March 2023 oral arguments

Decided June 22, 2023

Does the 1868 Treaty between the Navajo Nation and the United States impose an affirmative duty on the United States to secure water for the tribe?

Decided June 29, 2023

Whether a U.S. company can sue a foreign distributor for trademark infringement that occurred primarily outside the United States.

Decided June 23, 2023

Does a non-frivolous appeal of the denial of a motion to compel arbitration oust a district court’s jurisdiction to proceed with litigation pending appeal?

Decided June 8, 2023

1. Whether a commercial product using humor is subject to the same likelihood-of-confusion analysis applicable to other products under the Lanham Act, or must receive heightened First Amendment protection from trademark-infringement claims, where the brand owner must prove that the defendant"s use of the mark either is "not artistically relevant" or "explicitly misleads consumers"? 2. Whether a commercial product"s use of humor renders the product "noncommercial" under 15 U?

Decided May 18, 2023

Whether the standard for determining the adequacy of the "written description of the invention" in a patent must be "in such full, clear, concise, and exact terms as to enable any person skilled in the art to which it pertains . ."?

Decided June 23, 2023

Does the federal prohibition on encouraging or inducing unlawful immigration for commercial advantage or private financial gain violate the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution?

Decided June 15, 2023

Does a criminal trial’s improper venue as to one count require vacatur of the convictions for other counts?

Decided June 16, 2023

Does federal criminal sentencing law require a man who was convicted and sentenced for his role in a drug-trafficking-related murder to serve consecutive, rather than concurrent, sentences?

Decided May 18, 2023

Whether the exception to the notice requirement in 26 U.S.C. § 7609(c)(2)(D)(i) applies only where the delinquent taxpayer has a legal interest in accounts or records summoned by the Internal Revenue Service under 26 U.S.C. § 7602.

Decided June 23, 2023

Does admitting a codefendant’s redacted out-of-court confession that immediately inculpates a defendant based on context violate the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment?