The Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions today:
Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC, No. 22-660: This case concerns the elements required to prove an employer retaliated against a whistleblower employee in...more
The Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in one case:
Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Kirtz, No. 22-846: This case addresses a circuit split on the ability to sue the...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued 3 decisions today:
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin,No. 22-227: This statutory interpretation and federal Indian law case addressed the...more
6/16/2023
/ Bankruptcy Code ,
Chapter 13 ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Criminal Procedure ,
Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA) ,
Minor Children ,
Native American Issues ,
Remedies ,
SCOTUS ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Standing ,
State Sovereignty ,
Tribal Loans ,
Venue
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued five decisions:
National Pork Producers Council v. Ross, No. 21-468: This case involved a constitutional challenge to California’s “animal cruelty law” known as...more
5/12/2023
/ Animal Cruelty ,
Bid Rigging ,
Board of Immigration Appeals ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Dormant Commerce Clause ,
Exhaustion Doctrine ,
Financial Oversight and Management Board (Oversight Board) ,
Fraud ,
Public Corruption ,
Puerto Rico ,
SCOTUS ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Wire Fraud
On Friday, January 13, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in eight cases:
U.S. ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc.; U.S. ex rel. Proctor v. Safeway, Inc., Nos. 21-1326, 22-111: These consolidated...more
1/17/2023
/ Bankruptcy Code ,
Certiorari ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Eighth Amendment ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Fifth Amendment ,
First Amendment ,
Foreign Nationals ,
Immigration and Nationality Act ,
RICO ,
Scienter ,
SCOTUS ,
Sovereign Immunity
Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, No. 21-429: This case involves whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in “Indian country.” The defendant was convicted in Oklahoma state court of...more
Whole Woman’s Health v. Jackson, No. 21-463: Abortion providers brought a pre-enforcement challenge to a recently enacted Texas statute that “prohibits physicians from ‘knowingly perform[ing] or induc[ing] an abortion on a...more