Military, veterans: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Military, veterans,” part of the Civil Rights area.

Legal provisions most often involved

All 36 decisions, newest first

• Soto v. United States
  145 S. Ct. 1677Decided June 12, 20259–0Clarence Thomas
• Rudisill v. McDonough
  601 U.S. 294Decided April 16, 20247–2Ketanji Brown Jackson
• Arellano v. McDonough
  598 U.S. 1Decided January 23, 20239–0Amy Coney Barrett
• George v. McDonough
  2022 U.S. LEXIS 2944Decided June 15, 20226–3Amy Coney Barrett
• Doretha H. Henderson v. Eric K. Shineski
  562 U.S. 428Decided March 1, 20118–0Samuel A. Alito Jr.
• Eric K. Shinseki v. Woodrow F. Sanders
  556 U.S. 396Decided April 21, 20096–3Stephen G. Breyer
• Jesse Brown v. Fred P. Gardner
  513 U.S. 115Decided December 12, 19949–0David H. Souter
• Traynor v. Turnage
  485 U.S. 535Decided April 20, 19884–3Byron R. White
• Monroe v. Standard Oil Co.
  452 U.S. 549Decided June 17, 19815–4Potter Stewart
• Coffy v. Republic Steel Corp.
  447 U.S. 191Decided June 10, 19809–0Thurgood Marshall
• Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe
  435 U.S. 191Decided March 6, 19786–2William H. Rehnquist
• Alabama Power Co. v. Davis
  431 U.S. 581Decided June 6, 19779–0Thurgood Marshall
• Foster v. Dravo Corp.
  420 U.S. 92Decided February 18, 19758–0Thurgood Marshall
• Johnson v. Robison
  415 U.S. 361Decided March 4, 19748–1William J. Brennan Jr.
• Hernandez v. Veterans' Administration
  415 U.S. 391Decided March 4, 19749–0William J. Brennan Jr.
• Eagar v. Magma Copper Co.
  389 U.S. 323Decided December 11, 19675–3Per curiam
• Accardi v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
  383 U.S. 225Decided February 28, 19668–0Hugo L. Black
• Tilton v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Co.
  376 U.S. 169Decided February 17, 19649–0Arthur J. Goldberg
• Brooks v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Co.
  376 U.S. 182Decided February 17, 19649–0Arthur J. Goldberg
• Porter v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
  370 U.S. 159Decided June 11, 19627–0Tom C. Clark
• United States v. Shimer
  367 U.S. 374Decided June 12, 19617–2John M. Harlan II
• United States v. Oregon
  366 U.S. 643Decided May 29, 19617–2Hugo L. Black
• Bell v. United States
  366 U.S. 393Decided May 22, 19619–0Potter Stewart
• McKinney v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Co.
  357 U.S. 265Decided June 23, 19587–2Felix Frankfurter
• United States v. Plesha
  352 U.S. 202Decided January 14, 19576–3Hugo L. Black
• United States ex Rel. Toth v. QuarlesLaw held unconstitutional
  350 U.S. 11Decided November 7, 19556–3Hugo L. Black
• Diehl v. Lehigh Valley Railroad Co.
  348 U.S. 960Decided March 14, 19557–1Per curiam
• Ford Motor Co. v. Huffman
  345 U.S. 330Decided April 6, 19539–0Harold H. Burton
• Elder v. Brannan
  341 U.S. 277Decided May 7, 19518–1Tom C. Clark
• Oakley v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co.
  338 U.S. 278Decided November 14, 19498–0Harold H. Burton
• Aeronautical Industrial District Lodge 727 v. Campbell
  337 U.S. 521Decided June 20, 19499–0Felix Frankfurter
• United States ex Rel. Hirshberg v. Cooke
  336 U.S. 210Decided February 28, 19499–0Hugo L. Black
• United States v. Zazove
  334 U.S. 602Decided June 14, 19489–0Fred M. Vinson
• Hilton v. Sullivan
  334 U.S. 323Decided June 1, 19489–0Hugo L. Black
• Mitchell v. Cohen
  333 U.S. 411Decided March 8, 19488–1Frank Murphy
• Trailmobile Company v. Whirls
  331 U.S. 40Decided April 14, 19477–2Wiley B. Rutledge

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error