DIG

DIG means dismissed as improvidently granted: the Court drops a case after deciding it should not have granted review.

A DIG can leave the lower-court judgment in place without producing a Supreme Court merits ruling.

A DIG is not the same as affirming the lower court's reasoning. It usually says less about the merits.

• Moyle v. United StatesDocket 23-726Dismissed as improvidently granted

  After briefing and argument, the Court dismissed the writs as improvidently granted and vacated its earlier stay. The Court therefore did not finally resolve the EMTALA-preemption merits in this case.

• Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, dba Labcorp, Petitioner v. Luke Davis, et al.Docket 24-304Dismissed as improvidently granted

  This case involved a dispute over whether a class action lawsuit could proceed against LabCorp regarding inaccessible check-in kiosks for visually impaired individuals, specifically addressing if a class can be certified when some members have not suffered a concrete injury. The Supreme Court ultimately dismissed the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted, leaving the lower court's decision in place without issuing a ruling on the merits.