Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, No. 19-511: The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (“TCPA”) provides a private right of action for those subject to the unlawful use of an “automatic telephone dialing system,” defined in the...more
4/2/2021
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
ATDS ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
Broadcasting ,
Facebook ,
Facebook Inc v Duguid ,
FCC ,
Florida v Georgia ,
Jurisdiction ,
Public Interest ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Authority ,
TCPA ,
Telecommunications Act ,
Water Supplies
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued the following decision:
Mays v. Hines, No. 20-507: A Tennessee jury convicted respondent Anthony Hines of murdering a woman at the motel at which she worked. Decades...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
Servotronics, Inc. v. Rolls-Royce PLC, No. 20-794: Whether the discretion granted to district courts in 28 U.S.C. §1782(a) to render assistance in gathering evidence for use in “a foreign or international tribunal”...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued the following decision:
Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski, No. 19-968: Petitioner Chike Uzuegbunam, while attending Georgia Gwinnett College – a public college – sought to...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued the following two decisions:
United States Fish and Wildlife Serv. v. Sierra Club, Inc., No. 19-547: The Sierra Club submitted Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”)...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in two cases:
United States v. Vaello-Madero, No. 20-303: Whether Congress violated the equal-protection component of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth...more
Brownback v. King, No. 19-546: Under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), a plaintiff is allowed to bring certain state-law tort suits against the Federal Government in federal court. An FTCA claim is actionable if it...more
American Medical Assn. v. Cochran, No. 20-429; Cochran v. Mayor and City Council Baltimore, No. 20-454; and Oregon v. Cochran, No. 20-539: In 2019, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) promulgated a rule that,...more
2/23/2021
/ Affordable Care Act ,
American Medical Association ,
Armed Career Criminal Act ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Family Planning Clinics ,
Final Rules ,
Health Care Providers ,
Public Charge ,
SCOTUS ,
Title X
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued the following three decisions:
Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp, No. 19-351: In this Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (“FSIA”) case, the respondents - heirs of...more
2/4/2021
/ Appeals ,
Art Collections ,
Certiorari ,
Eminent Domain ,
Fine Art ,
Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA) ,
Forum Non Conveniens ,
Germany ,
Judicial Review ,
Jurisdiction ,
Natural Gas Act ,
Railroad Retirement Tax Act (RRTA) ,
Railroads ,
Remand ,
Retirement Plan ,
SCOTUS ,
Stolen Goods ,
Vacated
Chicago v. Fulton, No. 19-357: Under the Bankruptcy Code, filing a bankruptcy petition creates a bankruptcy estate and also operates as a stay on any entity’s efforts to collect from the debtor outside the bankruptcy forum....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
Trump v. New York, No. 20-366: In July 2020, the President of the United States issued a memorandum to the Secretary of Commerce (who is tasked with taking the census and reporting the tabulation to the President, who in turn...more
TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez, No. 20-297: Whether either Article III or Rule 23 permits a damages class action where the vast majority of the class suffered no actual injury, let alone an injury anything like what the class...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued the following two decisions:
Texas v. New Mexico, No. 65, Orig.: The States of New Mexico and Texas are parties to the 1949 Pecos River Compact, which provides for...more
Rutledge v. Pharmaceutical Care Management Assn., No. 18-540: Arkansas’ Act 900 regulates the price at which pharmacy benefit managers (“PBMs”) reimburse pharmacies for the cost of drugs covered by prescription-drug plans....more
12/11/2020
/ Appeals ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Drug Pricing ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Judicial Appointments ,
Military Service Members ,
Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) ,
Preemption ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Rape ,
Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) ,
SCOTUS ,
State Constitutions
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
Carr v. Saul, No. 19-1442; Davis v. Saul, No. 20-105: Whether a claimant seeking disability benefits under the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §301 et seq., forfeits an Appointments Clause challenge to the appointment of an...more
Mckesson v. Doe, No. 19-1108: The plaintiff-respondent in this case is a police officer who suffered devastating injuries after being struck by a rock-like object during a protest in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The protest...more
Trump v. Sierra Club, No. 20-138: This case concerns the Acting Secretary of Defense’s transfer of funds pursuant to Section 8005 of the Defense Appropriations Act to make funds available to construct border fences along the...more
10/20/2020
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
Appropriation ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Law Enforcement ,
Migrants ,
Notice and Comment ,
Probable Cause ,
Rulemaking Process ,
SCOTUS ,
Sierra Club ,
Statutory Authority ,
Trump Administration
United States v. Arthrex, Inc., No. 19-1434; Smith & Nephew, Inc. v. Arthrex, Inc., No. 19-1452; Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., No. 19-1458: 1) Whether, for purposes of the Appointments Clause, U.S. Const. Art. II, §...more
Brnovich v. Democratic Nat. Comm., No. 19-1257; Arizona Republican Party v. Democratic Nat. Comm., No. 19-1258: 1) Does Arizona’s out-of-precinct policy - which does not count provisional ballots cast in person on Election...more
10/5/2020
/ Administrative Appeals ,
Appeals ,
Arbitrary and Capricious ,
Asylum ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
FCC ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Political Parties ,
Remand ,
Removal ,
Telecommunications Act ,
Voting Rights ,
Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court of the United States issued the following decisions:
Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP, No. 19-715; Trump v. Deutsche Bank AG, No. 19-760: In April 2019, three United States House of Representatives’ committees...more
7/13/2020
/ Appeals ,
Congressional Committees ,
Congressional Subpoenas ,
Conservators ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Donald Trump ,
Executive Branch ,
Facebook ,
Fannie Mae ,
FHFA ,
Foreign Interference in US Elections ,
Freddie Mac ,
Income Taxes ,
Major Crimes Act ,
Money Laundering ,
Native American Issues ,
Remand ,
SCOTUS ,
Separation of Powers ,
Tax Returns ,
TCPA ,
Terrorism Funding ,
Trump v Deutsche Bank AG ,
Trump v Mazars USA LLP ,
Trump v Vance ,
Vacated ,
Valid Legislative Purpose
Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, No. 19-267: The Court has recognized that the First Amendment protects the right of religious institutions “to decide for themselves, free from state interference, matters of...more
7/8/2020
/ Age Discrimination ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Appeals ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Dismissals ,
Employment Discrimination ,
First Amendment ,
Freedom of Religion ,
Ministerial Exception ,
Ministerial Function ,
Our Lady of Guadalupe School v Morrissey-Berru ,
Religious Schools ,
Religious Workers ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
St James School v Biel ,
Teachers
Barr v. American Assn. of Political Consultants, Inc., No. 19-631: The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (“TCPA”) generally prohibits robocalls to cell phones and home phones, but was amended in 2015 to permit...more