No. 24-1078October Term 2025Decided Nov 24, 2025
Kari Beck, Personal Representative of the Estate of Cameron Gayle Beck, et al., Petitioners v. United States
This case involves a challenge to the Feres doctrine, which generally bars military service members from suing the government for injuries incident to their service.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released Nov 24, 2025
- What it's about
This case involves a challenge to the Feres doctrine, which generally bars military service members from suing the government for injuries incident to their service. The petitioner argued that the doctrine should be limited or overruled because it lacks a textual basis in the Federal Tort Claims Act.
Question presented
Whether the court should limit or overrule Feres because its limitation on servicemembers has no basis in the Federal Tort Claims Act's text and is unworkable?
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit / Decision released Nov 24, 2025
- Area
Decided Supreme Court case
Timing
Decided November 24, 2025
The Court released its decision on November 24, 2025 without hearing oral argument.
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- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- May 1, 2026
- Method
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