United States v. Washington
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 21, 2022 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- June 21, 2022
- Term
- October Term 2021
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Breyer
- Issue area
- Federalism
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
- Constitutional ruling
- State/territorial law held unconstitutional
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 596 U. S. Part 2 Pages 832–844 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT June 21, 2022 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 UNITED STATES v. WASHINGTON et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit No. 21–404. Argued April 18, 2022—Decided June 21, 2022 In 2018, Washington enacted a workers' compensation law that applied only to certain workers at a federal facility in the State who were “en- gaged in the performance of work, either directly or indirectly, for the United States.” Wash. Rev. Code § 51.32.187(1)(b). The facility, known as the Hanford site, was once used by the Federal Government to de- velop and produce nuclear weapons, and is now undergoing a complex decontamination process. Most workers involved in this cleanup proc- ess are federal contract workers—people employed by private compa- nies under contract with the Federal Government. A smaller number of workers involved in the cleanup include State employees, private em- ployees, and federal employees who work directly for the Federal…
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