The Supreme Court of the United States issued one decision today:
Barnes v. Felix, No. 23-1239: This criminal procedure case concerns the proper scope of analysis for Fourth Amendment excessive force claims....more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in 15 cases:
Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Solutions, No. 23-971: This case concerns the intersection between Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41, which...more
10/7/2024
/ Article III ,
Certiorari ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Excessive Force ,
FCC ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA) ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Fraud ,
Hobbs Act ,
Mexico ,
Pleading Standards ,
Prison Litigation Reform Act ,
Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCCA) ,
SCOTUS ,
Standing ,
TCPA ,
Title VII
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
Egbert v. Boule, No. 21-147: In this case, Robert Boule sued a border patrol agent arguing the agent violated his Fourth and First Amendment rights by using excessive force during a search and retaliating against Boule when...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
Ford Motor Co. v. Montana Eighth Judicial Dist., No. 19-368; Ford Motor Co. v. Bandemer, No. 19-369: In two separate products liability actions, petitioner Ford Motor Company challenged the Montana and Minnesota State courts’...more
United States v. Cooley, No. 19-1414: Whether the lower courts erred in suppressing evidence on the theory that a police officer of an Indian tribe lacked authority to temporarily detain and search respondent, a non-Indian,...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued the following four opinions:
Rodriguez v. FDIC, No. 18-1269: The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), under its statutes and regulations, allows an affiliated group of...more
2/26/2020
/ Child Abduction ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Death Penalty ,
FDIC ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Hague Convention ,
IRS ,
Murder ,
PTSD ,
Residence Status ,
Tax Refunds ,
Tax Returns ,
Totality of Circumstances Test ,
Wrongful Death
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in the following cases:
Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, No. 19-267; St. James School v. Biel, No. 19-348: Whether the First Amendment’s...more
12/19/2019
/ Automatic Stay ,
Bankruptcy Code ,
Certiorari ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Employment Discrimination ,
First Amendment ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Immigration and Nationality Act ,
Religious Institutions ,
Removal ,
SCOTUS ,
Search & Seizure
The Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions on June 27, 2019:
Department of Commerce v. New York, No. 18-966: The Secretary of Commerce announced in a March 2018 memo that he was reinstating a question...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions this morning:
Biestek v. Berryhill, No. 17-1184: Petitioner Michael Biestek, a former construction laborer, applied for social security disability benefits...more
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
The Supreme Court of the United States issued six decisions today:
WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp., No. 16-1011: Petitioner WesternGeco LLC owns patents relating to a system for surveying the ocean floor. ...more
6/25/2018
/ Appointments Clause ,
Army ,
Carpenter v US ,
Double Jeopardy ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Judges ,
Lost Profits ,
Mobile Devices ,
Patents ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Probable Cause ,
SCOTUS ,
Search Warrant ,
Stored Communications Act ,
WesternGeco LLC v Ion Geophysical Corporation
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
The Supreme Court of the United States issued decisions in five cases today:
California Public Employees’ Retirement System v. ANZ Securities, Inc., No. 16-373: Lehman Brothers’ collapse led to a number of securities...more
6/27/2017
/ Birth Certificates ,
Bivens Claims ,
CalPERS v ANZ Securities ,
Certiorari ,
Churches ,
Class Action ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Davila v Davis ,
Fifth Amendment ,
First Amendment ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Free Exercise Clause ,
Grants ,
Hernandez v Mesa ,
Jury Instructions ,
Mexico ,
Obergefell v. Hodges ,
Remand ,
Same-Sex Marriage ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia Inc. v Comer
The Supreme Court of the United States issued decisions in three cases today:
SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Products, LLC, No. 15-927: Petitioner SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag (“SCA”) brought a...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued decisions in three cases yesterday:
Rippo v. Baker, No. 16-6316: Petitioner Michael Damon Rippo moved to disqualify the Nevada state judge who presided over his criminal...more
The Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in seven cases on Friday afternoon:
Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark International, Inc., No. 15-1189: 1) Whether a "conditional sale" that transfers title to...more
12/7/2016
/ 42 U.S.C. §1983 ,
Advocate Health Care v Stapleton ,
Church Plans ,
Conditional Sale Doctrine ,
Disability Benefits ,
Divorce ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Excessive Force ,
Foreign Sales ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Hague Convention ,
Howell v Sandra ,
Impression Products v Lexmark International ,
Indemnification ,
Los Angeles County v Mendez ,
Patent Exhaustion ,
Pensions ,
Police Misconduct ,
Preemption ,
Provocation Rule ,
Retirement Plan ,
SCOTUS ,
Service of Process ,
Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act ,
Unlawful Entry ,
Water Splash v Menon
The Supreme Court of the United States issued decisions in five cases on June 23, 2016:
Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, No. 14-981: Petitioner Abigail Fisher applied for admission to the University of Texas at...more
6/27/2016
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Affirmative Action ,
Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984 ,
Bernard v Minnesota ,
Beylund v Levi ,
Birchfield v North Dakota ,
Blood Tests ,
Breathalyzer ,
College Admissions ,
DACA ,
DAPA ,
Dollar General ,
Dollar General Co v Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians ,
Drunk Driving ,
DUI ,
Equal Protection ,
Federal Sentencing Guidelines ,
Felons ,
Fisher v University of Texas ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Immigration Reform ,
Implied Consent ,
Jurisdiction ,
Likelihood of Success ,
Mathis v US ,
Native American Issues ,
Negligence ,
Notice and Comment ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Race Discrimination ,
Reverse Discrimination ,
Search & Seizure ,
Search Incident to Arrest ,
Sentencing Enhancements ,
Sexual Assault ,
Standing ,
Subsidies ,
Take Care Clause ,
Tribal Courts ,
US v Texas ,
Vicarious Liability ,
Warrantless Searches