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Argument sitting

November 2017 oral arguments

8 cases across 6 argument daysArguments begin at 10 a.m. Eastern
Six argument days, November 1 to November 29, 2017. Two of them have more than one case.

1 case
Pausing filing deadlinesArtis v. District of ColumbiaWhether the tolling provision in §1367(d) suspends the limitations period for the state-law claim while the claim is pending and for thirty days after the claim is dismissed, or whether the tolling provision does not suspend the limitations period but merely provides 30 days beyond the dismissal for the plaintiff to refile?Decided 16-460

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Protection for bankruptcy transfersMerit Management Group, LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc.Whether the safe harbor of 11 U.S.C. § 546(e) prohibits avoidance of a transfer made by or to a financial institution, without regard to whether the institution has a beneficial interest in the property transferred, consistent with decisions from the Second, Third, Sixth, Eighth, and Tenth Circuits, but contrary to decisions from the Eleventh Circuit and now the Seventh Circuit.Decided 16-784

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Patchak v. ZinkeDoes a statute directing the federal courts to "promptly dismiss” a pending lawsuit following substantive determinations by the courts (including this Court's determination that the "suit may proceed")-without amending underlying substantive or procedural laws-violate the Constitution’s separation of powers principles?Decided 16-498

2 cases
Patent office power over patentsOil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLCWhether inter partes review-an adversarial process used by the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to analyze the validity of existing patents- violates the Constitution by extinguishing private property rights through a non-Article III forum without a jury.Decided 16-712Deciding all patent claimsSAS Institute Inc. v. IancuDoes 35 U.S.C. § 318(a), which provides that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in an inter partes review "shall issue a final written decision with respect to the patentability of any patent claim challenged by the petitioner," require that Board to issue a final written decision as to every claim challenged by the petitioner, or does it allow that Board to issue a final written decision with respect to the patentability of only some of the patent claims challenged by the petitioner, as the Federal Circuit held?Decided 16-969

2 cases
Securities lawsuits in state courtsCyan, Inc. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement FundWhether state courts lack subject matter jurisdiction over covered class actions that allege only '33 Act claims.Decided 15-1439Whistleblower retaliation protectionDigital Realty Trust, Inc. v. SomersWhether the anti-retaliation provision for ''whistle- blowers" in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 extends to individuals who have not reported alleged misconduct to the Securities and Exchange Commission and thus fall outside the Act's definition of a ''whistleblower."?Decided 16-1276

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Cell phone location privacyCarpenter v. United StatesWhether the warrantless seizure and search of historical cell phone records revealing?Decided 16-402