Smith v. Berryhill

Decided May 28, 2019. Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 17-1606 · 587 U.S. 471 (2019) · Cited 527 times

Holding

A Social Security Administration Appeals Council dismissal on timeliness grounds of a request for review after a claimant has had an administrative law judge hearing on the merits qualifies as a “final decision . . . made after a hearing” for purposes of allowing judicial review under 42 U. S. C. §405(g).

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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. 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.

• Califano v. Sanders · 430 U.S. 99 (1977)
• Bowen v. City of New York · 476 U.S. 467 (1986)
• Sims v. Apfel · 530 U.S. 103 (2000)
• Weinberger v. Salfi · 422 U.S. 749 (1975)
• Mathews v. Eldridge · 424 U.S. 319 (1976)
• Adams Fruit Co. v. Barrett · 494 U.S. 638 (1990)
• Heckler v. Ringer · 466 U.S. 602 (1984)
• Sullivan v. Hudson · 490 U.S. 877 (1989)
• MacH Mining, LLC v. Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n · 575 U.S. 480 (2015)
• Bowen v. Galbreath · 485 U.S. 74 (1988)
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 467 U.S. 837 (1984)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp. · 318 U.S. 80 (1943)
• Bennett v. Spear · 520 U.S. 154 (1997)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Ventura · 537 U.S. 12 (2002)
• Bowen v. Michigan Academy of Family Physicians · 476 U.S. 667 (1986)
• Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prisons · 552 U.S. 214 (2008)
• IBP, Inc. v. Alvarez · 546 U.S. 21 (2005)
• Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers · 482 U.S. 270 (1987)
• King v. Burwell · 576 U.S. 473 (2015)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2019). 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).