Recent decisions

Argued Jan 10, 2025

Decided Jan 17, 2025

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that employers must prove an employee falls under a Fair Labor Standards A...

23-217

E.M.D. Sales, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Faustino Sanchez Carrera, et al.

The Supreme Court ruled that when a plaintiff amends their complaint to remove all federal claims after a case...

Argued Nov 5, 2024

Decided Jan 15, 2025

23-677

Royal Canin U.S.A., Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Anastasia Wullschleger, et al.

The Supreme Court ruled that federal courts lack jurisdiction to review the Department of Homeland Security's ...

Argued Oct 7, 2024

Decided Jan 15, 2025

23-583

Amina Bouarfa, Petitioner v. Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, et al.

This case involves a challenge to Hawaii's handgun licensing laws, specifically examining whether prosecuting ...

Argued Oct 15, 2024

Decided Dec 10, 2024

23-7517

Wilson v. Hawaii

Decided Dec 9, 2024

Originating court

Supreme Court of Hawaii

This case involves a challenge by a parents' organization against a school district's policy regarding gender ...

23-1280

Parents Protecting Our Children v. Eau Claire Area School District

Decided Dec 9, 2024

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

State officials in Alabama asked the Supreme Court to vacate a stay of execution granted to death row inmate K...

23-167

Hamm v. Smith

Decided Nov 4, 2024

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

This case involves a dispute over whether social media platforms like Snap can be held liable for their own al...

23-961

Doe v. Snap

Decided Jul 2, 2024

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

This case involves a challenge to a Georgia Supreme Court decision regarding the prosecution's striking of all...

23-668

King v. Emmons

Decided Jul 2, 2024

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

The Court addressed Florida and Texas laws regulating social media platforms but remanded both cases for furth...

22-1008

Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Argued Feb 20, 2024

The Supreme Court ruled that former presidents have broad immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts...

23-939

Trump v. United States

Argued Apr 25, 2024

The Supreme Court reviewed a Texas law that restricted social media platforms from moderating user content and...

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

22-555

NetChoice, LLC v. Paxton

Argued Feb 26, 2024

Florida defended a law restricting large social-media platforms' moderation practices and requiring explanatio...

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

22-277

Moody v. NetChoice

Argued Feb 26, 2024

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

This case involves a defendant charged in connection with the January 6 Capitol breach who challenged the gove...

23-5572

Fischer v. United States

Argued Apr 16, 2024

The Supreme Court ruled that a city's enforcement of public camping bans against homeless individuals does not...

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

23-175

City of Grants Pass v. Johnson

Argued Apr 22, 2024

This case challenged a federal regulation requiring herring fishermen to pay for at-sea monitors, but ultimate...

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

22-1219

Relentless, Inc. v. Dept. of Commerce

Argued Jan 17, 2024

Commercial fishing companies challenged a federal rule requiring them to help fund onboard monitoring, using t...

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

22-451

Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo

Argued Jan 17, 2024

After briefing and argument, the Court dismissed the writs as improvidently granted and vacated its earlier st...

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

23-726

Moyle v. United States

Argued Apr 24, 2024

The Court held that when the SEC seeks civil penalties against a defendant for securities fraud, the Seventh A...

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

22-859

SEC v. Jarkesy

Argued Nov 29, 2023

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

The Supreme Court considered whether a bankruptcy court can approve a Chapter 11 reorganization plan that rele...

23-124

Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P.

Argued Dec 4, 2023

The Supreme Court temporarily blocked the Environmental Protection Agency's "Good Neighbor Plan," which aimed ...

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

23A349

Ohio, et al., Applicants v. Environmental Protection Agency, et al.

Argued Feb 21, 2024

The Supreme Court ruled that a federal anti-corruption law prohibits bribes to state and local officials but d...

Originating court

23-108

Snyder v. United States

The Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit alleging the federal government coerced social media platforms into cens...

Argued Apr 15, 2024

Decided Jun 26, 2024

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

23-411

Vivek H. Murthy, Surgeon General, et al., Petitioners v. Missouri, et al.

The Supreme Court ruled that a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause rights were violated ...

Argued Mar 18, 2024

Decided Jun 26, 2024

22-899

Smith v. Arizona

Argued Jan 10, 2024

Originating court

State appellate court

The Supreme Court held that a U.S. citizen does not have a fundamental liberty interest in having their noncit...

