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25-1070

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, et al., Petitioners v. Mosaic Health, Inc., et al.

1. Whether Illinois Brick Co. v. Illinois, 431 U.S. 720 (1977), which bars antitrust claims by indirect purchasers and sellers, applies to a claim of ...

TrackingOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitOpen

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25-1311

Apple Inc., Petitioner v. Epic Games, Inc.

1. Whether a court may hold a party in civil contempt based on a violation of an injunction's "spirit" where the injunction is silent as to the conduc...

TrackingOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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25-7657

Sheila Hallman-Warner, Petitioner v. Bluefield State College Board of Governors

1. Whether the Fourteenth Amendment permits a state supreme court to affirm enforcement of a settlement agreement while declining to address properly ...

TrackingOT 2025
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Supreme Court of Appeals of West VirginiaOpen

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25-7506

Sheila Foster, Petitioner v. Robert Jesel, et al.

1. Whether the six-month statute of limitations for a duty-of-fair-representation claim under the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. § 151 et seq., is subje...

TrackingOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitOpen

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25-1231

Hastings College Conservation Committee, et al., Petitioners v. California, et al.

1. Whether a state law that requires a specified name and governance structure for a public college and is enacted in exchange for payment of a specif...

TrackingOT 2025
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Court of Appeal of California, First Appellate DistrictOpen

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25-7700

Anastasios M. Smalis, Petitioner v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

1. Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment permits the Internal Revenue Service to assess and collect a tax deficiency when the governme...

TrackingOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitOpen

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25-1412

James Tindall, Petitioner v. United States

1. Whether Respondent’s multi-year possession, control and use of Petitioner’s property is a taking sufficient to trigger the payment of “just compens...

TrackingOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Federal CircuitOpen

Recent decisions

52 cases

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24-808

Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited, Inc., Petitioner v. Jeanne Ann Burton, Chapter 7 Trustee for Vista-Pro Automotive, LLC

The Court unanimously affirmed a Sixth Circuit decision in a 9-0 ruling authored by Justice Alito. The case addressed business law and contractual obl...

DetailedBusiness LawOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitOpen

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24-724

The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Sarah Palmquist, Individually and as Next Friend of E.P., a Minor, et al.

The Supreme Court unanimously held that a district court's erroneous dismissal of a non-diverse party before final judgment cannot cure a jurisdiction...

DetailedSecurities LawOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitOpen

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24-813

Chevron USA Incorporated, et al., Petitioners v. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, et al.

Oil companies challenge Louisiana parishes' lawsuits seeking damages for environmental harm caused by oil and gas operations. The case addresses wheth...

DetailedEnvironmental LawOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitOpen

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24-924

Winston Tyler Hencely, Petitioner v. Fluor Corporation, et al.

The Court is considering a dispute over employee benefits and ERISA requirements. The case examines whether a corporation properly administered its em...

DetailedEmployment LawOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitOpen

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25-466

Ongkaruck Sripetch, Petitioner v. Securities and Exchange Commission

May the SEC seek equitable disgorgement under 15 U.S.C. §§ 78u(d)(5) and (d)(7) without showing investors suffered pecuniary harm?

TrackingAdministrative LawOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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24-345

FS Credit Opportunities Corp., et al., Petitioners v. Saba Capital Master Fund, Ltd., et al.

Does Section 47(b) of the ICA, 15 U.S.C. § 80a-46 (b), create an implied private right of action?

TrackingSecurities LawOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitOpen

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25-95

Michael Pung, Personal Representative of the Estate of Timothy Scott Pung, Petitioner v. Isabella County, Michigan

This case asks whether the government violates the Constitution when it forecloses on a home for a small tax debt and keeps the surplus value from the...

DetailedFourth AmendmentOT 2025
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United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitOpen

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95-1918

Arkansas v. Farm Credit Services of Central Arkansas

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled that Production Credit Associations cannot sue in federal court to block state taxes without the Unit...

DetailedOT 1996
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Court pendingOpen

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21-401

ZF Automotive U. S., Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd.

This case asked whether parties in private arbitration proceedings overseas can use a federal statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a), to get discovery in U.S. c...

DetailedOT 2021
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United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitOpen

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21-404

United States v. Washington

The case concerned a Washington workers’ compensation law that gave special benefits only to certain workers at the federally owned Hanford nuclear cl...

