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National Small Business United, dba National Small Business Association v. Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury vs. Kevin Isaac Montoya Palacios v. Vernon Liggins, Acting Field Office Director, Baltimore, Maryland, Immigration and Customs Enforcement vs. Texas Top Cop Shop, Incorporated v. Todd Blanche, Attorney General

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No. 25-1201No. 25-1223No. 25-1290

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National Small Business United, dba National Small Business Association v. Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury vs. Kevin Isaac Montoya Palacios v. Vernon Liggins, Acting Field Office Director, Baltimore, Maryland, Immigration and Customs Enforcement vs. Texas Top Cop Shop, Incorporated v. Todd Blanche, Attorney General, compared fact by fact
FactNational Small Business United, dba National Small Business Association v. Scott Bessent, Secretary of the TreasuryKevin Isaac Montoya Palacios v. Vernon Liggins, Acting Field Office Director, Baltimore, Maryland, Immigration and Customs EnforcementTexas Top Cop Shop, Incorporated v. Todd Blanche, Attorney General
DocketNational Small Business United, dba National Small Business Association v. Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury25-1201Kevin Isaac Montoya Palacios v. Vernon Liggins, Acting Field Office Director, Baltimore, Maryland, Immigration and Customs Enforcement25-1223Texas Top Cop Shop, Incorporated v. Todd Blanche, Attorney General25-1290
StatusNational Small Business United, dba National Small Business Association v. Scott Bessent, Secretary of the TreasuryBefore ArgumentsKevin Isaac Montoya Palacios v. Vernon Liggins, Acting Field Office Director, Baltimore, Maryland, Immigration and Customs EnforcementBefore ArgumentsTexas Top Cop Shop, Incorporated v. Todd Blanche, Attorney GeneralBefore Arguments
DateNational Small Business United, dba National Small Business Association v. Scott Bessent, Secretary of the TreasuryOctober Term 2025 (2025–2026)Kevin Isaac Montoya Palacios v. Vernon Liggins, Acting Field Office Director, Baltimore, Maryland, Immigration and Customs EnforcementOctober Term 2025 (2025–2026)Texas Top Cop Shop, Incorporated v. Todd Blanche, Attorney GeneralOctober Term 2025 (2025–2026)
Question presentedNational Small Business United, dba National Small Business Association v. Scott Bessent, Secretary of the Treasury1. Whether the reporting requirements exceed Congress’s enumerated powers on their face. 2. Whether the reporting requirements violate the Fourth Amendment on their face.Kevin Isaac Montoya Palacios v. Vernon Liggins, Acting Field Office Director, Baltimore, Maryland, Immigration and Customs EnforcementWhether, under EAJA, "any civil action" encompasses an action seeking a writ of habeas corpus to challenge civil immigration detention?Texas Top Cop Shop, Incorporated v. Todd Blanche, Attorney General1. Whether the Act’s regulation of corporations merely because they exist under state law exceeds Congress’s Commerce Clause authority. 2. Whether the Act’s suspicionless and warrantless searches to further a generalized interest in expedient law enforcement violate the Fourth Amendment.
SummaryNational Small Business United, dba National Small Business Association v. Scott Bessent, Secretary of the TreasuryThis case challenges the Corporate Transparency Act, which requires many state-created companies to report information about their beneficial owners to the federal government. The petitioners argue that Congress exceeded its Commerce Clause power by imposing the reporting requirement on companies based solely on their existence under state law; the Eleventh Circuit upheld the law.Kevin Isaac Montoya Palacios v. Vernon Liggins, Acting Field Office Director, Baltimore, Maryland, Immigration and Customs EnforcementThis case asks whether a person who wins a habeas corpus challenge to civil immigration detention may recover attorney’s fees and costs from the federal government under the Equal Access to Justice Act. The Court will decide whether such a habeas case counts as a “civil action” under that law.Texas Top Cop Shop, Incorporated v. Todd Blanche, Attorney GeneralThis case challenges the Corporate Transparency Act, which requires many corporations to report identifying information about their beneficial owners to the federal government. The petitioners argue that Congress lacked constitutional authority to impose the reporting requirement and that the required disclosure is an unreasonable search under the Fourth Amendment.

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