Decided Cases

Decided Jul 2, 2024

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

This case involves whether civil penalties imposed by the IRS are subject to the Constitution's protection aga...

22-177

Toth v. United States

Decided Jan 23, 2023

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

This case involves an emergency application by the State of Alabama to vacate a stay of execution granted to a...

22-580

Hamm v. Smith

Decided May 15, 2023

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

The Supreme Court considered whether a pharmacy chain knowingly violated the False Claims Act by overbilling t...

21-1326

United States ex rel. Schutte v. Supervalu Inc.

Argued Apr 18, 2023

Decided Jun 1, 2023

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh 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

This capital case involved a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel during the sentencing phase, specifica...

22-5891

Burns v. Mays

Decided Apr 24, 2023

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

This case involves a challenge to subject-matter restrictions on ballot initiatives, specifically asking wheth...

19-974

Schmitt v. Larose

Decided May 26, 2020

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled that social media platforms cannot be held liable for aiding ...

21-1496

Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh

Argued Feb 22, 2023

Decided May 18, 2023

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

This case considers whether New York laws that prevent landlords from terminating leases at the end of a fixed...

22-1130

74 Pinehurst LLC v. New York

Decided Feb 20, 2024

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

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

23-7517

Wilson v. Hawaii

Decided Dec 9, 2024

Originating court

Supreme Court of Hawaii

This case considers whether a court clerk is entitled to quasi-judicial immunity after notifying a minor's par...

22-312

Chapman v. Doe

Decided Mar 20, 2023

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

This case asks whether a federal court can assume it has jurisdiction to decide state law issues against a par...

22-914

Waleski v. Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, LLP

Decided Jun 26, 2023

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

This case asks whether a state law banning certain counseling conversations as unprofessional conduct violates...

22-942

Tingley v. Ferguson

Decided Dec 11, 2023

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

This case involves a challenge to university bias-response teams, which investigate reports of bias and potent...

23-156

Speech First, Inc. v. Sands

Decided Mar 4, 2024

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

This case involves a legal dispute between the Wisconsin Department of Revenue and the Union Pacific Railroad ...

19-949

Wis. Dep't of Revenue v. Union Pac. R.R. Co.

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

This case involves a dispute over whether individuals have standing to bring an Establishment Clause claim aga...

22-278

City of Ocala v. Rojas

Decided Mar 6, 2023

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

This case considers whether a federal immigration law prevents a court of appeals from reviewing an immigrant'...

21-1436

Santos-Zacaria v. Garland

Argued Jan 17, 2023

Decided May 11, 2023

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

This case involves a dispute over whether a U.S. company can sue a foreign distributor for trademark infringem...

21-1043

Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic Int'l, Inc.

Argued Mar 21, 2023

Decided Jun 29, 2023

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

In a case involving Slack's direct public listing, the Supreme Court ruled that individuals suing under Sectio...

22-200

Slack Technologies, LLC v. Pirani

Argued Apr 17, 2023

Decided Jun 1, 2023

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

The petitioner sought review of a California court decision regarding whether a trial court dismissal under st...

24-227

John Kevin Woodward, Petitioner v. California, et al.

Decided Feb 24, 2025

Originating court

Court of Appeal of California, Sixth Appellate District

Tony Terrell Clark filed a petition against the State of Mississippi. The case involves an assessment of wheth...

22-6057

Clark v. Mississippi

Decided Jun 30, 2023

Originating court

Supreme Court of Mississippi

This case involves a determination of whether police officers used excessive force when they held a handcuffed...

22-510

Lombardo v. St. Louis

Decided Jun 30, 2023

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

This case involves a challenge to the Major Crimes Act and the federal government's plenary power over Native ...

24-5191

Quentin Veneno, Jr., Petitioner v. United States

Decided Nov 10, 2025

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

This case asks whether a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel applies...

19-992

Skipper v. Byrd

Decided May 26, 2020

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

This case considers whether gender dysphoria is excluded from the definition of a disability under the America...

22-633

Kincaid v. Williams

Decided Jun 30, 2023

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

This case asks whether a specific Sentencing Guidelines policy statement restricts a judge's ability to grant ...

19-982

Bryant v. United States

Decided Jun 1, 2020

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

This case determines whether the Supreme Court's ruling in Ramos v. Louisiana, which requires unanimous jury v...

19-5807

Edwards v. Vannoy

Argued Dec 2, 2020

Decided May 17, 2021

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

The Supreme Court considered whether New York's law requiring individuals to show a special need for self-defe...

20-843

New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen

Argued Nov 3, 2021

Decided Jun 23, 2022

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Drevaleva against Alameda Health System follow...

19-8012

Drevaleva v. Alameda Health Sys.

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Male v. United States is a case appealed from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The s...

19-8231

Male v. United States

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Humbert against the United States, originating...

19-7553

Humbert v. United States

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Brack against the state of New Jersey, origina...

19-8058

Brack v. New Jersey

Decided May 26, 2020

Originating court

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Hoff against the United States following a dec...

19-7977

Hoff v. United States

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Hessiani against the United States, appealing ...

19-8051

Hessiani v. United States

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Smith v. Underwood is a case appealed from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit where the...

19-6839

Smith v. Underwood

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Abraham Bielski sued Coinbase after a scammer stole money from his account, and Coinbase attempted to move the...

22-105

Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski

Argued Mar 21, 2023

Decided Jun 23, 2023

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Fox against the United States, originating fro...

19-8204

Fox v. United States

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Phillips against South Coast Plaza, originatin...

19-7829

Phillips v. S. Coast Plaza

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

The Supreme Court held that a party does not need to file a post-trial motion to preserve a purely legal issue...

22-210

Dupree v. Younger

Argued Apr 24, 2023

Decided May 25, 2023

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Furlow v. United States is a case reviewed by the Supreme Court following a petition for a writ of certiorari ...

19-7007

Furlow v. United States

Decided Jun 1, 2020

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Hussein v. United States is a case appealed from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in...

19-8325

Hussein v. United States

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

This case involves a petition for review of a decision by the Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma. The speci...

19-7961

Throneberry v. Oklahoma

Originating court

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Florida. The specific legal iss...

19-7606

McKinnon v. Florida

Originating court

Supreme Court of Florida

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Cir...

19-8250

Gaussiran v. United States

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth 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

The Supreme Court held that a state conviction for accessory after the fact to a felony qualifies as an offens...

Argued Feb 20, 2024

Decided Jul 1, 2024

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

22-23

Pugin v. Garland

Argued Apr 17, 2023

Decided Jun 22, 2023

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari to the Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District, fi...

19-8391

Coffman v. Illinois

Decided Jun 1, 2020

Originating court

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District

This case involves a prisoner who was held in solitary confinement for three years in a windowless cell the si...

22-693

Johnson v. Prentice

Decided Nov 13, 2023

Originating court

United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit