U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Announcements

U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Announcements episodes:

• 06.30.2023

  21-476 - 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis - Dissenting Opinion - Sotomayor - June 30, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that applying a public-accommodation law to compel an artist to speak or stay silent violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment. ​​

  
• 06.30.2023

  22-535 - Department of Education v. Brown - Opinion Announcement - June 30, 2023

  A case in which the Court was asked to consider a challenge to the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan.

  
• 06.30.2023

  22-506 - Biden v. Nebraska - Dissenting Opinion - Kagan - June 30, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that the Secretary of Education does not have the authority under the HEROES Act to cancel roughly $430 billion in student debt.

  
• 06.30.2023

  22-506 - Biden v. Nebraska - Opinion Announcement - June 30, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that the Secretary of Education does not have the authority under the HEROES Act to cancel roughly $430 billion in student debt.

  
• 06.30.2023

  21-476 - 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis - Opinion Announcement - June 30, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that applying a public-accommodation law to compel an artist to speak or stay silent violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment. ​​

  
• 06.29.2023

  20-1199 - Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College - Dissenting Opinion - Sotomayor - June 29, 2023

  A case in which the Court overruled its decision in Grutter v. Bollinger to hold that institutions of higher education cannot use race as a factor in admissions.

  
• 06.29.2023

  20-1199 - Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College - Opinion Announcement - June 29, 2023

  A case in which the Court overruled its decision in Grutter v. Bollinger to hold that institutions of higher education cannot use race as a factor in admissions.

  
• 06.29.2023

  20-1199 - Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College - Concurring Opinion - Thomas - June 29, 2023

  A case in which the Court overruled its decision in Grutter v. Bollinger to hold that institutions of higher education cannot use race as a factor in admissions.

  
• 06.29.2023

  21-1043 - Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc. - Opinion Announcement - June 29, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that the Lanham Act does not permit the owner of a U.S.-registered trademark to recover damages for the use of that trademark when the infringement occurred outside the United States and is not...

  
• 06.29.2023

  21-1043 - Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc. - Opinion Announcement - June 29, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that the Lanham Act does not permit the owner of a U.S.-registered trademark to recover damages for the use of that trademark when the infringement occurred outside the United States and is not...

  
• 06.29.2023

  22-174 - Groff v. DeJoy - Opinion Announcement - June 29, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that Title VII requires an employer that denies a religious accommodation to show that the burden of granting an accommodation would result in substantial increased costs in relation to the conduct of its...

  
• 06.27.2023

  22-138 - Counterman v. Colorado - Opinion Announcement - June 27, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that, to establish that a statement is a "true threat" unprotected by the First Amendment, the government must show that the speaker subjectively knew or intended the threatening nature of the statement.

  
• 06.27.2023

  21-1271 - Moore v. Harper - Opinion Announcement - June 27, 2023

  A case in which the Court rejected the “Independent State Legislature” (ISL) theory—that only a state legislature has the power to regulate federal elections, notwithstanding state courts or constitutional constraints.

  
• 06.27.2023

  21-1168 - Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. - Opinion Announcement - June 27, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that a state registration statute for out-of-state corporations confers general personal jurisdiction over the registrant.

  
• 06.23.2023

  22-58 - United States v. Texas - Opinion Announcement - June 23, 2023

  A case in which the Court was asked to decide whether the Biden administration’s revised immigration policy violates the Administrative Procedure Act.

  
• 06.23.2023

  22-196 - Samia v. United States - Opinion Announcement - June 23, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that admitting a codefendant’s redacted out-of-court confession that immediately inculpates a defendant based on context does not violate the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment.

  
• 06.23.2023

  22-179 - United States v. Hansen - Opinion Announcement - June 23, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv) and (B)(i)’s prohibition against encouraging or inducing unlawful immigration for commercial advantage or private financial gain forbids only the purposeful solicitation and facilitation of specific acts known to...

  
• 06.23.2023

  22-105 - Coinbase v. Bielski - Opinion Announcement - June 23, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that a non-frivolous appeal of the denial of a motion to compel arbitration requires the district court to stay its proceedings while the interlocutory appeal on the question of arbitrability is pending.

