Ross v. Blake
Decided June 6, 2016. Elena Kagan delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 15-339 · 578 U.S. 632 (2016) · Cited 4,310 times
Holding
The judgment bar provision does not apply to the claims dismissed for falling within the “Exceptions” section of the FTCA.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 8–0.
Majority · 6
- Elena Kagan · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Anthony McLeod Kennedy
- John Glover Roberts Jr.
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- Samuel A. Alito Jr.
- Sonia Sotomayor
Concurring · 2
- Clarence Thomas · filed a concurring opinion
- Stephen Gerald Breyer · filed a concurring opinion
“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.
- Woodford v. Ngo · 548 U.S. 81 (2006)
- Booth v. Churner · 532 U.S. 731 (2001)
- Jones v. Bock · 549 U.S. 199 (2007)
- Porter v. Nussle · 534 U.S. 516 (2002)
- McNeil v. United States · 508 U.S. 106 (1993)
- McKart v. United States · 395 U.S. 185 (1969)
- Stone v. Immigration & Naturalization Service · 514 U.S. 386 (1995)
- Shalala v. Illinois Council on Long Term Care, Inc. · 529 U.S. 1 (2000)
- Hardt v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Co. · 560 U.S. 242 (2010)
- Miller v. French · 530 U.S. 327 (2000)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Ramirez v. Collier · 595 U.S. 411 (2022)
- United States v. Palomar-Santiago · 593 U.S. 321 (2021)
- Home Depot U. S. A., Inc. v. Jackson · 587 U.S. 435 (2019)
- Fry v. Napoleon Community Schools · 580 U.S. 154 (2017)
- Carr v. Saul · 593 U.S. 83 (2021)
- Van Buren v. United States · 593 U.S. 374 (2021)
Official text
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