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
Comcast Corp. v. National Assn. of African American-Owned Media, No. 18-1171: An African American-owned television-network operator, Entertainment Studios Network (“ESN”), unsuccessfully tried to have Comcast carry its...more
3/26/2020
/ Copyright Infringement ,
Criminal Penalties ,
Due Process ,
Exonerate ,
Federal Sentencing Guidelines ,
Immigration and Nationality Act ,
Judicial Review ,
Mental Illness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Pleading Standards ,
Sovereign Immunity
The Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions this morning:
Apple, Inc. v. Pepper, No. 17-204: Apple’s App Store is the only place iPhone users may lawfully buy apps. Although Apple sells the apps...more
5/14/2019
/ Apple Inc v Pepper ,
Claims Limitations Period ,
Class Action ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Franchise Tax Board ,
Full Faith and Credit Clause ,
Immunity ,
Monopolization ,
Qui Tam ,
Relators ,
SCOTUS ,
Sovereign Immunity
The Supreme Court of the United States issued the following decision this morning:
Thacker v. TVA, No. 17-1201: The Tennessee Valley Authority (“TVA”) is a federally-created and Government-owned corporation that...more
4/30/2019
/ Appeals ,
Discretionary Functions ,
Employee Misconduct ,
Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) ,
Government-Owned Corporation ,
Negligence ,
Public Utility ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Sue-and-Be-Sued Clause ,
Thacker v Tennessee Valley Authority ,
Waivers
Merit Management Group, LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc., No. 16-784: Prior to filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, Valley View Downs, which sought to operate a racetrack casino in Pennsylvania, transferred $55 million to its...more
2/28/2018
/ Casinos ,
Chapter 11 ,
Class Action ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Detention ,
Immigrants ,
Jurisdiction ,
Native American Issues ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
SCOTUS ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Tribal Lands
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers, No. 16-1276: Paul Somers, a former Vice-President at Digital Realty Trust, brought a claim of whistleblower retaliation under the Dodd-Frank Act against his former employer, alleging he...more
2/22/2018
/ Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Class v United States ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Digital Realty Trust Inc v Somers ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Due Process ,
Indictments ,
Murphy v Smith ,
Rubin v Islamic Republic of Iran ,
SCOTUS ,
Second Amendment ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Whistleblower Protection Policies
On Friday, the Supreme Court granted certiorari and agreed to hear arguments in seven cases:
China Agritech, Inc. v. Resh, No. 17-432: Whether the rule from American Pipe and Construction Co. v. Utah, 414 U.S. 538 (1974),...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued decisions in two cases today:
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela v. Helmerich & Payne Int’l Drilling Co., No. 15-423: Respondent companies brought suit in federal court against...more
5/2/2017
/ Bank of America ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Certiorari ,
Department of the Interior ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA) ,
Jurisdiction ,
Race Discrimination ,
Remand ,
Safe Harbors ,
SCOTUS ,
Separation of Powers ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Venezuela v Helmerich & Payne
Lewis v. Clarke, No. 15-1500: Petitioners Brian and Michelle Lewis were involved in an automobile accident with a limousine transporting patrons of the Mohegan Sun Casino, a casino operated by the Mohegan Tribal Gaming...more
The Supreme Court of the United States announced the following decision today:
OBB Personenverkehr AG v. Sachs, No. 13 1067: Respondent Carol Sachs, a California resident, purchased a Eurail Pass over the Internet...more