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April 2021 oral arguments

11 cases across 6 argument daysArguments begin at 10 a.m. Eastern
Six argument days, April 19 to April 28, 2021. Five of them have more than one case.

2 cases
Sanchez v. MayorkasWhether, under 8 U.S.C. § 1254a(f)(4), a grant of Temporary Protected Status authorizes eligible noncitizens to obtain lawful-permanent-resident status under 8 U.S.C. § 1255.Decided 20-315Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of Chehalis ReservationWhether Alaska Native regional and village corporations established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act are “Indian Tribe[s]” for purposes of the CARES Act, 42 U.S.C. 801(g)(1).Decided 20-543

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Greer v. United StatesWhether when applying plain-error review based upon an intervening United States Supreme Court decision, a circuit court of appeals may review matters outside the trial record to determine whether the error affected a defendant’s substantial rights or impacted the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of the trial?Decided 19-8709United States v. GaryWhether a defendant who pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm is automatically entitled to relief if the trial court failed to inform him that knowing his felon status was an element of the crime.Decided 20-444

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San Antonio v. Hotels.com, L. P.Whether, as the Fifth Circuit alone has held, district courts “lack[] discretion to deny or reduce” appellate costs deemed “taxable” in district court under Fed. R. App. P. 39(e).Decided 20-334Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc.The question is 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 merits.Decided 20-440

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Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. BontaWhether the exacting scrutiny this Court has long required of laws that abridge the freedoms of speech and association outside the election context — as called for by NAACP v. Alabama ex rel. Patterson, 357 U.S. 449 (1958), and its progeny — can be satisfied absent any showing that a blanket governmental demand for the individual identities and addresses of major donors to private nonprofit organizations is narrowly tailored to an asserted law-enforcement interest.Decided 19-251Guam v. United States1. Whether a non-CERCLA settlement can trigger a contribution claim under CERCLA Section 113(f)(3)(B). 2. Whether a settlement that expressly disclaims any liability determination and leaves the settling party exposed to future liability can trigger a contribution claim under CERCLA Section 113(f)(3)(B).Decided 20-382

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United States v. Palomar-SantiagoThe question presented is whether a defendant automatically satisfies all three of those prerequisites solely by showing that he was removed for a crime that would not be considered a removable offense under current circuit law, even if he cannot independently demonstrate administrative exhaustion or deprivation of the opportunity for judicial review.Decided 20-437HollyFrontier Cheyenne Refining, LLC v. Renewable Fuels Assn.In order to qualify for a hardship exemption under § 7545(o)(9)(B)(i) of the Renewable Fuel Standards, does a small refinery need to receive uninterrupted, continuous hardship exemptions for every year since 2011?Decided 20-472

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PennEast Pipeline Co. v. New Jersey1. Whether the NGA delegates to FERC certificate holders the authority to exercise the federal government's eminent domain power to condemn land in which a state claims an interest? 2. Did the Court of Appeals properly exercise jurisdiction over this case?Decided 19-1039