The Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in five cases today:
Little v. Hecox; West Virginia v. B.P.J., Nos. 24-38, 24-43: These two cases will address whether states may prohibit transgender women and...more
7/7/2025
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Title IX ,
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On June 30, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States Granted Certiorari to Seven Cases:
M & K Employee Solutions, LLC v. Trustees of the IAM National Pension Fund, No. 23-1209: This case interprets a provision of the...more
7/1/2025
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Copyright Infringement ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Federal Election Commission (FEC) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Pipelines ,
Retirement Plan ,
SCOTUS
Today, on the last day of the 2024-2025 term, the Supreme Court of the United States issued five decisions:
Trump v. CASA, Inc., No. 24A884: This case addresses whether district courts had the authority to issue...more
6/30/2025
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Executive Orders ,
Federal Communications Commission v Consumers Research ,
First Amendment ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Free Speech Coalition Inc v Paxton ,
Gutierrez v Saenz ,
Hewitt v United States ,
Injunctions ,
Judicial Authority ,
Kennedy v Braidwood Management Inc ,
Mahmoud v Taylor ,
Medicaid ,
Medina v Planned Parenthood South Atlantic ,
Non-Delegation Doctrine ,
Religious Beliefs ,
Riley v Bondi ,
SCOTUS ,
Standing ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Torture ,
Trafficking ,
Trump v CASA
On June 20, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States issued six decisions:
Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC v. Environmental Protection Agency, No. 24-7: This case addresses fuel producers’ Article III standing to...more
6/24/2025
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Diamond Alternative Energy LLC v Environmental Protection Agency ,
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Esteras v United States ,
Federal Sentencing Guidelines ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Food and Drug Administration v RJ Reynolds Vapor Co ,
Fuld v Palestine Liberation Organization ,
Hobbs Act ,
Judicial Authority ,
Judicial Review ,
McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates Inc v McKesson Corporation ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
SCOTUS ,
Standing ,
Stanley v City of Sanford Florida ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
TCPA ,
Title I
The Supreme Court of the United States issued six decisions today:
United States v. Skrmetti, No. 23-477: This case addresses a constitutional challenge to Tennessee’s Prohibition on Medical Procedures Performed on Minors...more
6/19/2025
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Nuclear Waste ,
PLRA ,
Popular ,
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Statutory Interpretation ,
Transgender ,
Venue
The Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in two cases today:
First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. v. Platkin, No. 24-781: This case concerns the appropriate forum for raising constitutional...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued six decisions today:
Parrish v. United States, No. 24-275: This case addresses the procedural requirements for filing a notice of appeal after the original deadline to appeal...more
6/13/2025
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Due Process ,
Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) ,
Habeas Corpus ,
IDEA ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Jurisdiction ,
Notice of Appeal ,
Public Schools ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
SCOTUS ,
Standard of Review ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Tax Court ,
Tax Levy ,
Veterans
On June 6, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in four cases: Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited, Inc. v. Burton, No. 24-808: This case concerns the applicability of the “reasonable time”...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued six decisions today:
Ames v. Ohio Dept. of Youth Services, No. 23-1039: This case addresses whether majority-group plaintiffs are held to a heighted evidentiary standard in...more
6/6/2025
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Class Certification ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Evidentiary Standards ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
First Amendment ,
Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA) ,
FRCP 23(b)(3) ,
FRCP 60(b) ,
Jurisdiction ,
Payroll Taxes ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Public Charities ,
SCOTUS ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Title VII ,
Unemployment Insurance
The Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in four cases today:
Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections, No. 24-568: This case involves an Illinois law that required mail-in ballots to be counted as long...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued one decision today:
Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County, Colorado, No. 23-975: This case concerns the scope of federal court review over an agency’s...more
5/30/2025
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Environmental Litigation ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Review ,
Infrastructure ,
Judicial Review ,
NEPA ,
SCOTUS ,
Sentence Reduction ,
Surface Transportation Board
On Thursday, May 22, the Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions:
Kousisis v. United States, No. 23-909: This case addresses the elements of the federal wire fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1343....more
5/27/2025
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Charter Schools ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Criminal Conspiracy ,
Educational Institutions ,
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Free Exercise Clause ,
Religious Discrimination ,
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State Funding ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Wire Fraud
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
On Tuesday, April 29, the Supreme Court of the United States issued one decision:
Advocate Christ Medical Center v. Kennedy, No. 23-715: This case addresses the proper method for calculating the “disproportionate share...more
5/1/2025
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Military Service Members ,
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Social Security Act ,
Statutory Interpretation
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in one case:
Hain Celestial Group v. Palmquist, No. 24-724: This case addresses the scope of federal courts’ diversity jurisdiction....more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued one decision today:
Monsalvo Velázquez v. Bondi, No. 23-929: The Court addressed whether the 60-day voluntary-departure deadline to leave the country rolls over to the next...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued one decision today:
Cunningham v. Cornell University, No. 23-1007: This case addresses the pleading standard to assert a claim under a provision of the Employee Retirement...more
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
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Criminal Prosecution ,
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Ex Post Facto Clause ,
Penal Code ,
Retroactive Application ,
SCOTUS ,
Sixth Amendment ,
Statutory Interpretation
The Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions today:
FDA v. Wages and White Lion Investments, L.L.C., No. 23-1038: This case concerns the validity of the FDA’s denial of electronic cigarette manufacturers’...more
4/3/2025
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Bodily Injury ,
Damages ,
E-Cigarettes ,
Employment Litigation ,
False Advertising ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Marijuana ,
Marketing ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Regulatory Authority ,
RICO ,
SCOTUS ,
Split of Authority ,
Tobacco Regulations
Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions:
Bondi v. VanDerStok, No. 23-852: This case addresses a statutory challenge to ATF regulations designed to prohibit ghost guns—privately made...more
3/28/2025
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Avoidance ,
Bankruptcy Code ,
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State Law Claims ,
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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
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in two cases:
Berk v. Choi, No. 24-440: Many states, including Delaware in this case, have “affidavit of merit” statutes that require certain types of...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued one decision today:
Bufkin v. Collins, No. 23-713: This case involves the “benefit-of-the-doubt rule,” a unique standard of proof the Department of Veterans Affairs (“VA”)...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued one decision today:
City and County of San Francisco v. EPA, No. 23-753: This case concerns the interpretation of the federal Clean Water Act (“CWA”) and its National...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in one case:
Barrett v. United States, No. 24-5774: A jury convicted Dwayne Barrett of robbery under the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951, which prohibits...more
3/4/2025
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