Supreme Court examples of names & titles

  • The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) does not authorize judicial review of a consular officer’s denial of a visa; thus, as a rule, the federal courts cannot review those decisions.

    — Justice Barrett in DEPARTMENT OF STATE v. MUÑOZ

    — showing the unanimous Supreme Court practice of keeping abbreviations simple without quotation marks and using parentheticals only when needed for clarity

  • Petitioner Nick Feliciano is an air traffic controller . . . . Pursuant to Coast Guard policy, each time it called him to active duty, the Coast Guard provided Feliciano orders listing the basis for its call.

    — Justice Thomas (dissenting) in FELICIANO v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

    — showing the 8-1 majority practice of skipping gender-based courtesy titles.

  • Nick Feliciano began working for the Federal Aviation Administration as an air traffic controller in 2005. At the same time, Mr. Feliciano served as a reserve petty officer in the United States Coast Guard.

    — Justice Gorsuch in FELICIANO v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

    — showing his practice of using gender-based courtesy titles

  • The Veterans Administration, the precursor to today’s Department of Veterans Affairs (together, the Department or VA), denied Mr. George’s application.

    Justice Gorsuch (dissenting) in GEORGE v. MCDONOUGH

    showing the Court’s trend to simplify references to parties

  • In 1938, Congress passed and President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Fair Labor Standards Act.

    — Justice Kavanaugh in E.M.D. SALES, INC. v. CARRERA

    — showing the unanimous practice of using professional titles, and adding the first name here to avoid confusion with Theodore Roosevelt

  • I agree with the Court’s decision to vacate and remand because NetChoice and the Computer and Communications Industry Association (together, the trade associations) have not established that Texas’s H. B. 20 and Florida’s S. B. 7072 are facially unconstitutional.

    Justice Thomas (concurring) in MOODY v. NETCHOICE, LLC

    showing the Court’s trend to simplify references to parties