  
• 06.22.2023

  21-857 - Jones v. Hendrix - Opinion Announcement - June 22, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that the saving clause in 28 U. S. C. §2255(e) does not allow a prisoner asserting an intervening change in the interpretation of a criminal statute to circumvent the Antiterrorism and Effective Death...

  
• 06.22.2023

  22-381 - Yegiazaryan v. Smagin - Opinion Announcement - June 22, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that a foreign plaintiff with no alleged connection to the United States can state a cognizable claim under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act if the circumstances surrounding the injury indicate...

  
• 06.16.2023

  22-49 - Lora v. United States - Opinion Announcement - June 16, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that a federal criminal sentencing law gives the court flexibility to decide between consecutive and concurrent sentences for a man who was convicted and sentenced for his role in a drug-trafficking-related murder.

  
• 06.16.2023

  21-1052 - U.S., ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources - Opinion Announcement - June 16, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that when an individual brings a lawsuit on behalf of the government alleging fraud on the United States, the government has the power to dismiss the lawsuit whenever it intervenes in the case,...

  
• 06.15.2023

  21-376 - Haaland v. Brackeen - Opinion Announcement - June 15, 2023

  A case in which the Court upheld the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act.

  
• 06.15.2023

  22-227 - Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin - Opinion Announcement - June 15, 2023

  A case in which the Court held the Bankruptcy Code unequivocally expresses Congress’s intent to abrogate the sovereign immunity of Native American tribes.

  
• 06.15.2023

  21-1576 - Smith v. United States - Opinion Announcement - June 15, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that the Constitution permits the retrial of a defendant following a trial in an improper venue conducted before a jury drawn from the wrong district.

  
• 06.08.2023

  21-806 - Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski - Opinion Announcement - June 08, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that a plaintiff may sue under Section 1983 for violation of rights secured by legislation enacted under Congress's Spending Clause power, in this case, the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act.

  
• 06.08.2023

  22-148 - Jack Daniel's Properties v. VIP Products LLC - Opinion Announcement - June 08, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that humorous use of another’s trademark as one’s own on a commercial product is subject to the Lanham Act’s likelihood-of-confusion analysis.

  
• 06.08.2023

  22-10 - Dubin v. United States - Opinion Announcement - June 08, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that a person commits “aggravated identity theft,” if he “uses” another person’s means of identification “in relation to” a predicate offense when the use is at the crux of—rather than merely peripheral to—what...

  
• 06.08.2023

  21-1086 - Allen v. Milligan - Opinion Announcement - June 08, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that Alabama’s 2021 redistricting plan for its seven seats in the U.S. House of Representatives likely violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.

  
• 06.01.2023

  21-1326 - U.S. ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc. - Opinion Announcement - June 01, 2023

  A case in which the Court held the scienter element of a claim under the False Claims Act pertains to the defendant’s contemporaneous subjective understanding or beliefs about the lawfulness of its conduct, not the objective reasonableness of such belief.

  
• 06.01.2023

  22-200 - Slack Technologies v. Pirani - Opinion Announcement - June 01, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 require plaintiffs to plead and prove that they bought shares registered under the registration statement they claim is misleading.

  
• 06.01.2023

  21-1449 - Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters - Opinion Announcement - June 01, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that the National Labor Relations Act does not preempt a state-court lawsuit against a union for intentionally destroying an employer’s property during a labor dispute.

  
• 05.25.2023

  21-454 - Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency - Opinion Announcement - May 25, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that wetlands are “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act only if they have a continuous surface connection with traditional navigable waters.

  
• 05.25.2023

  22-210 - Dupree v. Younger - Opinion Announcement - May 25, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that a party need not reassert in a post-trial motion a purely legal issue rejected at summary judgment in order to preserve it for appeal.

  
• 05.25.2023

  22-166 - Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota - Opinion Announcement - May 25, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that taking and selling a home to satisfy a debt to the government, and keeping the surplus value as a windfall, violates the Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause.

