Chiles v. Salazar
Kaley Chiles challenged a Colorado law prohibiting conversion therapy for minors, arguing it violated her First Amendment rights. The Supreme Court found the law regulated speech based on viewpoint, requiring…
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In Rico v. United States, the Supreme Court addressed whether a defendant's abscondment automatically extends the term of supervised release. The Court reversed the Ninth Circuit's decision, finding that the…
View PDFZorn v. Linton
The Supreme Court reversed the Second Circuit's decision, granting qualified immunity to Sergeant Jacob Zorn in a case involving alleged excessive force during a protest arrest. The Court found that…
View PDFOlivier v. City of Brandon
The Supreme Court considered whether Gabriel Olivier's suit against the City of Brandon could proceed under 42 U.S.C. §1983, challenging an ordinance that restricted his preaching activities. The Court reviewed…
View PDFUrias-Orellana v. Bondi
The Supreme Court addressed whether courts of appeals must apply the substantial-evidence standard when reviewing the Board of Immigration Appeals' determination of persecution under the Immigration and Nationality Act. The…
View PDFGalette v. New Jersey Transit Corp.
The Supreme Court addressed whether the New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit) qualifies as an arm of the State of New Jersey, thereby entitling it to sovereign immunity. The Court…
View PDFVillarreal v. Texas
The Supreme Court addressed the balance between a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to counsel and the trial's truth-seeking function in Villarreal v. Texas. The Court affirmed that a qualified conferral…
View PDFGeo Group, Inc. v. Menocal
The Supreme Court ruled on the appealability of a pretrial order denying Yearsley protection for GEO Group, a federal contractor. The Court determined that Yearsley provides a merits defense, not…
View PDFHain Celestial Group, Inc. v. Palmquist
The Supreme Court addressed whether the District Court's dismissal of Whole Foods cured the jurisdictional defect in a case involving Hain Celestial Group. The Fifth Circuit had vacated the judgment…
View PDFPostal Service v. Konan
The Supreme Court addressed whether the United States retains sovereign immunity for claims involving intentional nondelivery of mail under the Federal Tort Claims Act's postal exception. The Court concluded that…
View PDFLearning Resources, Inc. v. Trump
The Supreme Court addressed whether the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) authorizes the President to impose tariffs. The Court concluded that IEEPA does not grant such authority, emphasizing that…
View PDFKlein v. Martin
In Klein v. Martin, the Supreme Court reviewed a Fourth Circuit decision affirming habeas relief for Charles Brandon Martin. The Court reversed the decision, finding that the state appellate court's…
View PDFBerk v. Choy
The Supreme Court ruled that Delaware's affidavit requirement for medical malpractice suits does not apply in federal court. The decision was based on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, specifically…
View PDFEllingburg v. United States
In Ellingburg v. United States, the Supreme Court addressed whether the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act (MVRA) constitutes criminal punishment under the Ex Post Facto Clause. The Court determined that restitution…
View PDFConey Island Auto Parts Unlimited, Inc. v. Burton
The Supreme Court addressed whether the reasonable-time requirement of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(c)(1) applies to motions seeking relief from allegedly void judgments under Rule 60(b)(4). Coney Island Auto…
View PDFBarrett v. United States
The Supreme Court reviewed whether a single act violating both 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i) and § 924(j) can result in two convictions. The Second Circuit had allowed for dual convictions,…
View PDFCase v. Montana
In Case v. Montana, the Supreme Court addressed whether police officers' warrantless entry into a home was justified under the Fourth Amendment's emergency aid exception. The officers entered William Case's…
View PDFBost v. Illinois Bd. of Elections
The Supreme Court reviewed whether Congressman Michael Bost and other candidates had standing to challenge Illinois's election procedures for counting mail-in ballots received after election day. The Court determined that…
View PDFBowe v. United States
The Supreme Court reviewed Michael S. Bowe's efforts to obtain postconviction relief from a mandatory 10-year sentence under § 924(c). The Court examined whether § 2244(b)(3)(E) applies to federal prisoners,…
View PDFClark v. Sweeney
The Supreme Court reviewed a decision by the Fourth Circuit which had granted relief to Jeremiah Sweeney on a claim not asserted by him. The Court reversed the Fourth Circuit's…
View PDFKennedy v. Braidwood Management, Inc.
The Supreme Court addressed whether members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force are principal or inferior officers under the Appointments Clause. The Court examined the Secretary of Health and…
View PDFFCC v. Consumers’ Research
The Supreme Court addressed whether the FCC's universal-service contribution scheme violates the nondelegation doctrine. The Court found that the scheme does not violate the doctrine, as Congress provided an intelligible…
View PDFMahmoud v. Taylor
The Supreme Court reviewed a policy by the Montgomery County Board of Education that introduced LGBTQ+-inclusive storybooks into the curriculum without allowing parental opt-outs. The petitioners, a group of parents,…
View PDFFree Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton
The Supreme Court reviewed the constitutionality of Texas H. B. 1181, which requires age verification for accessing sexually explicit content online. The Court applied intermediate scrutiny, determining that the law…
View PDFHewitt v. United States
The Supreme Court reviewed whether the First Step Act's more lenient penalties apply to vacated sentences under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). Petitioners argued that their vacated sentences should not be…
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