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Haaland v. Brackeen

11.09.2022

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

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11.09.2022 Haaland v. Brackeen A case in which the Court will review the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act.
11.08.2022 Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski A case in which the Court will decide whether federal laws enacted under Congress’s Spending Clause power, such as the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act in this case, allow a plaintiff to file a federal civil rights claim for their ...
11.08.2022 Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. A case in which the Court will decide whether a state registration statute for out-of-state corporations confers general personal jurisdiction over the registrant.
11.07.2022 Securities and Exchange Commission v. Cochran A case in which the Court will decide whether a federal district court has jurisdiction to consider claims challenging the constitutionality of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s administrative proceedings.
11.07.2022 Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission A case in which the Court will decide whether federal district courts have jurisdiction to hear constitutional challenges to the Federal Trade Commission’s structure, procedure, and existence.
11.02.2022 Bittner v. United States A case in which the Court will decide whether a “violation” under the Bank Secrecy Act is the failure to file an annual Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (no matter the number of foreign accounts), or whether there ...
11.01.2022 Jones v. Hendrix A case in which the Court will decide whether federal inmates who did not challenge their convictions on the ground that the statute did not criminalize their activity may apply for habeas relief after the Supreme Court clarifies in a ...
11.01.2022 Cruz v. Arizona A case in which the Court will decide whether the Arizona Supreme Court’s ruling that a state rule of criminal procedure precluded post-conviction relief is an adequate and independent state-law ground for the judgment against him.
10.31.2022 Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College A case in which the Court will decide whether to overrule its decision in Grutter v. Bollinger and hold that institutions of higher education cannot use race as a factor in admissions.
10.31.2022 Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina A case in which the Court will decide whether to overrule its decision in Grutter v. Bollinger and hold that institutions of higher education cannot use race as a factor in admissions.
10.12.2022 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith A case in which the Court will decide what it means for a work of art to be “transformative” for purposes of the Copyright Act’s fair use doctrine.
10.12.2022 Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. v. Hewitt A case in which the Court will decide whether an oil rig supervisor who makes over $200,000 per year, paid on a daily basis, is entitled to retroactive overtime pay, despite a regulation that carves out an exemption for highly ...
10.11.2022 Reed v. Goertz A case in which the Court will decide whether 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 ...
10.11.2022 National Pork Producers Council v. Ross A case in which the Court will decide whether a California law restricting the sale of pork within the state in a way that affects most or all commercial out-of-state farms violates the “dormant” component of the Commerce Clause.
10.04.2022 Merrill v. Milligan A case in which the Court will decide whether Alabama’s 2021 redistricting plan for its seven seats in the U.S. House of Representatives violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
10.04.2022 Arellano v. McDonough A case in which the Court will decide whether the one-year filing deadline for veterans to submit disability claims after they are discharged can be extended under principles of equitable tolling, or whether missing the deadline means forfeiture of retroactive ...
10.03.2022 Delaware v. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin A case in which the Court will decide which state is entitled to unclaimed or uncashed checks issued by MoneyGram Payments Systems.
10.03.2022 Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency A case in which the Court will clarify the proper test for determining whether wetlands are “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act.
04.27.2022 Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta A case in which the Court held that a state has concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute non-Natives who commit crimes against Natives on Native American lands.
04.26.2022 Shoop v. Twyford A case in which the Court held a transportation order that allows a prisoner to search for new evidence is not “necessary or appropriate in aid of” a federal court’s adjudication of a habeas corpus action when the prisoner has ...
04.26.2022 Biden v. Texas A case in which the Court held that the Biden administration properly rescinded Trump’s “remain in Mexico” policy, which requires asylum seekers to stay in Mexico while they await hearing in U.S. immigration court.
04.25.2022 Kennedy v. Bremerton School District A case in which the Court held that a public school’s attempt to avoid an Establishment Clause claim by forbidding a coach from praying with students during and after a game violates the coach’s free speech and free exercise rights.
04.25.2022 Nance v. Ward A case in which the Court held that Title 42 U.S.C. § 1983 is the procedural vehicle appropriate for a prisoner’s method-of-execution claim even if an order granting the relief requested would necessitate a change in state law.
04.20.2022 Vega v. Tekoh A case in which the Court held that a plaintiff may not state a claim for relief against a law enforcement officer under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 based on the officer’s failure to provide Miranda warnings.
04.19.2022 George v. McDonough A case in which the Court held that “clear and unmistakable error,” in the context of a veteran’s challenge of a denial of benefits by the Department of Veterans Affairs, does not include the invalidation of a VA regulation.
04.19.2022 Kemp v. United States A case in which the Court held that Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(1) authorizes relief based on a district court’s error of law.
04.18.2022 Siegel v. Fitzgerald A case in which the Court held the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act violates the uniformity requirement of the Constitution's Bankruptcy Clause by increasing quarterly fees solely in districts under the U.S. Trustee program and not in those under the Bankruptcy Administrator ...
04.18.2022 United States v. Washington A case in which the Court held that a state worker’s compensation law that applies exclusively to certain federal workers violates the principle of intergovernmental immunity.
03.30.2022 Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana A case in which the Court held that the Federal Arbitration Act requires enforcement of a bilateral arbitration agreement providing that an employee cannot raise representative claims, including under the California Private Attorneys General Act.