  
• 05.18.2023

  21-757 - Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi - Opinion Announcement - May 18, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that two of Amgen’s patents do not satisfy the Patent Act’s enablement clause because they do not describe the invention with sufficient particularity that would enable a “skilled artisan” to “make and use”...

  
• 05.18.2023

  21-1599 - Polselli v. Internal Revenue Service - Opinion Announcement - May 18, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that the exception in I.R.C. § 7609(c)(2)(D)(i) to the notice requirements for an Internal Revenue Service summons on third-party recordkeepers applies to a summons for anyone’s records whenever the IRS thinks that person’s...

  
• 05.18.2023

  21-1496 - Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh - Opinion Announcement - May 18, 2023

  A case in which the Court held an internet platform does not “knowingly” provide substantial assistance under 18 U.S.C. § 2333 merely because it allegedly could have taken more “meaningful” or “aggressive” action to prevent such use, and that an...

  
• 05.18.2023

  21-1454 - The Ohio Adjutant General’s Department v. Federal Labor Relations Authority - Opinion Announcement - May 18, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, which empowers the Federal Labor Relations Authority to regulate the labor practices of federal agencies, also empowers it to regulate the labor practices of state...

  
• 05.18.2023

  21-1333 - Gonzalez v. Google LLC - Opinion Announcement - May 18, 2023

  A case in which the Court was asked to decide whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields internet platforms from liability when their algorithms target users and recommend a third party’s content.

  
• 05.18.2023

  21-869 - Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith - Opinion Announcement - May 18, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that Andy Warhol Foundation's commercial use of artwork derived from Lynn Goldsmith's copyrighted photograph of the musician Prince lacked transformative value and thus weighed against fair use.

  
• 05.15.2023

  21-869 - Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith - Opinion Announcement - May 15, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that Andy Warhol Foundation's commercial use of artwork derived from Lynn Goldsmith's copyrighted photograph of the musician Prince lacked transformative value and thus weighed against fair use.

  
• 05.11.2023

  21-468 - National Pork Producers Council v. Ross - Opinion Announcement - May 11, 2023

  A case in which the Court affirmed the lower court's dismissal of a challenge to a California law restricting the sale of pork within the state in a way that affects most or all commercial out-of-state farms.

  
• 05.11.2023

  22-96 - Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, Inc. - Opinion Announcement - May 11, 2023

  A case in which the Court held the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA)’s general grant of jurisdiction to the federal courts over claims against the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico and claims otherwise...

  
• 05.11.2023

  21-1436 - Santos-Zacaria v. Garland - Opinion Announcement - May 11, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that a federal immigration law does not bar a federal court of appeals from reviewing an immigrant’s claim that the Board of Immigration Appeals had engaged in impermissible factfinding simply because the immigrant...

  
• 05.11.2023

  21-1170 - Ciminelli v. United States - Opinion Announcement - May 11, 2023

  A case in which the Court held the Second Circuit’s “right to control” theory of fraud, which treats the deprivation of complete and accurate information bearing on a person’s economic decision as a species of property fraud, cannot state a...

  
• 05.11.2023

  21-1158 - Percoco v. United States - Opinion Announcement - May 11, 2023

  A case in which the Court reversed the conviction of a private citizen who was convicted of honest-services fraud on the theory that, although he held no elected office or government employment, he had informal political or other influence over...

  
• 04.19.2023

  21-1450 - Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. v. United States - Opinion Announcement - April 19, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that U.S. district courts may exercise subject-matter jurisdiction over criminal prosecutions against foreign sovereigns and their instrumentalities under 18 U.S.C. § 3231, and that such entities are not immune from criminal prosecution under...

  
• 04.19.2023

  21-1270 - MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v. Transform Holdco LLC - Opinion Announcement - April 19, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that Bankruptcy Code Section 363(m) does not limit the jurisdiction of appellate courts over an order approving the sale of a debtor’s assets but instead simply limits the remedies available on appeal from...

  
• 04.18.2023

  21-442 - Reed v. Goertz - Opinion Announcement - April 18, 2023

  A case in which the Court held that the statute of limitations for a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim seeking DNA testing of crime-scene evidence begins to run at the end of state-court litigation denying DNA testing, including any appeals,...