Carr v. Saul, Commissioner of Social Security
U.S. Supreme Court · decided April 22, 2021 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- April 22, 2021
- Term
- October Term 2020
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Sotomayor
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2020 1 Syllabus NOTE: Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus CARR ET AL. v. SAUL, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT No. 19–1442. Argued March 3, 2021—Decided April 22, 2021* Petitioners are six individuals whose applications for disability benefits were denied by the Social Security Administration (SSA). They each unsuccessfully challenged their respective adverse benefit determina- tion in a hearing before an SSA administrative law judge (ALJ). The SSA Appeals Council denied discretionary review in each case. There- after, this Court decided Lucia v. SEC, 585 U. S. ___, which held that the appointment of Securities and Exchange Commission ALJs by lower level staff violated the Constitution’s Appointments Clause. Be- cause the SSA ALJs who denied petitioners’ claims were also ap- pointed by lower level staff, petitioners argued in federal court that they were entitled to a fresh administrative review by constitutionally…
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