Judicial review of agency actions: Supreme Court decisions
Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Judicial review of agency actions,” part of the Judicial Power area.
193decisions
78%favorable to the petitioner
46%unanimous
0altered precedent or struck a law
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Most majority opinions
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All 193 decisions, newest first
- Mullin v. Doe
- Diamond Alternative Energy LLC v. Environmental Protection Agency
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission v. Texas
- Axon Enterprise v. Federal Trade Commission
- Babcock v. Kijakazi
- Carr v. Saul
- Little Sisters of the Poor Saints Peter and Paul Home v. Pennsylvania
- Department of Commerce v. New York
- Kisor v. Wilkie
- Azar v. Allina Health Services
- Perry v. Merit Systems Protection Bd.
- Mach Mining, LLC v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- City of Arlington v. Federal Communications Commission
- Kathleen Sebelius v. Auburn Regional Medical Center
- Elgin v. Department of Treasury
- Astra USA, Inc. v. Santa Clara County
- New Process Steel, L. P. v. National Labor Relations Board
- Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, Inc.
- Zuni Public School District No. 89 v. Department of Education
- National Cable & Telecommunications Association v. Brand X Internet Services
- Claude M. Ballard v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
- United States v. Thomas Lamar Bean
- Tracy Ragsdale v. Wolverine World Wide, Inc.
- New York v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Inc. v. Gulf Power Company
- United States Postal Service v. Maria A. Gregory
- United States v. Mead Corporation
- Juatassa Sims v. Kenneth S. Apfel
- Q. Todd Dickinson v. Mary E. Zurko
- United States v. Haggar Apparel Company
- Your Home Visiting Nurse Services, Inc. v. Donna E. Shalala
- Regions Hospital v. Donna E. Shalala
- Barbara Smiley v. Citibank (South Dakota), N. A.
- Katia Gutierrez de Martinez v. Dirk A. Lamagno
- Donna E. Shalala v. Guernsey Memorial Hospital
- Nationsbank of North Carolina, N. A. v. Variable Annuity Life Insurance Co.
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Transcon Lines
- Thomas Jefferson University v. Donna E. Shalala
- John H. Dalton v. Arlen Specter
- Abf Freight System, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
- Good Samaritan Hospital v. Donna E. Shalala
- United States National Bank of Oregon v. Independent Insurance Agents of America, Inc.
- Michael E. Lincoln v. Grover Vigil
- Peter C. Reiter v. Langdon M. Cooper
- Barbara Franklin v. Massachusetts
- National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Boston and Maine Corporation
- Harriet Pauley v. Bethenergy Mines, Inc.
- Gene McNary v. Haitian Refugee Center, Inc.
- Mobil Oil Exploration & Producing Southeast, Inc. v. United Distribution Companies
- Maislin Industries, U.S., Inc. v. Primary Steel, Inc.
- Elizabeth Dole v. United Steelworkers of America
- Bowen v. Georgetown University Hospital
- Bethesda Hospital Association v. Otis R. Bowen
- Etsi Pipeline Project v. Missouri
- National Labor Relations Board v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Schor
- Young v. Community Nutrition Institute
- Bowen v. Michigan Academy of Family Physicians
- Brock v. Pierce County
- United States v. City of Fulton
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. Dimension Financial Corp.
- Florida Power & Light Co. v. Lorion
- Lindahl v. Office of Personnel Management
- Heckler v. Chaney
- Aluminum Company of America v. Central Lincoln Peoples' Utility District
- Block v. Community Nutrition Institute
- National Labor Relations Board v. International Association of Bridge
- Public Service Commission of the State of New York v. Mid-Louisiana Gas Co.
- Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Association of the United States, Inc. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
- National Association of Greeting Card Publishers v. United States Postal Service
- Bowsher v. Merck & Co., Inc.
- Burlington Northern Inc. v. United States
- Consolidated Rail Corporation v. National Association of Recycling Industries, Inc.
- Federal Trade Commission v. Standard Oil Company of California
- Seatrain Shipbuilding Corp. v. Shell Oil Co.
- Strycker's Bay Neighborhood Council, Inc. v. Karlen
- United States v. Benmar Transport & Leasing Corp.
- United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. McCombs
- Southern Railway Co. v. Seaboard Allied Milling Corp.
- Union Pacific Railroad Co. v. Sheehan
- Long Island Rail Road Co. v. Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad Co.
- Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
- Califano v. Sanders
- United States v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
- Nader v. Allegheny Airlines, Inc.
- National Independent Coal Operators' Association v. Kleppe
- Kleppe v. Delta Mining, Inc.
- Federal Power Commission v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.
- Northern Indiana Public Service Co. v. Porter County Chapter of the Izaak Walton League of America, Inc.
- Dunlop v. Bachowski
- National Labor Relations Board v. Food Store Employees Union
- National Cable Television Assn., Inc. v. United States
- Chicago Mercantile Exchange v. Deaktor
- Butz v. Glover Livestock Commission Co., Inc.
