Williams v. Reed
U.S. Supreme Court · decided February 21, 2025 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- February 21, 2025
- Term
- October Term 2024
- Vote
- 5–4
- Majority author
- Justice Kavanaugh
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Disposition
- Reversed and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2024 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 WILLIAMS ET AL. v. REED, ALABAMA SECRETARY OF WORKFORCE CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA No. 23–191. Argued October 7, 2024—Decided February 21, 2025 Petitioners are unemployed workers who contend that the Alabama De- partment of Labor unlawfully delayed processing their state unem- ployment benefits claims. They sued the Alabama Secretary of Labor in state court under 42 U. S. C. §1983 , raising due process and federal statutory arguments and seeking a court order requiring the Depart- ment to process their claims more quickly. The Secretary moved to dismiss on several grounds, including that the state trial court lacked jurisdiction because the claimants had not satisfied the relevant stat- ute’s strict administrative-exhaustion requirement. See Ala. Code §25–4–95. The state trial court granted the Secretary’s motion and dismissed the complaint, leaving the claimants in a catch-22—unable to sue to obtain an order…
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