Perttu v. Richards

Decided June 18, 2025. John Glover Roberts Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 23-1324 · 605 U.S. 460 (2025) · Cited 154 times

Holding

Parties are entitled to a jury trial on the issue of exhaustion of remedies under The Prison Litigation Reform Act when that issue is intertwined with the merits of a claim that requires a jury trial under the Seventh Amendment.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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.

• Jones v. Bock · 549 U.S. 199 (2007)
• Beacon Theatres, Inc. v. Westover · 359 U.S. 500 (1959)
• Land v. Dollar · 330 U.S. 731 (1947)
• Tull v. United States · 481 U.S. 412 (1987)
• City of Monterey v. Del Monte Dunes at Monterey, Ltd. · 526 U.S. 687 (1999)
• Feltner v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc. · 523 U.S. 340 (1998)
• Parklane Hosiery Co. v. Shore · 439 U.S. 322 (1979)
• Katchen v. Landy · 382 U.S. 323 (1966)
• Woodford v. Ngo · 548 U.S. 81 (2006)
• Dairy Queen, Inc. v. Wood · 369 U.S. 469 (1962)
• Porter v. Nussle · 534 U.S. 516 (2002)
• MARKMAN Et Al. v. WESTVIEW INSTRUMENTS, INC., Et Al. · 517 U.S. 370 (1996)
• Astoria Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Solimino · 501 U.S. 104 (1991)
• Gulf Oil Corp. v. Copp Paving Co. · 419 U.S. 186 (1974)
• Isbrandtsen Co. v. Johnson · 343 U.S. 779 (1952)
• Wetmore v. Rymer · 169 U.S. 115 (1898)
• Zadvydas v. Davis · 533 U.S. 678 (2001)
• Staples v. United States · 511 U.S. 600 (1994)
• Cutter v. Wilkinson · 544 U.S. 709 (2005)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union · 521 U.S. 844 (1997)
• Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. · 356 U.S. 525 (1958)
• Dimick v. Schiedt · 293 U.S. 474 (1935)
• United States v. Balint · 258 U.S. 250 (1922)
• Dixon v. United States · 548 U.S. 1 (2006)
• Liberty Oil Co. v. Condon National Bank · 260 U.S. 235 (1922)
• SEC v. Jarkesy · 603 U.S. 109 (2024)

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