- Camp v. Pitts
- United States v. Florida East Coast Railway Co.
- S&e Contractors, Inc. v. United States
- Port of Boston Marine Terminal Assn. v. Rederiaktiebolaget Transatlantic
- United States v. City of Chicago
- New York v. United States
- Tooahnippah v. Hickel
- National Labor Relations Board v. J. H. Rutter-Rex Manufacturing Co., Inc.
- City of Chicago v. United States
- National Labor Relations Board v. Wyman-Gordon Co.
- Universal Interpretive Shuttle Corp. v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission
- Federal Power Commission v. United Gas Pipe Line Co.
- World Airways, Inc. v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.
- Federal Maritime Commission v. Aktiebolaget Svenska Amerika Linien
- United States v. Dixie Highway Express, Inc.
- Federal Trade Commission v. Flotill Products, Inc.
- Udall v. Federal Power Commission
- Federal Trade Commission v. Universal-Rundle Corp.
- Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. Atchison
- American Trucking Associations, Inc. v. Atchison
- Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner
- Toilet Goods Association, Inc. v. Gardner
- Gardner v. Toilet Goods Association, Inc.
- Transportation-Communication Employees Union v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.
- Canada Packers, Ltd. v. Atchison
- Illinois Central Railroad Co. v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
- United States v. Saskatchewan Minerals
- United States v. Utah Construction & Mining Co.
- United States v. Anthony Grace & Sons, Inc.
- Consolo v. Federal Maritime Commission
- Gunther v. San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway Co.
- Federal Trade Commission v. Mary Carter Paint Co.
- Atlantic Refining Co. v. Federal Trade Commission
- United Gas Improvement Co. v. Continental Oil Co.
- Federal Communications Commission v. Schreiber
- Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks v. Association for the Benefit of Non-Contract Employees
- Udall v. Tallman
- Whitney National Bank in Jefferson Parish v. Bank of New Orleans & Trust Co.
- All States Freight, Inc. v. New York
- Railway Labor Executives' Association v. United States
- Southern Railway Co. v. North Carolina
- Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Co. v. United States
- Burlington Truck Lines, Inc. v. United States
- Lehigh Valley Cooperative Farmers, Inc. v. United States
- National Labor Relations Board v. Brandman Iron Co.
- National Labor Relations Board v. Las Vegas Sand & Gravel Corp.
- National Labor Relations Board v. Local 476
- National Labor Relations Board v. Ochoa Fertilizer Corp.
- Pennsylvania Railroad Co. v. United States
- Texas Gas Transmission Corp. v. Shell Oil Co.
- Rogers v. Calumet National Bank of Hammond
- Herrmann v. Rogers
- Flemming v. Florida Citrus Exchange
- Leedom v. Kyne
- Hotel Employees Local No. 255 v. Leedom
- National Labor Relations Board v. Duval Jewelry Company of Miami, Inc.
- Lewis v. National Labor Relations Board
- Andrew G. Nelson, Inc. v. United States
- American Airlines, Inc. v. North American Airlines, Inc.
- Moog Industries, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co.
- Conleyv. Gibson
- Civil Aeronautics Board v. Hermann
- Leedom v. International Union of Mine
- Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen of North America v. National Labor Relations Board
- United States v. Western Pacific Railroad Co.
- United States v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
- Frozen Food Express v. United States
- Secretary of Agriculture v. United States
- Allen v. Grand Central Aircraft Co.
- Federal Trade Commission v. Carter Products, Inc.
- Federal Communications Commission v. RCA Communications, Inc.
- King v. United States
- Federal Power Commission v. Idaho Power Co.
- United States v. L. A. Tucker Truck Lines, Inc.
- Brannan v. Stark
- Blackmar v. Guerre
- United States v. Wunderlich
- Radio Corporation of America v. United States
- United States v. Rock Island Motor Transit Co.
- United States v. Texas & Pacific Motor Transport Co.
- Universal Camera Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
- National Labor Relations Board v. Pittsburgh Steamship Co.
- National Labor Relations Board v. Gullett Gin Co.
- Alabama Great Southern Railroad Co. v. United States
- National Labor Relations Board v. Mexia Textile Mills, Inc.
- National Labor Relations Board v. Pool Manufacturing Co.
- United States v. United States Smelting Refining & Mining Co.
- Secretary of Agriculture v. Central Roig Refining Co.
- Chapman v. Sheridan-Wyoming Coal Co., Inc.
- United States v. Morton Salt Co.
- United States v. Moorman
- United States v. Interstate Commerce Commission
- National Labor Relations Board v. Pittsburgh Steamship Co.
- Chicago & Southern Air Lines, Inc. v. Waterman Steamship Corp.
- Williams v. Fanning
- Parker v. Fleming
- Patterson v. Lamb
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