Argument sitting

October 2025 oral arguments

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

Monday, October 6, 2025

Harold R. Berk, Petitioner v. Wilson C. Choy, et al.24-440
Decided January 20, 2026
Must a Delaware law providing that a complaint must be dismissed unless it is accompanied by an expert affidavit be enforced by a federal court sitting in diversity?
David Asa Villarreal, Petitioner v. Texas24-557
Decided February 25, 2026
Does a trial court violate a defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel by preventing the defendant and his lawyer from discussing the defendant’s testimony during an overnight break in the trial?

Kaley Chiles, Petitioner v. Patty Salazar, in Her Official Capacity as Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, et al.24-539
Decided March 31, 2026
Does a Colorado law banning “conversion therapy”—i.e., attempts to “convert” someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity—violate the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment?
Dwayne Barrett, Petitioner v. United States24-5774
Decided January 14, 2026
May a defendant who commits a single act that violates two statutory provisions be convicted under both provisions?

United States Postal Service, et al., Petitioners v. Lebene Konan24-351
Decided February 24, 2026
Does a claim that Postal Service employees intentionally refused to deliver mail to a designated address arise out of “the loss” or “miscarriage” of postal matter under the Federal Tort Claims Act’s postal-matter exception?
Michael J. Bost, et al., Petitioners v. Illinois State Board of Elections, et al.24-568
Decided January 14, 2026
Do federal candidates have Article III standing to challenge state laws that allow mail-in ballots to be received and counted for two weeks after Election Day based on claims that such laws dilute their votes and force them to incur additional campaign expenses for extended ballot monitoring?

Holsey Ellingburg, Jr., Petitioner v. United States24-482
Decided January 20, 2026
Is criminal restitution under the Mandatory Victim Restitution Act (MVRA) penal for purposes of the Ex Post Facto Clause?
Michael Bowe, Petitioner v. United States24-5438
Decided January 9, 2026
1. Does a rule requiring dismissal of repeat claims in state prisoner habeas petitions also apply to repeat claims in federal prisoner motions to vacate their sentences? 2. Does the Court have jurisdiction to review lower court decisions allowing or denying federal prisoners permission to file repeat challenges to their sentences?

Louisiana, Appellant v. Phillip Callais, et al.24-109
Decided April 29, 2026
Does Louisiana’s creation of a second majority-Black congressional district constitute unconstitutional racial gerrymandering, even when drawn in response to a federal court finding that the state’s prior single majority-Black district likely violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act?
William Trevor Case, Petitioner v. Montana24-624
Decided January 14, 2026
May law enforcement enter a home without a search warrant based on less than probable cause that an emergency is occurring?