Rudisill v. Mcdonough (601 U.S. 294)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided April 16, 2024 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 601 U.S. 294 · 144 S. Ct. 945
- Decided
- April 16, 2024
- Term
- October Term 2023
- Vote
- 7–2
- Majority author
- Justice Jackson
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2023 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 RUDISILL v. MCDONOUGH, SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT No. 22–888. Argued November 8, 2023—Decided April 16, 2024 Since World War II, the Federal Government has provided educational assistance to servicemembers with qualifying service through various GI bills. Typically, GI bills provide 36 months of educational benefits each up to a cap of 48 months in cases where servicemembers become eligible for benefits under more than one GI bill. See 38 U. S. C. §3695 (a). This case concerns two GI bills with overlapping service pe- riods—the Montgomery GI Bill Act of 1984 (covering service between 1985 and 2030) and the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008 (covering service on or after September 11, 2001). Petitioner James Rudisill enlisted in the United States Army in 2000 and served a total of eight years over three separate periods of military…
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