03.29.2022 Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety A case in which the Court held that Congress has the power to abrogate a state’s sovereign immunity from lawsuit pursuant to its constitutional war powers.
03.28.2022 LeDure v. Union Pacific Railroad Company A case in which the Court affirmed, via an equally divided Court, that a train that makes a temporary stop in a railyard as part of its unitary journey in interstate commerce is not “in use” and therefore not subject ...
03.28.2022 Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon A case in which the Court held that an airline employee who works as a ramp agent supervisor is a “transportation worker” and therefore not required to arbitrate her wage dispute with the airline.
03.23.2022 ZF Automotive US, Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd. A case in which the Court held that a federal law that gives district courts the discretion to order someone in that district to give testimony or produce documents “for use in a foreign or international tribunal” does not apply ...
03.22.2022 Golan v. Saada A case in which the Court held that the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction does not categorically require courts to consider all measures that might mitigate the grave risk of harm if the child were ...
03.21.2022 Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP A case in which the Court held that North Carolina legislators have a right to intervene in a lawsuit to defend a state voter-ID law.
03.21.2022 Morgan v. Sundance, Inc. A case in which the Court held the arbitration-specific requirement that the proponent of a contractual waiver defense prove prejudice violates the Supreme Court’s instruction that lower courts must “place arbitration agreements on an equal footing with other contracts.”
03.02.2022 Egbert v. Boule A case in which the Court held an individual cannot sue federal officers for First Amendment retaliation claims or for allegedly violating the individual’s Fourth Amendment rights while engaging in immigration-related functions.
03.01.2022 Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan v. DaVita, Inc. A case in which the Court held that the Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan does not violate the Medicare Secondary Payer Act.
03.01.2022 Ruan v. United States A case in which the Court held that a physician may be convicted of unlawful distribution under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) only if he knowingly or intentionally acted without authorization.
02.28.2022 West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency A case in which the Court held that the Environmental Protection Agency lacks the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
02.23.2022 Arizona v. City and County of San Francisco A case in which the Court was asked to decide whether states with interests should be permitted to intervene to defend a rule when the United States ceases to defend it.
02.22.2022 Denezpi v. United States A case in which the Court held that an individual can be prosecuted in the Court of Indian Offenses and also in federal court for the same offense without violating the Constitution’s Double Jeopardy Clause.
02.22.2022 Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas A case in which the Court will decide held that the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act provides the Pueblo with sovereign authority to regulate non-prohibited gaming activities (including bingo) on its lands.
01.19.2022 Concepcion v. United States A case in which the Court held that a district court may consider intervening legal and factual developments when deciding whether to “impose a reduced sentence” on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018.
01.19.2022 Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate A case in which the Court held that the loan-repayment limit of 52 U.S.C. § 30116(j) violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment.
01.18.2022 Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation A case in which the Court held that a federal court hearing state-law claims under the FSIA should determine the substantive law by using the same choice-of-law rule applicable in a similar suit against a private party.
01.18.2022 Shurtleff v. Boston A case in which the Court held that a city’s refusal to fly a private religious organization’s flag, which depicts a cross, on a city flagpole violates the organization’s First Amendment rights.
01.12.2022 Boechler, P.C. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue A case in which the Court held that the 30-day time limit to file a petition for review in the Tax Court of a notice of determination from the commissioner of internal revenue in 26 U.S.C. § 6330(d)(1) is not ...
01.11.2022 Garland v. Gonzalez A case in which the Court held that district courts lack jurisdiction to grant class-wide injunctive relief for claims arising under certain provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).
01.11.2022 Johnson v. Arteaga-Martinez A case in which the Court held that the government is not required to hold a bond hearing for noncitizens who have spent more than six months in immigration detention awaiting resolution of their deportation withholding claim.

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U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments episodes:

Haaland v. Brackeen

Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski

Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Cochran

Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission

Bittner v. United States

Jones v. Hendrix

Cruz v. Arizona

Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College

Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina

Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. v. Hewitt

Reed v. Goertz

National Pork Producers Council v. Ross

Merrill v. Milligan

Arellano v. McDonough

Delaware v. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin

Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency

Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta

Shoop v. Twyford

Biden v. Texas

Kennedy v. Bremerton School District

Nance v. Ward

Vega v. Tekoh

George v. McDonough

Kemp v. United States

Siegel v. Fitzgerald

United States v. Washington

Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana

Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety

LeDure v. Union Pacific Railroad Company

Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon

ZF Automotive US, Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd.

Golan v. Saada

Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP

Morgan v. Sundance, Inc.

Egbert v. Boule

Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan v. DaVita, Inc.

Ruan v. United States

West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency

Arizona v. City and County of San Francisco

Denezpi v. United States

Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas

Concepcion v. United States

Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate

Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation

Shurtleff v. Boston

Boechler, P.C. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Garland v. Gonzalez

Johnson v. Arteaga-Martinez