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The United States Supreme Court is the highest court of the United States and is charged with interpreting federal law, including the United States Constitution. The Court's docket is largely discretionary with only a limited number of cases granted review each term.  The Court is comprised of one chief justice and eight associate justices, who are nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate to hold lifetime positions. less -
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Supreme Court Clarifies FSIA Personal Jurisdiction Standard

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On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd., et al. v. Antrix Corp., et al., No. 23-1201 held that personal jurisdiction exists over a foreign entity under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA)...more

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Supreme Court Review Sought for Legality of Washington Tribal Gaming Compacts

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The United States Supreme Court will consider whether to review the legality of the Washington tribal gaming compacts as a result of a petition for writ of certiorari (cert) filed in the lawsuit, Maverick Gaming LLC v. United...more

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U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether the Palestinian Authority Can Be Sued In the United States for Terror Attacks in Israel

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The United States Supreme Court may soon decide whether U.S. victims of terrorist attacks in Israel may sue the Palestinian Authority (“PA”) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (“PLO)” for damages in U.S. courts. In...more

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Ghost Guns and the Bankruptcy Code: Neither Provides Ammunition for Dismissing Actions - SCOTUS Today

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The Supreme Court decided two cases today, continuing the release of opinions on which the Court is not deeply divided. The tougher ones are yet to come....more

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Supreme Court to Address Constitutionality of USF

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On November 22, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court granted two petitions for certiorari to review the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s (Fifth Circuit) en banc decision in Consumers’ Research v. Federal Communications...more

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The Supreme Court Update - June 15, 2023

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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

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Supreme Court Decides Whole Woman’s Health et al. v. Jackson

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On December 10, 2021, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Whole Woman’s Health et al. v. Jackson, holding that abortion providers’ pre-enforcement challenge to the Texas Heartbeat Act — S.B. 8 — could proceed as to certain state...more

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Client Alert: Supreme Court finds Blackbeard is the only Pirate in North Carolina Copyright Case: State Sovereign Immunity Upheld...

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The Supreme Court upheld North Carolina’s sovereign immunity from copyright infringement claims in a unanimous opinion handed down on Monday, March 23, 2020. The Court struck down the provision of the Copyright Remedy...more

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Intellectual Property Outlook: Cases and Trends to Follow in 2020 – Part 1

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PART 1: IP ISSUES CURRENTLY PENDING BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT - In the first part of our series, we briefly summarize the intellectual property issues that the Supreme Court has already agreed to address in 2020. In...more

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Top Five Stories of 2019

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After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 13th annual list of top patent stories.  For 2019, we identified fifteen stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe...more

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Patent Troll Suits Down, Not Out in 2018

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Over the past half-decade, Congress and the courts have made aggressive efforts to curb the worst abuses of the patent system. In 2013, Congress passed the America Invents Act (AIA), which established the Patent Trial and...more

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Supreme Court Decides Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt

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On May 13, 2019, the Supreme Court decided Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt, No. 17-1299, holding that a private party may not sue a non-consenting state in another state’s courts. In Nevada v. Hall, 440 U.S. 410...more

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Key Patent Decisions of 2018

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In another noteworthy year for patent law, the U.S. Supreme Court and the Federal Circuit issued several decisions that altered the patent landscape, including three Supreme Court decisions and three en banc Federal Circuit...more

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The Supreme Court - February 21, 2018

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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

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