Home Topics First Amendment Security risk dismissals or benefit denials Security risk dismissals or benefit denials: Supreme Court decisions
Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Security risk dismissals or benefit denials,” part of the First Amendment area.
21 decisions
43% favorable to the petitioner
19% unanimous
0 altered precedent or struck a law
Decisions by decade 1940s 1
1950s 12
1960s 4
1980s 3
2010s 1
Legal provisions most often involved Fourteenth Amendment (due process) 4
Executive order 4
Homeland Security Act 1
5 U.S.C. § 833 1
Administrative Procedure Act or Administrative Orders Review Act 1
5 U.S.C. § 7511 1
Fifth Amendment (due process) 1
28 U.S.C. § 2282 1
All 21 decisions, newest first
Dep't of Homeland Sec. v. Maclean 574 U.S. 383 Decided January 21, 2015 7–2 John G. Roberts Jr.
Carlucci v. Doe 488 U.S. 93 Decided December 6, 1988 9–0 Byron R. White
Webster v. Doe 486 U.S. 592 Decided June 15, 1988 6–2 William H. Rehnquist
Department of the Navy v. Egan 484 U.S. 518 Decided February 23, 1988 5–3 Harry A. Blackmun
Kreznar v. United States. 376 U.S. 221 Decided March 2, 1964 8–1 Per curiam
Greene v. United States 376 U.S. 149 Decided February 17, 1964 7–2 Arthur J. Goldberg
Nostrand v. Little 368 U.S. 436 Decided January 22, 1962 7–2 Per curiam
Cafeteria & Restaurant Workers Union v. McElroy 367 U.S. 886 Decided June 19, 1961 5–4 Potter Stewart
Flemming v. Nestor 363 U.S. 603 Decided June 20, 1960 5–4 John M. Harlan II
Nelson v. County of Los Angeles 362 U.S. 1 Decided February 29, 1960 5–3 Tom C. Clark
Greene v. McElroy 360 U.S. 474 Decided June 29, 1959 8–1 Earl Warren
Taylor v. McElroy 360 U.S. 709 Decided June 29, 1959 9–0 Per curiam
Vitarelli v. Seaton 359 U.S. 535 Decided June 1, 1959 5–4 John M. Harlan II
Beilan v. Board of Public Education 357 U.S. 399 Decided June 30, 1958 5–4 Harold H. Burton
Lerner v. Casey 357 U.S. 468 Decided June 30, 1958 5–4 John M. Harlan II
Service v. Dulles 354 U.S. 363 Decided June 17, 1957 8–0 John M. Harlan II
Peters v. Hobby 349 U.S. 331 Decided June 6, 1955 7–2 Earl Warren
Barsky v. Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York 347 U.S. 442 Decided April 26, 1954 6–3 Harold H. Burton
Linehan v. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor 347 U.S. 439 Decided April 12, 1954 7–0 Per curiam
Adler v. Board of Education of the City of New York 342 U.S. 485 Decided March 3, 1952 6–3 Sherman Minton
United States ex Rel. Knauff v. Shaughnessy 338 U.S. 537 Decided January 16, 1950 4–3 Sherman Minton
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
