Argument sitting

October 2024 oral arguments

9 cases across 5 argument daysArguments begin at 10 a.m. Eastern

Monday, October 7, 2024

Nancy Williams, et al., Petitioners v. Greg Reed, Secretary, Alabama Department of Workforce23-191
Decided February 21, 2025
Does a Section 1983 claim brought in state court require the plaintiffs to first exhaust state administrative remedies?
Royal Canin U.S.A., Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Anastasia Wullschleger, et al.23-677
Decided January 15, 2025
Can a plaintiff whose state-court lawsuit has been removed by the defendants to federal court seek to have the case sent back to state court by amending the complaint to omit all references to federal law?

Gerald F. Lackey, in His Official Capacity as the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, Petitioner v. Damian Stinnie, et al.23-621
Decided February 25, 2025
Is a party who obtains a preliminary injunction a “prevailing party” for purposes of being entitled to attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C § 1988?
Pamela Bondi, Attorney General, et al., Petitioners v. Jennifer VanDerStok, et al.23-852
Decided March 26, 2025
Did the ATF exceed its statutory authority in promulgating its Final Rule purporting to regulate so-called “ghost guns”?

Richard Eugene Glossip, Petitioner v. Oklahoma22-7466
Decided February 25, 2025
Whether the state's failure to disclose this evidence violated the defendant's due process rights.

Medical Marijuana, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Douglas J. Horn23-365
Decided April 2, 2025
Are economic harms resulting from personal injuries properly considered injuries to “business or property by reason of” the defendant’s acts for purposes of a civil treble-damages action under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act?
Amina Bouarfa, Petitioner v. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al.23-583
Decided December 10, 2024
May a visa petitioner obtain judicial review when an approved petition is revoked on the basis of nondiscretionary criteria?

Joshua E. Bufkin, Petitioner v. Douglas A. Collins, Secretary of Veterans Affairs23-713
Decided March 5, 2025
Must the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims ensure that the benefit-of-the-doubt rule in 38 U.S.C. § 5107(b) was properly applied during the claims process in order to satisfy 38 U.S.C. § 7261(b)(1)?
City and County of San Francisco, California, Petitioner v. Environmental Protection Agency23-753
Decided March 4, 2025
Does the Clean Water Act allow the Environmental Protection Agency (or an authorized state) to impose generic prohibitions in National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits that subject permit-holders to enforcement for violating water quality standards without identifying specific limits to which their discharges must conform?