23-334

Department of State, et al., Petitioners v. Sandra Muñoz, et al.

Argued Apr 23, 2024

The Court reversed the Fifth Circuit and upheld the federal ban on gun possession by people subject to domesti...

Originating court

22-915

United States v. Rahimi

Argued Nov 7, 2023

The Supreme Court held that under the Fifth and Sixth Amendments, a unanimous jury, rather than a judge, must ...

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

23-370

Erlinger v. United States

Argued Mar 27, 2024

The Supreme Court held that expert testimony stating "most people" in a certain group possess a particular men...

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

23-14

Diaz v. United States

Argued Mar 19, 2024

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

The Supreme Court ruled that a Fourth Amendment malicious prosecution claim can proceed regarding a baseless c...

23-50

Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon, Ohio

Argued Apr 15, 2024

This case clarified the evidence required to prove a First Amendment retaliatory arrest claim when probable ca...

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

22-1025

Gonzalez v. Trevino

Argued Mar 20, 2024

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

This case challenged the constitutionality of the Mandatory Repatriation Tax, a one-time tax on the accumulate...

22-800

Moore v. United States

Argued Dec 5, 2023

The Supreme Court ruled that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) exceeded its statu...

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

22-976

Merrick B. Garland, Attorney General, et al., Petitioners v. Michael Cargill

Following a previous ruling that a bankruptcy fee statute was unconstitutional because it created non-uniform ...

Argued Feb 28, 2024

Decided Jun 14, 2024

22-1238

United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC

The Supreme Court ruled that the government provides adequate notice for removal proceedings when it sends an ...

Argued Jan 9, 2024

Decided Jun 14, 2024

Originating court

22-674

Campos-Chaves v. Garland

This case established that federal courts must apply the traditional four-factor test for preliminary injuncti...

Argued Jan 8, 2024

Decided Jun 14, 2024

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

23-367

Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney

The Court unanimously held that the doctor and association plaintiffs lacked Article III standing to challenge...

Argued Apr 23, 2024

Decided Jun 13, 2024

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

23-235

FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine

The Supreme Court considered whether a federal trademark law prohibiting the registration of a living person's...

Argued Mar 26, 2024

Decided Jun 13, 2024

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

22-704

Vidal v. Elster

Argued Nov 1, 2023

Decided Jun 13, 2024

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

The Supreme Court ruled that the Indian Health Service must reimburse tribes for overhead costs associated wit...

23-250

Becerra v. San Carlos Apache Tribe

The Supreme Court ruled that an insurer bearing financial responsibility for bankruptcy claims qualifies as a ...

Argued Mar 25, 2024

Decided Jun 6, 2024

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

22-1079

Truck Insurance Exchange, Petitioner v. Kaiser Gypsum Company, Inc., et al.

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court held that life insurance proceeds used by a closely held corporatio...

Argued Mar 19, 2024

Decided Jun 6, 2024

23-146

Connelly v. United States

This case addressed whether the National Bank Act preempts a New York state law requiring banks to pay interes...

Argued Mar 27, 2024

Decided Jun 6, 2024

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

22-529

Cantero v. Bank of America, N. A.

The Supreme Court reversed a lower court's decision to grant habeas relief to a death row inmate, ruling that ...

Argued Feb 27, 2024

Decided May 30, 2024

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

22-982

Thornell v. Jones

Argued Apr 17, 2024

Decided May 30, 2024

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

The Court unanimously held that the NRA plausibly alleged a First Amendment violation by claiming New York's f...

22-842

NRA v. Vullo

Argued Mar 18, 2024

Decided May 30, 2024

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

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

23-5171

Cunningham v. Florida

Decided May 28, 2024

Originating court

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

The Supreme Court ruled that South Carolina's congressional redistricting plan was not an unconstitutional rac...

22-807

Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that when parties execute two conflicting contracts—one mandating arbitrat...

Argued Oct 11, 2023

Decided May 23, 2024

Originating court

23-3

Coinbase v. Suski

Argued Feb 28, 2024

Decided May 23, 2024

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

The Supreme Court ruled that a state drug conviction qualifies as a "serious drug offense" under the Armed Car...

22-6389

Justin Rashaad Brown, Petitioner v. United States

The Supreme Court considered whether the funding structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB),...

Argued Nov 27, 2023

Decided May 23, 2024

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

22-448

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Assn. of America, Ltd.