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December 2017 oral arguments

5 cases across 3 argument daysArguments begin at 10 a.m. Eastern
Three argument days, December 4 to December 6, 2017. Two of them have more than one case.

2 cases
State power over sports bettingMurphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn.Does a federal statute that prohibits modification or repeal of state-law prohibitions on private conduct impermissibly commandeer the regulatory power of States in contravention of New York v. United States , 505 U.S. 144 (1992)?Decided 16-476Seizing Iranian government assetsRubin v. Islamic Republic of IranWhether 28 U.S.C. § 1610(g) provides a freestanding attachment immunity exception that allows terror victim judgment creditors to attach and execute upon assets of foreign state sponsors of terrorism regardless of whether the assets are otherwise subject to execution under section 1610.Decided 16-534

1 case
Wedding cake and free speechMasterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Comm'nWhether applying Colorado’s public-accommodations law to compel a cake maker to create a custom wedding cake expressing a message with which the cake maker disagrees violates the Free Speech or Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment?Decided 16-111

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Lawyer fees from prisoner awardsMurphy v. SmithWhether the parenthetical phrase "not to exceed 25 percent" means any amount up to 25 percent (as four circuits hold), or whether it means exactly 25 percent (as the Seventh Circuit holds)?Decided 16-1067Obstructing IRS investigationsMarinello v. United StatesWhether § 7212(a)'s residual clause, italicized above, requires that there was a pending IRS action or proceeding, such as an investigation or audit, of which the defendant was aware when he engaged in the purportedly obstructive conduct?Decided 16-1144