Feliciano v. Department of Transportation
U.S. Supreme Court · decided April 30, 2025 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- April 30, 2025
- Term
- October Term 2024
- Vote
- 5–4
- Majority author
- Justice Gorsuch
- Issue area
- Economic Activity
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 605 U. S. Part 1 Pages 38–72 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT April 30, 2025 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D. C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. Syllabus FELICIANO v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the federal circuit No. 23–861. Argued December 9, 2024—Decided April 30, 2025 Tens of thousands of federal civilian employees serve the Nation as mili- tary reservists. When called to active duty, these reservists often re- ceive less pay than they earn in their civilian jobs. To address this gap, Congress adopted a “differential pay” statute requiring the government to make up the difference between a federal civilian employee's military and civilian pay in various circumstances, including when the reservist is called to active duty “during a national emergency.” At issue here is whether this language guarantees differential pay when a reservist serves on active duty while a national emergency is ongoing, or whether it requires proving a “substantive connection” between the service and a particular national…
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