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Supreme Court Decides Connelly v. United States

On June 6, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Connelly v. United States, No. 23-146, holding that a corporation’s contractual obligation to redeem shares is not necessarily a liability that reduces a...more

Supreme Court Decides Groff v. DeJoy

On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Groff v. DeJoy, No. 22-174, holding that Title VII requires an employer that denies a religious accommodation to show that the burden of granting an...more

Supreme Court Decides Moore v. Harper

On June 27, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Moore v. Harper, No. 21–1271, holding that the Elections Clause of the United States Constitution does not preclude state courts from reviewing state...more

Supreme Court Decides Sackett v. EPA

On May 25, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Sackett v. EPA, No. 21-454, holding that the Clean Water Act (CWA) extends only to wetlands that are as a practical matter indistinguishable from “waters of the...more

Supreme Court Decides National Pork Producers, et al. v. Ross et al.

On May 11, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision in National Pork Producers, et al. v. Ross, et al., No. 21-468, holding that a California law forbidding in-state sale of pork produced from animals...more

ERISA Litigation Roundup: Federal District Court Dismisses ERISA Stock-Drop Suit

On September 30, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut dismissed an ERISA stock-drop lawsuit brought against alleged fiduciaries of Aetna, Inc.’s (Aetna’s) employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), holding...more

ERISA Litigation Roundup: Northern District of Illinois Dismisses ERISA Stock-Drop Suit

On August 23, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois dismissed an ERISA stock-drop lawsuit brought against fiduciaries of Kraft Heinz Food Company’s employee stock ownership plan (ESOP), holding...more

ERISA Litigation Roundup: Federal District Court Finds ERISA Plan Participants Lack Standing to Challenge Cross-Plan Offsetting

On May 20, 2021, a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota dismissed breach of fiduciary duty claims against UnitedHealth Group, holding that participants in ERISA-governed, employer-sponsored...more

Supreme Court Decides City of San Antonio, Texas v. Hotels.com, L.P.

On May 27, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States decided City of San Antonio, Texas v. Hotels.com, L.P., No. 20-334, holding that the federal courts of appeals have the discretion to apportion all the appellate costs...more

Supreme Court Decides United States Fish and Wildlife Service et al. v. Sierra Club, Inc.

On March 4, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court decided United States Fish and Wildlife Service et al. v. Sierra Club, Inc., holding that the deliberative process privilege exemption in the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) protects...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 United States v. Briggs and United States v. Collins

On December 10, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States decided United States v. Briggs and United States v. Collins, holding that three rape prosecutions under the pre-2006 Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) were...more

Federal Courts Continue to Dismiss ERISA Stock-Drop Claims Post-Jander

Ever since the Supreme Court’s decision in Fifth Third Bancorp v. Dudenhoeffer, 573 U.S. 409 (2014), plaintiffs’ attorneys have been trying to crack the code for pleading an ERISA duty-of-prudence claim against fiduciaries of...more

Supreme Court Decides Republican National Committee v. Democratic National Committee

On April 6, 2020, the Supreme Court filed a per curiam order in a case related to Wisconsin’s spring elections scheduled for the following day, April 7, 2020. In that order, the Court granted a stay requested by the...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 Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC

On March 4, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC, No. 17-571, holding that under section 411(a) of the Copyright Act, a party may sue for copyright...more

Supreme Court Decides Henry Schein, Inc., et al. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc.

On January 8, 2019, the Supreme Court decided Henry Schein, Inc., et al. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc., No. 17-1272. The Federal Arbitration Act allows parties to agree by contract that an arbitrator decide threshold...more

Supreme Court Decides Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

On November 27, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Weyerhaeuser Company v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, No. 17-71, holding that (1) an area is eligible for designation as a “critical habitat” under the...more

Data Breach Class Action Dismissal Shows Two Grounds for Dismissing Data Breach Cases

On March 7, 2018, the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota dismissed a putative data breach class action against SuperValu, Inc., because the plaintiffs did not have standing and could not state claims...more

Supreme Court Decides U.S. Bank, N.A. v. Village at Lakeridge, LLC

On March 5, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States decided U.S. Bank, N.A. v. Village at Lakeridge, LLC, No 15-1509, holding that a bankruptcy court’s determination of whether a set of facts demonstrated an arms-length...more

Supreme Court Decides Patchak v. Zinke

On February 27, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Patchak v. Zinke, No. 16-498. No opinion commanded a majority of the Court, but six justices concluded that the plaintiff’s lawsuit under the Indian...more

Supreme Court Decides Merit Management Group, LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc.

On February 27, 2018, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Merit Management Group, LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc., No. 16-784, holding that the only relevant transfer for purposes of the securities safe harbor provision...more

Minnesota Supreme Court Articulates Test for Direct Versus Derivative Claims in In re Medtronic, Inc. Shareholder Litigation

On August 16, 2017, the Minnesota Supreme Court decided In re Medtronic, Inc. Shareholder Litigation, holding that a shareholder’s claim is properly characterized as a direct claim, not a derivative claim, if the shareholder...more

Supreme Court Decides Bank of America Corp. v. Miami

On May 1, 2017, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Bank of America Corp. v. City of Miami, No. 15-1111, holding (1) that a city qualifies as an “aggrieved person” able to bring suit under the Fair Housing Act, but...more

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