Recent decisions

Decided May 4, 2020

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Kahwahnas Potts filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court following a decision by the Uni...

19-8187

Potts v. United States

Decided May 4, 2020

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Alabama regarding a dispute bet...

19-910

K.G. S. v. Facebook, Inc.

Decided May 4, 2020

Originating court

Supreme Court of Alabama

This case involves a petition for review of a decision by the Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit. The...

18-8897

Dyson v. Louisiana

Originating court

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit

Harris petitioned the Supreme Court to review a decision by the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals involving the ...

19-7883

Harris v. Arkansas

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

This case involves a petition for review of a decision by the Court of Appeal of Louisiana, which the Supreme ...

18-8748

Alridge v. Louisiana

Originating court

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit

Kevin Sheppard filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court regarding a decision by the Cour...

18-9693

Sheppard v. Louisiana

Originating court

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Smith against Jackson, originating from the Un...

19-7096

Smith v. Jackson

TrackingKey context available; fuller brief still in progress

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Michael Brooks petitioned the Supreme Court to review a decision by the Court of Appeal of Louisiana, and the ...

18-9463

Brooks v. Louisiana

Originating court

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court regarding a decision by the Court ...

18-1585

Nagi v. Louisiana

Originating court

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit, whi...

18-9787

Crehan v. Louisiana

Originating court

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit

The Supreme Court ruled that a federal law prohibiting false statements to financial institutions does not ext...

19-8121

Thompson v. United States

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

May an individual sue a State for money damages in federal court for violation of the Family and Medical Leave...

01-1368

Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs

TrackingKey context available; fuller brief still in progress

Argued Jan 15, 2003

Decided May 27, 2003

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

01-1107

Virginia v. Black

Does the Commonwealth of Virginia's cross-burning statute, which prohibits the burning of a cross with the int...

TrackingKey context available; fuller brief still in progress

Argued Dec 11, 2002

Decided Apr 7, 2003

Originating court

Supreme Court of Virginia

Can the U.S. be held liable for a breach of trust with an Indian Tribe in connection with the negotiation of a...

01-1375

United States v. Navajo Nation

TrackingKey context available; fuller brief still in progress

Argued Dec 2, 2002

Decided Mar 4, 2003

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Does the Hazard Elimination Program exceed Congress's authority under the Commerce Clause?

01-1229

Pierce County, Washington v. Guillen, Legal Guardian of Guillen, Minors

TrackingKey context available; fuller brief still in progress

Argued Nov 4, 2002

Decided Jan 14, 2003

Originating court

Washington Supreme Court

01-1765

Early, Warden v. Packer, Ante, P. 3

Was a state court’s determination that encouraging the jury to continue deliberations did not coerce a verdict...

TrackingKey context available; fuller brief still in progress

Decided Nov 4, 2002

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

01-521

Does the First Amendment permit the Minnesota Supreme Court to prohibit candidates for judicial election in th...

Republican Party of Minn. v. White

TrackingKey context available; fuller brief still in progress

Argued Mar 26, 2002

Decided Jun 27, 2002

Originating court

Lower court information is still being verified.

Did the Court of Appeals err by failing to perform an analysis of whether Mills v. Maryland, 486 U.S. 367, app...

01-1385

Horn v. Banks

TrackingKey context available; fuller brief still in progress

Decided Jun 17, 2002

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

01-455

Does the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987, which restricted the right of property owners ...

Franconia Associates v. United States and Grass Valley Terrace v. United States

TrackingKey context available; fuller brief still in progress

Argued Apr 15, 2002

Decided Jun 10, 2002

Originating court

Lower court information is still being verified.

The Supreme Court considered whether a stockbroker committed federal securities fraud when he sold a client's ...

01-147

SEC v. Zandford

Argued Mar 18, 2002

Decided Jun 3, 2002

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

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01-408

Holmes Group, Inc. v. Vornado Air Circulation Systems, Inc.

Argued Mar 19, 2002

Decided Jun 3, 2002

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

01-46

Does a State's sovereign immunity preclude the Federal Maritime Commission from adjudicating a private party's...

Federal Maritime Comm'n v. South Carolina Ports Authority

TrackingKey context available; fuller brief still in progress

Argued Feb 25, 2002

Decided May 28, 2002

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Did the Arkansas Supreme Court err by taking into account an officer's subjective motivation in its probable-c...

00-262

Arkansas v. Sullivan

TrackingKey context available; fuller brief still in progress

Decided May 29, 2001

Originating court

Arkansas Supreme Court

```json { "summary": "The Supreme Court reviewed whether a babysitter who claimed total innocence in a child...

00-1028

Ohio v. Reiner

Decided Mar 19, 2001

Originating court

Ohio Supreme Court

96-9160

Limited information available

Hunt v. Maryland

LimitedThin record; details still being verified

Decided Jul 1, 1997

Originating court

Lower court information is still being verified.

The Court considered whether the Bureau of Land Management was required to release its newsletter mailing list...

96-713

D. Dean Bibles, Director, Oregon Bureau of Land Management v. Oregon Natural Desert Association

Decided Feb 18, 1997

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

The Supreme Court reviewed provisions of the 1992 Cable Act that allowed cable operators to restrict indecent ...

95-124

Denver Area Ed. Telecommunications Consortium, Inc. v. FCC

Argued Feb 21, 1996

Decided Jun 28, 1996

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

The Court addressed whether a federal court can abstain from hearing a case involving damages, specifically in...

95-244

Quackenbush v. Allstate Ins. Co.

Argued Feb 20, 1996

Decided Jun 3, 1996

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

93-5715

Limited information available

Minerva v. Singletary

LimitedThin record; details still being verified

Decided Aug 24, 1993

Originating court

Lower court information is still being verified.

90-1511

Limited information available

Laymon v. T. D. Williamson, Inc.

LimitedThin record; details still being verified

Decided Apr 24, 1991

Originating court

Lower court information is still being verified.