News & Analysis as of May 9, 2025

Supreme Court of the United States › Discretionary Functions

+ Follow

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 -

U.S. Supreme Court: No Judicial Review of Revoked Visa Petitions

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 12/12/2024

The U.S. Supreme Court held in Bouarfa v. Mayorkas, No. 23-583 (Dec. 10, 2024), that one cannot appeal a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) revocation of an approved visa petition in federal court because such...more

U.S. Supreme Court Denies Review Of Significant Second Circuit Ruling On The Scope Of California’s Anti-Discretion Statute And The...

Robinson+Cole ERISA Claim Defense Blog on 3/3/2022

The U.S. Supreme Court recently declined to review a significant decision of the Second Circuit which (1) clarified the scope of California’s statutory ban on discretionary clauses in life and disability insurance contracts,...more

The Supreme Court - April 29, 2019

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 4/30/2019

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

Supreme Court Decides Thacker v. Tennessee Valley Authority

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 4/30/2019

On April 29, 2019, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Thacker v. Tennessee Valley Authority, No. 17-1201, holding that the “sue-and-be-sued” clause that waives the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) sovereign...more

The Supreme Court - September 27, 2018

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 9/28/2018

Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in five cases: Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. v. Jackson, No. 17-1471: (1) Whether an original defendant to a class-action claim can remove the class action if it...more

Supreme Court Strikes Down PTAB Partial Institution Practice: If PTAB Institutes IPR, It Must Address All Challenged Claims in Any...

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 4/25/2018

The Supreme Court has ruled by a narrow majority of 5-4 that the Patent Office’s regulation allowing for partial institution decisions in inter partes review is foreclosed by the text of 35 U.S.C. § 318(a). SAS Institute Inc....more

Supreme Court Decides Simmons v. Himmelreich

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 6/7/2016

On June 6, 2016, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Simmons v. Himmelreich, No. 15–109, holding that the judgment-bar provision of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) does not apply to claims dismissed for falling...more

7 Results

View per page

Page: of 1