George v. McDonough

George v. McDonough
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 15, 2022
Full case name	George v. McDonough
Docket no.	21-234
Citations	596 U.S. ___ (more)
Holding
The invalidation of a Department of Veterans Affairs regulation after a veteran's benefits decision becomes final cannot support a claim for collateral relief permitting revision of that decision based on "clear and unmistakable error" under 38 U.S.C. §§ 5109A and 7111.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Clarence Thomas · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan · Neil Gorsuch Brett Kavanaugh · Amy Coney Barrett
Case opinions
Majority	Barrett
Dissent	Gorsuch, joined by Breyer, Sotomayor (in part)
Laws applied
38 U.S.C. § 5109(A), 38 U.S.C. § 7111

George v. McDonough, 596 U.S. ___ (2022), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the invalidation of a Department of Veterans Affairs regulation after a veteran's benefits decision becomes final cannot support a claim for collateral relief permitting revision of that decision based on "clear and unmistakable error" under 38 U.S.C. §§ 5109A and 7111.^[1]

• Text of George v. McDonough, No. 21-234, 596 U.S. ___ (2022) is available from: Justia

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