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Supreme Court Decides Niz-Chavez v. Garland

On April 29, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Niz-Chavez v. Garland, holding that, to constitute a notice to appear sufficient to stop a nonpermanent resident alien’s continuous presence in the country under 8 U.S.C. §...more

Supreme Court Decides Tandon v. Newsom

On April 9, 2021, the Supreme Court held in Tandon v. Newsom that California’s limitations on religious gatherings in homes likely violate the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. The Court therefore enjoined...more

Supreme Court Decides Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc.

On April 5, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc., holding that Google’s copying of a portion of an Application Programming Interface (API) for Java SE, in which Oracle was presumed to have a...more

En Banc Eighth Circuit Reverses Precedent and Holds Forum-Defendant Rule Is a Nonjurisdictional Defect Plaintiffs Can Waive

In Holbein v. TAW Enterprises, Inc., --- F.3d ---, No. 18-2892, 2020 WL 7755451 (8th Cir. Dec. 30, 2020) (en banc), the Eighth Circuit, sitting en banc, overruled its prior cases dealing with a specific application of the...more

Supreme Court Decides Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP

On July 9, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP, No. 19-715, holding that in assessing whether a congressional subpoena directed at personal information of the president is “related to, and in...more

Supreme Court Decides Chiafalo v. Washington

On July 6, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Chiafalo v. Washington, No. 19-465, holding that states may penalize “faithless electors" who break their pledge to vote for their party’s presidential nominee. For every...more

Supreme Court Decides Lomax v. Ortiz-Marquez

On June 8, 2020, the Supreme Court decided Lomax v. Ortiz-Marquez, No. 18-8369, holding that the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA) prevents a prisoner who has had at least three lawsuits dismissed because they were...more

Supreme Court Decides Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC

On June 1, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC, holding that the Appointments Clause of the Constitution does not restrict the appointment...more

Supreme Court Decides Thole v. U.S. Bank N.A.

On June 1, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Thole v. U.S. Bank N.A., holding that participants in a defined-benefit pension plan who have so far been paid all of their pension benefits lack Article III standing to sue for...more

Supreme Court Decides Opati v. Republic of Sudan

On May 18, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Opati v. Republic of Sudan, holding that plaintiffs who sue a foreign government under the state-sponsored-terrorism exception to the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act can seek...more

Supreme Court Decides Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc.

On April 27, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc., holding that the annotations to the Official Code of Georgia Annotated are not eligible for copyright protection because the annotations...more

Supreme Court Decides Mitchell v. Wisconsin

On June 27, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Mitchell v. Wisconsin, No. 18-6210, holding that the exigent-circumstances exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement almost always permits a blood test without a...more

Supreme Court Decides North Carolina Department of Revenue v. Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust

On June 21, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court decided North Carolina Department of Revenue v. Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust, holding that The Due Process Clause does not allow a state to tax a trust’s income where the...more

Supreme Court Decides Flowers v. Mississippi

On June 21, 2019, the United States Supreme Court decided Flowers v. Mississippi, No. 17-9572, holding that the state court committed clear error in concluding that the state’s peremptory strike of a black prospective juror...more

Supreme Court Decides Knick v. Township of Scott, Pennsylvania

On June 21, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Knick v. Township of Scott, Pennsylvania, No. 17-647, overruling Williams County Regional Planning Comm’n v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City, 473 U.S. 172 (1985),...more

Supreme Court Decides American Legion v. American Humanist Ass'n

On June 20, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court decided American Legion v. American Humanist Ass’n, holding that longstanding public memorials with historical importance that also have religious associations are entitled to a strong...more

Supreme Court Decides McDonough v. Smith

On June 20, 2019, the United States Supreme Court decided McDonough v. Smith, No. 18-485, holding that the statute of limitations for a fabricated-evidence claim under 42 U.S.C. §1983 begins to run when the criminal...more

Supreme Court Decides Gundy v. United States

On June 20, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Gundy v. United States, No. 17-6086, holding that Congress’s delegation of authority to the Attorney General to specify offenders to whom the registration...more

Supreme Court Decides Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill

On June 17, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill, No. 18-281, holding that the Virginia House of Delegates and its speaker lacked standing to appeal an order...more

Supreme Court Decides Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck

On June 17, 2019, the United States Supreme Court decided Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck, No. 17-1702, holding that a private nonprofit corporation that operates the public-access channels on the cable system in...more

Supreme Court Decides Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd. v. Newton

On June 10, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd. v. Newton, No. 18-389, holding that state law does not apply to the Outer Continental Shelf when federal law addresses...more

Supreme Court Decides Azar v. Allina Health Services

On June 3, 2019, the Supreme Court decided Azar v. Allina Health Services, No. 17–1484, holding that the Department of Health and Human Services failed to follow required notice-and-comment procedures when it decided to count...more

Supreme Court Decides Taggart v. Lorenzen

On June 3, 2019, the Supreme Court decided Taggart v. Lorenzen, No. 18-489, holding that a court may hold a creditor in civil contempt for violating a bankruptcy court’s discharge order as long as there is “no fair ground of...more

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