James R. Rudisill, Petitioner v. Denis R. McDonough, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

  1. April 16, 2024

    Justices Say Army Vet Owed More Education Benefits

    An Army veteran who sought additional education benefits to attend Yale Divinity School is owed more federal assistance, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, upending an en banc Federal Circuit ruling that took a narrower view of what he is entitled to based on his multiple tours of duty.

  2. November 08, 2023

    Justices Skeptical Of Limiting Army Vet's Education Benefits

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared receptive to a veteran's challenge to an en banc Federal Circuit ruling that said he wasn't owed more education benefits, with the chief justice calling the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' view of what he was entitled to a "raw deal."

  3. November 03, 2023

    Up Next At High Court: 2nd Amendment & Gov't Immunity

    The U.S. Supreme Court will return Monday to wrap up its November oral arguments sessions, hearing cases that ask whether a federal statute prohibiting people subject to domestic violence orders from possessing guns violates the Second Amendment, whether the federal government can be sued in credit reporting cases and the proper calculation for veterans' education benefits.

  4. November 03, 2023

    3 November Argument Sessions Benefits Attys Should Watch

    The nation's highest court will hear an Army veteran's plea for more generous education benefits, the D.C. Circuit will referee a fight over union retiree health care, and the Eleventh Circuit will preside over arguments in a transgender deputy's battle with a county workers' health plan. Here's a look at three oral argument sessions attorneys say they'll be keeping an eye on this month.

  5. October 12, 2023

    Army Vet Tells Justices VA Misread Post-9/11 Benefits Law

    A U.S. Army veteran urged the U.S. Supreme Court to find the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs misread the law when it denied him additional education benefits, arguing that serving multiple tours of duty before and after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks entitled him to greater reimbursement.

  6. September 12, 2023

    VA Tells Justices Vet Must Accept Post-9/11 Benefit Limits

    The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs urged the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a lower court decision limiting an Army veteran's education benefits under a post-Sept. 11 attack program, saying the limit was warranted given benefits he received from another program.

  7. August 11, 2023

    Veteran Tells Justices Fed. Circ. Ruling Nixes Earned Benefits

    In a case that could affect educational benefits for millions of veterans, a former soldier urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Federal Circuit decision that he claimed wrongly reduced his access to increased benefits Congress granted to wartime veterans.

  8. June 26, 2023

    Justices To Hear Army Vet's Bid For More Education Benefits

    The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a U.S. Army veteran's push to get additional education benefits from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs based on having served multiple tours of duty, taking up a case that could define the scope of higher education benefits under a 2008 veteran's assistance law.