DetailedOT 2021
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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21-164

Trustees of New Life in Christ Church v. Fredericksburg

This case is about whether a Virginia city could deny a church a property-tax exemption for a residence occupied by two people the church says are its...

DetailedOT 2021
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Supreme Court of VirginiaOpen

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20-97

Massachusetts Lobstermen's Assn. v. Raimondo

Commercial fishing groups challenged President Obama’s creation of the 3.2 million-acre Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument in th...

DetailedOT 2020
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United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitOpen

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20-512

National Collegiate Athletic Assn. v. Alston

This case asked whether the NCAA can limit the education-related benefits that colleges give student-athletes without violating federal antitrust law....

DetailedOT 2020
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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20-222

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. v. Arkansas Teacher Retirement System

Investors claimed Goldman Sachs kept its stock price artificially high by making broad, misleading statements about how well it managed conflicts of i...

DetailedOT 2020
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United States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitOpen

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19-930

CIC Servs., LLC v. IRS

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court ruled that the Anti-Injunction Act does not prevent lawsuits challenging IRS regulatory mandates, such as r...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitOpen

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19-929

Shuman v. Comm'r of Internal Revenue

This case involves a tax dispute between an individual, Shuman, and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. The Supreme Court is being asked to review a...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitOpen

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09-1298

General Dynamics Corp. v. United States

The U.S. government sued defense contractors for breach of contract, but the contractors could not defend themselves without revealing classified info...

DetailedOT 2009
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Court pendingOpen

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19-7801

Barstad v. Wash. Dep't of Corr.

A petitioner is asking the Supreme Court to review a case involving the Washington Department of Corrections while also requesting permission to proce...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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19-1298

Rogers County Board of Tax Roll Corrections v. Video Gaming Technologies, Inc.

This case concerns whether Oklahoma and local tax officials can impose a general property tax on personal property owned by a non-Indian company and l...

DetailedOT 2019
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Supreme Court of OklahomaOpen

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19-1098

National Football League v. Ninth Inning, Inc.

This case involves an antitrust challenge to how the NFL and its member teams jointly control and distribute live game telecasts. The petition asks wh...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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17-515

CNH Industrial N.V., et al., Petitioners v. Jack Reese, et al.

Whether the Sixth Circuit’s decision is consistent with M & G Polymers USA, LLC v. Tackett, 135 S. Ct. 926 (2015) when it held, for the third time, th...

TrackingOT 2017
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United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitOpen

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18-1269

Rodriguez v. FDIC

This case is about who owns a federal tax refund paid to a corporate group when the refund is sent to the parent company but was generated by a subsid...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth CircuitOpen

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17-494

South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc.

This case asked whether South Dakota could require large online and other out-of-state sellers with no physical presence in the state to collect and r...

DetailedOT 2017
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Supreme Court of South DakotaOpen

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17-834

Kansas v. Garcia

Kansas prosecuted several unauthorized workers for identity theft and related state crimes after they used other people’s Social Security numbers on j...

DetailedOT 2019
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Supreme Court of KansasOpen

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17-130

Raymond J. Lucia, et al., Petitioners v. Securities and Exchange Commission

Whether administrative law judges of the Securities and Exchange Commission are Officers of the United States within the meaning of the Appointments C...

TrackingOT 2017
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United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitOpen

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17-419

Dawson v. Steager

This case is about a West Virginia tax law that taxed the pension of a retired U.S. Marshal while exempting the pensions of certain retired state and ...

DetailedOT 2018
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Supreme Court of Appeals of West VirginiaOpen

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18-565

CITGO Asphalt Refining Co. v. Frescati Shipping Co.

After an oil tanker struck a submerged anchor near its New Jersey destination and spilled crude oil into the Delaware River, the ship’s owner and the ...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitOpen

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17-204

Apple, Inc. v. Pepper

This case asked whether iPhone owners who bought apps through Apple’s App Store could sue Apple for allegedly monopolizing the market for iPhone apps ...

DetailedOT 2018
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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17-1657

Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC

After Tempnology filed for bankruptcy, it rejected a licensing agreement that let Mission distribute certain products and use Tempnology’s trademarks....

DetailedOT 2018
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United States Court of Appeals for the First CircuitOpen

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18-1501

Liu v. SEC

This case asked whether the SEC can make people who violated securities laws give up their ill-gotten gains through disgorgement in a civil enforcemen...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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17-530

Wisconsin Central Ltd. v. United States

The case asked whether a railroad must pay Railroad Retirement Tax Act taxes on stock transferred to employees when they exercise stock options. The S...

