United States v. Skrmetti (605 U.S. 495)

The record

Term: 2024
Decided: Jun 18, 2025
Issue area: —
Vote split: —
Winning party: —
Decision direction: —
Chief Justice: Roberts Court
Disposition: —
Docket: 23-477
U.S. Reports: 605 U.S. 495
S. Ct. citation: —
LEXIS citation: —
Opinion by: John G. Roberts

Holding

Tennessee’s law prohibiting certain medical treatments for transgender minors is not subject to heightened scrutiny under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and satisfies rational basis review.

Syllabus summary as published on the Supreme Court’s opinions list.

How the bench divided

No per-justice vote lineup was available for this case.

Read the opinion

Name, docket, decision date, citation, syllabus summary and opinion author are taken from the Court’s slip opinion for the 2024 term. No per-justice vote lineup was available for this case. Verify against the opinion before relying on it as legal authority.