Argument sitting

January 2025 oral arguments

10 cases across 6 argument daysArguments begin at 10 a.m. Eastern

Friday, January 10, 2025

TikTok Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General24-656
Decided January 17, 2025
Does the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, as applied to TikTok, violate the First Amendment?

Tony R. Hewitt, Petitioner v. United States23-1002
Decided June 26, 2025
Does the First Step Act’s sentencing reduction provision apply to a defendant whose original sentence was imposed before the Act’s enactment, but was later vacated and resentenced after the Act took effect?
Karyn D. Stanley, Petitioner v. City of Sanford, Florida23-997
Decided June 20, 2025
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, does a former employee-who was qualified to perform her job and who earned post-employment benefits while employed-lose her right to sue over discrimination with respect to those benefits solely because she no longer holds her job?

Patrick D. Thompson, Petitioner v. United States23-1095
Decided March 21, 2025
Does the prohibition in 18 U.S.C. § 1014 on making a “false statement” for the purposes of influencing certain financial institutions and federal agencies include making statements that are misleading but not false?
Gary Waetzig, Petitioner v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.23-971
Decided February 26, 2025
Is a voluntary dismissal without prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41 a “final judgment, order, or proceeding” under Federal Rule 60(b)?

Free Speech Coalition, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas23-1122
Decided June 27, 2025
Is a Texas law that requires any website that publishes content one-third or more of which is “harmful to minors” to verify the age of each of its users before providing access subject to “rational basis” review or “strict scrutiny”?

Food and Drug Administration, et al., Petitioners v. R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co., et al.23-1187
Decided June 20, 2025
Can retailers who would sell a new tobacco product seek judicial review of the FDA’s denial of a manufacturer’s marketing application under the Tobacco Control Act?
McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc., Petitioner v. McKesson Corporation, et al.23-1226
Decided June 20, 2025
Does the Hobbs Act require a federal district court to accept the Federal Communication Commission’s legal interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act?

Casey Cunningham, et al., Petitioners v. Cornell University, et al.23-1007
Decided April 17, 2025
Can a plaintiff state a claim under ERISA’s provision prohibiting a plan fiduciary from knowingly engaging in transactions with barred parties, solely by alleging that such a transaction took place?
Janice Hughes Barnes, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Ashtian Barnes, Deceased, Petitioner v. Roberto Felix, Jr., et al.23-1239
Decided May 15, 2025
Should courts apply the “moment of the threat” doctrine when evaluating an excessive force claim under the Fourth Amendment?