Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in two cases:
Ellingburg v. United States, No. 23-3129: This case addresses the Ex Post Facto Clause of the U.S. Constitution, which the government...more
4/8/2025
/ Appeals ,
Certiorari ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Criminal Procedure ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Due Process ,
Ex Post Facto Clause ,
Penal Code ,
Retroactive Application ,
SCOTUS ,
Sixth Amendment ,
Statutory Interpretation
The Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions on March 21st:
Delligatti v. United States, No. 23-825: This case interprets 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), which imposes a five-year mandatory minimum sentence when a...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued one decision today:
Andrew v. White, No. 23-6573: In this case, the Court addressed whether the State violated petitioner Brenda Andrew’s due process rights when, during her...more
1/22/2025
/ Admissible Evidence ,
Appeals ,
Certiorari ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Due Process ,
Evidence ,
First Amendment ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Habeas Corpus ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation
On July 1, 2024, the last day of the 2023-2024 term, the Supreme Court of the United States issued four decisions:
Trump v. United States, No. 23-939: This case concerns the scope of former President Donald J. Trump’s...more
7/3/2024
/ Constitutional Challenges ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Donald Trump ,
Federal Sentencing Guidelines ,
Free Speech ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Immunity ,
Minors ,
Pornography ,
SCOTUS
The Supreme Court of the United States issued four decisions today:
Moore v. United States, No. 22-800: This case concerns the constitutionality of the Mandatory Repatriation Tax (“MRT”) included in the 2017 Tax Cuts and...more
6/21/2024
/ Controlled Foreign Corporations ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Drug Trafficking ,
Expert Witness ,
Federal Rules of Evidence ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Malicious Prosecution ,
Probable Cause ,
Repatriation ,
Retaliation ,
SCOTUS ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Wealth Tax
On February 28, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in one case:
Trump v. United States, No. 23-939: This case concerns the criminal prosecution of former President Donald Trump in Special...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions:
MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v. Transform Holdco LLC, No. 21-1270: This bankruptcy case involved the interpretation of Bankruptcy Code § 363(m) and its...more
4/21/2023
/ Appellate Courts ,
Bankruptcy Code ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Criminal Procedure ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
DNA ,
Due Process ,
Foreign Banks ,
Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA) ,
Jurisdiction ,
SCOTUS ,
Turkey
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
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in three cases:
Slack Technologies, LLC v. Pirani, No. 22-200: This case presents an issue of federal securities law. After the messaging software company,...more
12/14/2022
/ Certiorari ,
Confrontation Clause ,
Criminal Procedure ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Material Misstatements ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Putative Class Actions ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Sixth Amendment ,
Slack ,
Venue
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
New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen, No. 20-843: This case involves a constitutional challenge to a New York handgun-licensing law. New York makes it a crime to possess a firearm without a license. ...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued one decision:
Thompson v. Clark, No. 20-659: In 2014, police received a report that petitioner Larry Thompson was sexually abusing his newborn baby. When police...more
Oklahoma v. Victor Manuel Castro-Huerta, No. 21-429: This case presents the following question: Whether a State has authority to prosecute non-Indians who commit crimes against Indians in “Indian country.”...more
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas, No. 20-493: Whether the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act provides the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo with sovereign authority to regulate non-prohibited...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued the following two decisions:
United States v. Cooley, No. 19-1414: When a tribal officer saw a truck parked on the side of a public highway within the Crow...more
Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc., No. 20-440: Whether a defendant in a patent infringement action who assigned the patent, or is in privity with an assignor of the patent, may have a defense of invalidity heard on the...more
1/11/2021
/ Affirmative Defenses ,
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) ,
CARES Act ,
CERCLA ,
Contribution Claims ,
Criminal Procedure ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure ,
Free Speech ,
Freedom of Association ,
NAACP ,
Non-Citizens ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Plain Error ,
Public Schools ,
Removal Orders ,
SCOTUS ,
Temporary Protected Status ,
Tribal Corporations ,
U.S. Treasury
Kelly v. United States, No. 18-1059: When the mayor of Fort Lee, New Jersey refused to back then-Governor Chris Christie’s reelection campaign, the Governor’s Deputy Chief of Staff, Bridget Anne Kelly, and others punished the...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued the following three opinions:
Thryv, Inc. v. Click-To-Call Technologies, LP, No. 18-916: Patent challengers are able to ask the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”)...more
4/21/2020
/ Atlantic Richfield Co v Christian ,
CERCLA ,
Certiorari ,
Common Law Claims ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Exclusive Jurisdiction ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Judicial Review ,
Patents ,
SCOTUS ,
Sixth Amendment ,
Thryv Inc v Click-To-Call Technologies LP
On Friday afternoon, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in the following cases:
Trump v. Vance, No. 19-635: Whether as part of a district attorney’s criminal investigation targeting the President of...more
12/17/2019
/ Article II ,
Certiorari ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Donald Trump ,
Exclusive Jurisdiction ,
Federal Funding ,
First Amendment ,
HIV ,
Jurisdiction ,
Jurisdictional Thresholds ,
Native American Issues ,
Prostitution ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Trafficking ,
Subpoenas ,
Supremacy Clause
The Supreme Court of the United States issued four decisions this morning:
North Carolina Dept. of Revenue v. Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust, No. 18-457: North Carolina law imposes a tax on any trust income...more
6/24/2019
/ Burden of Proof ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Eminent Domain ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Firearms ,
Flowers v Mississippi ,
Foreign Students ,
Just Compensation ,
Knick v Township of Scott Pennsylvania ,
North Carolina Department of Revenue v The Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust ,
Peremptory Challenges ,
Personal Knowledge ,
Race Discrimination ,
Rehaif v United States ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
State Taxes ,
Takings Clause ,
Trusts
The Supreme Court of the United States issued four decisions:
PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton Harris Chiropractic, Inc., No. 17-1705: Petitioner PDR produces the Physicians’ Desk Reference, which is distributed to health...more
6/24/2019
/ Criminal Prosecution ,
Establishment Clause ,
False Evidence ,
FCC ,
First Amendment ,
Gundy v United States ,
Hobbs Act ,
Loss of Liberty ,
McDonough v Smith ,
PDR Network LLC v Carlton & Harris Chiropractic Inc ,
Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) ,
Statute of Limitations ,
TCPA ,
The American Legion v American Humanist Association
On Friday, January 11, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in the following eight cases:
Fort Bend County v. Davis, No. 18-525: Whether Title VII’s administrative exhaustion requirement, 42...more
1/15/2019
/ Burglary ,
Class Certification ,
Confidential Information ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Due Process ,
Estate Planning ,
FOIA ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Outer Continental Shelf ,
Preemption ,
SCOTUS ,
Search Warrant ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Title VII
On Friday afternoon, January 4, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear the following six cases:
Emulex Corp. v. Varjabedian, No. 18-459: Whether the Ninth Circuit correctly held, in express...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued the following decision today:
United States v. Stitt, No. 17-765; United States v. Sims, No. 17-766: Respondents in these two consolidated cases were both convicted in federal...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued its rulings in three cases today:
Lagos v. United States, No. 16-1519: The Mandatory Victims Restitution Act of 1996 requires that defendants convicted of certain offenses...more
5/30/2018
/ Criminal Prosecution ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Lagos v United States ,
Mandatory Victim's Restitution Act ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Probable Cause ,
Restitution ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Search Warrant