chrysler Corp. v. Brown · 441 U.S. 281 (1979)
• Martin v. Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission · 499 U.S. 144 (1991)
• Christopher v. Smithkline Beecham Corp. · 567 U.S. 142 (2012)
• United States v. Mead Corp. · 533 U.S. 218 (2001)
• Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc. · 514 U.S. 211 (1995)
• Morrison v. Olson · 487 U.S. 654 (1988)
• Pauley v. BethEnergy Mines, Inc. · 501 U.S. 680 (1991)
• Long Island Care at Home, Ltd. v. Coke · 551 U.S. 158 (2007)
• Zuni Public School District No. 89 v. Department of Education · 550 U.S. 81 (2007)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. Volpe · 401 U.S. 402 (1971)
• Skidmore v. Swift & Co. · 323 U.S. 134 (1944)
• Udall v. Tallman · 380 U.S. 1 (1965)
• Mistretta v. United States · 488 U.S. 361 (1989)
• Stinson v. United States · 508 U.S. 36 (1993)
• McDonald v. City of Chicago · 561 U.S. 742 (2010)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• Robertson v. Methow Valley Citizens Council · 490 U.S. 332 (1989)
• Nixon v. Administrator of General Services · 433 U.S. 425 (1977)
• New York v. United States · 505 U.S. 144 (1992)
• Wyeth v. Levine · 555 U.S. 555 (2009)
• United States v. Morton Salt Co. · 338 U.S. 632 (1950)
• Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, Inc. · 567 U.S. 239 (2012)

Cited by

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• Kisor v. Wilkie · 588 U.S. 558 (2019)
• Azar v. Allina Health Services · 587 U.S. 566 (2019)
• Michigan v. Envtl. Prot. Agency · 576 U.S. 743 (2015)
• B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc. · 575 U.S. 138 (2015)
• PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton Harris Chiropractic, Inc. · 588 U.S. 1 (2019)
• County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund · 590 U.S. 165 (2020)
• Seila Law LLC v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau · 591 U.S. 197 (2020)
• Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee · 579 U.S. 261 (2016)
• Zivotofsky v. Kerry · 576 U.S. 1 (2015)
• Department of Transportation v. Association of American Railroads · 575 U.S. 43 (2015)
• FCC v. Prometheus Radio Project · 592 U.S. 414 (2021)
• Arizona v. City and County of San Francisco · 596 U.S. 763 (2022)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2015). 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).