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December 2020 oral arguments

8 cases across 5 argument daysArguments begin at 10 a.m. Eastern
Five argument days, December 1 to December 9, 2020. Three of them have more than one case.

2 cases
Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe1. Whether an aiding and abetting claim against a domestic corporation brought under the Alien Tort Statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1350, may overcome the extraterritoriality bar where the claim is based on allegations of general corporate activity in the United States and where plaintiffs cannot trace the alleged harms, which occurred abroad at the hands of unidentified foreign actors, to that activity. 2. Whether the Judiciary has the authority under the Alien Tort Statute to impose liability on domestic corporations.Decided 19-416CIC Servs., LLC v. IRSWhether the Anti-Injunction Act’s bar on lawsuits “for the purpose of restraining the assessment or collection of any tax,” 26 U.S.C. § 7421(a), precludes challenges to IRS reporting requirements backed by tax penalties.Decided 19-930

1 case
Edwards v. VannoyDoes the Court’s decision in Ramos v. Louisiana , holding that the Sixth Amendment establishes a right to a unanimous jury in both federal and state courts, apply retroactively to cases on federal collateral review?Decided 19-5807

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Republic of Hungary v. SimonMay the district court abstain from exercising jurisdiction under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act for reasons of international comity, where former Hungarian nationals have sued the nation of Hungary to recover the value of property lost in Hungary during World War II, and where the plaintiffs made no attempt to exhaust local Hungarian remedies?Decided 18-1447Federal Republic of Germany v. Philipp1. Whether the "expropriation exception" of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(3), which abrogates foreign sovereign immunity when "rights in property taken in violation of international law are in issue," provides jurisdiction over claims that a foreign sovereign has violated international human-rights law when taking property from its own national within its own borders, even though such claims do not implicate the established international law governing states' responsibility for takings of property. 2. Whether the doctrine of international comity is unavailable in cases against foreign sovereigns, even in cases of considerable historical and political significance to the foreign sovereign, and even where the foreign nation has a domestic framework for addressing the claims.Decided 19-351

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Facebook, Inc. v. DuguidWhether the definition of ATDS in the TCPA encompasses any device that can "store" and "automatically dial" telephone numbers, even if the device does not "us[e] a random or sequential number generator."?Decided 19-511Henry Schein, Inc. v. Archer & White Sales, Inc.Whether a provision in an arbitration agreement that exempts certain claims from arbitration negates an otherwise clear and unmistakable delegation of questions of arbitrability to an arbitrator.Decided 19-963

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Collins v. Yellen1. Whether FHFA’s structure violates the separation of powers; and? 2. Whether the courts must set aside a final agency action that FHFA took when it was unconstitutionally structured and strike down the statutory provisions that make FHFA independent.Decided 19-422