Salinas v. U.S. Railroad Retirement Board
U.S. Supreme Court · decided February 3, 2021 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- February 3, 2021
- Term
- October Term 2020
- Vote
- 5–4
- Majority author
- Justice Sotomayor
- Issue area
- Unions
- 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 SALINAS v. UNITED STATES RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 19–199. Argued November 2, 2020—Decided February 3, 2021 In 1992, petitioner Manfredo M. Salinas began seeking disability bene- fits under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (RRA) based on serious injuries he suffered during his 15-year career with the Union Pacific Railroad. Salinas’ first three applications were denied, but he was granted benefits after he filed his fourth application in 2013. He timely sought reconsideration of the amount and start date of his ben- efits. After reconsideration was denied, he filed an administrative ap- peal, arguing that his third application, filed in 2006, should be reo- pened because the U. S. Railroad Retirement Board (Board) had not considered certain medical records. An intermediary of the Board de- nied the request to reopen because it was not made “[w]ithin…
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