Department of Education v. Brown (600 U.S. 551)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 30, 2023 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 600 U.S. 551 · 143 S. Ct. 2343
- Decided
- June 30, 2023
- Term
- October Term 2022
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Alito
- Issue area
- Judicial Power
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2022 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 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ET AL. v. BROWN ET AL. CERTIORARI BEFORE JUDGMENT TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 22–535. Argued February 28, 2023—Decided June 30, 2023 To alleviate hardship expected to be caused by the impending resump- tion of federal student-loan repayments that had been suspended dur- ing the multi-year coronavirus pandemic, Secretary of Education Mi- guel Cardona announced a substantial student-loan debt-forgiveness plan (Plan). The Plan discharges $10,000 to $20,000 of an eligible bor- rower’s debt, depending on criteria such as the borrower’s income and the type of loan held. The Secretary invoked the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 (HEROES Act), which authorizes the Secretary “to waive or modify any provision” applicable to federal “student financial assistance” programs “as may be neces- sary to ensure that . . . recipients of student financial…
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