Salinas v. Railroad Retirement Bd.
Decided February 3, 2021. Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 19-199 · 592 U.S. 188 (2021) · Cited 52 times
Holding
The U. S. Railroad Retirement Board’s denial of a request to reopen a prior benefits determination under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act is subject to judicial review.
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How the Justices voted
Decided 5–4.
Majority · 5
- John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Sonia Sotomayor · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Elena Kagan
- Brett M. Kavanaugh
- Stephen G. Breyer
Dissenting · 4
- Clarence Thomas · filed a dissenting opinion
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
- Neil M. Gorsuch
- Amy Coney Barrett
“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.
- Your Home Visiting Nurse Services, Inc. v. Shalala · 525 U.S. 449 (1999)
- Califano v. Sanders · 430 U.S. 99 (1977)
- MacH Mining, LLC v. Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n · 575 U.S. 480 (2015)
- Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers · 482 U.S. 270 (1987)
- U.S. Army Corps of Eng'rs v. Hawkes Co. · 578 U.S. 590 (2016)
- Bennett v. Spear · 520 U.S. 154 (1997)
- Russello v. United States · 464 U.S. 16 (1983)
- United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
- Block v. Community Nutrition Institute · 467 U.S. 340 (1984)
- Kucana v. Holder · 558 U.S. 233 (2010)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- City and County of San Francisco v. EPA · 604 U.S. 334 (2025)
Official text
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