No. 25-1130October Term 2025Before Arguments
Cherry Grove Beach Gear, LLC, et al., Petitioners v. City of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Case status
- Current stage
- Before Arguments
- Latest event
- Accepted by the Court
- Decision timing
- No window until argument is scheduled.
- What it's about
from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Question presented
1. Whether the market participant exception to state action immunity should be adopted under the facts of this case, specifically where the municipality is the sole market participant. 2. Whether the underlying opinion of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals erodes the clear articulation test and Parker immunity jurisprudence as developed by this Court. 3. Whether this Court should clarify that, when a municipality uses legislative power to exclude rivals while it provides the challenged service as a commercial provider, the clear-articulation requirement must be applied with heightened rigor to prevent “simple permission to participate” from being converted into authorization to monopolize.
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit / Accepted by the Court
- Area
Supreme Court case awaiting argument
Timing
Expected by late June 2026, if argued this term
The Court granted review but has not yet scheduled oral argument. Once argued, the median case reaches a decision in 94 days. Nearly all cases are decided by the end of the term in which they are argued.
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Sep 1, 2026
- Method
- Methodology