DetailedOT 2017
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United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitOpen

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22-277

Moody v. NetChoice

Florida defended a law restricting large social-media platforms' moderation practices and requiring explanations for moderation decisions. The Court v...

DetailedTax LawOT 2023
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United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitOpen

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22-451

Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo

Commercial fishing companies challenged a federal rule requiring them to help fund onboard monitoring, using the case to attack Chevron deference. The...

DetailedAdministrative LawOT 2023
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United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitOpen

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22-859

SEC v. Jarkesy

The Court held that when the SEC seeks civil penalties against a defendant for securities fraud, the Seventh Amendment entitles the defendant to a jur...

DetailedSecurities LawOT 2023
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitOpen

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19-943

Vazirabadi v. Denver Health & Hosp. Auth.

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari to review a decision by the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals regarding a dispute between Vaziraba...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth CircuitOpen

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01-147

SEC v. Zandford

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

DetailedOT 2001
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United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth CircuitOpen

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19-392

Armstrong v. Sec. & Exch. Comm'n

This case involves a legal dispute between an individual, Armstrong, and the Securities and Exchange Commission following a decision by the Second Cir...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitOpen

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19-5921

Montgomery v. United States

This case involves a criminal prosecution for tax crimes where the defendant argues that excluding evidence related to her intent violated her Sixth A...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitOpen

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19-949

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

This case involves a legal dispute between the Wisconsin Department of Revenue and the Union Pacific Railroad Company following a decision by the Seve...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh CircuitOpen

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22-200

Slack Technologies, LLC v. Pirani

In a case involving Slack's direct public listing, the Supreme Court ruled that individuals suing under Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 must ...

DetailedOT 2022
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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22-148

Jack Daniel's Properties, Inc. v. VIP Products LLC

VIP Products created a dog toy parodying the iconic Jack Daniel's whiskey bottle. The Supreme Court ruled that using another's trademark humorously on...

DetailedOT 2022
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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23-146

Connelly v. United States

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court held that life insurance proceeds used by a closely held corporation to redeem a deceased shareholder's sto...

DetailedOT 2023
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United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitOpen

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22-500

Great Lakes Ins. SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co.

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that choice-of-law provisions in maritime contracts are presumptively enforceable under federal maritime law, over...

DetailedOT 2023
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United States Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitOpen

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19-7829

Phillips v. S. Coast Plaza

This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by Phillips against South Coast Plaza, originating from the Ninth Circuit. The specific l...

DetailedOT 2019
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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23-250

Becerra v. San Carlos Apache Tribe

The Supreme Court ruled that the Indian Health Service must reimburse tribes for overhead costs associated with spending healthcare revenue collected ...

DetailedOT 2023
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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23-3

Coinbase v. Suski

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that when parties execute two conflicting contracts—one mandating arbitration and a later one sending disputes to ...

DetailedOT 2023
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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23-867

Republic of Hungary, et al., Petitioners v. Rosalie Simon, et al.

This case involves Holocaust survivors suing the Hungarian government for property confiscated during World War II, relying on the expropriation excep...

DetailedOT 2024
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United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitOpen

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24-394

Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board, et al., Petitioners v. Gentner Drummond, Attorney General of Oklahoma, ex rel. Oklahoma

This case involves a dispute over whether a state can authorize a religious charter school, specifically focusing on whether the school's actions coun...

DetailedOT 2024
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Supreme Court of OklahomaOpen

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24-154

Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc., et al., Petitioners v. Wisconsin Labor & Industry Review Commission, et al.

The Supreme Court ruled that Wisconsin violated the First Amendment by denying a tax exemption to Catholic Charities Bureau because the organization's...

DetailedOT 2024
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Supreme Court of WisconsinOpen

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23-824

United States, Petitioner v. David L. Miller

The Supreme Court held that while the Bankruptcy Code waives the federal government's sovereign immunity for certain claims, this waiver does not exte...

DetailedOT 2024
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United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth CircuitOpen

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22-800

Moore v. United States

This case challenged the constitutionality of the Mandatory Repatriation Tax, a one-time tax on the accumulated, undistributed earnings of foreign cor...

DetailedOT 2023
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United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitOpen

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22-1165

Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners, L. P.

The Supreme Court ruled that a company's failure to disclose information required by SEC regulations does not automatically create liability for secur...

DetailedOT 2023
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United States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitOpen

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