National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Comm’n
The Supreme Court reviewed the Federal Election Campaign Act's (FECA) limits on political-party coordinated expenditures, examining their compatibility with the First Amendment. The Court found these limits to be disproportionate…
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The Supreme Court addressed whether laws restricting female sports teams to biological females violate Title IX and the Equal Protection Clause. The Court found that Title IX allows schools to…
View PDFChatrie v. United States
The Supreme Court reviewed whether obtaining location data from Google through a geofence warrant constituted a Fourth Amendment search. The Court found that individuals have a reasonable expectation of privacy…
View PDFWatson v. Republican National Committee
The Supreme Court addressed whether federal election-day statutes prevent Mississippi from counting absentee ballots postmarked by election day but received up to five days later. The Court found that the…
View PDFWolford v. Lopez
In Wolford v. Lopez, the Supreme Court addressed a Hawaii law prohibiting licensed concealed-carry permit holders from carrying handguns on private property open to the public without the property owner's…
View PDFMullin v. Al Otro Lado
The Supreme Court reviewed whether an alien standing in Mexico at the U.S. border is considered to have 'arrived in the United States' under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)…
View PDFMullin v. Doe
The Supreme Court reviewed whether the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syrian and Haitian nationals could be postponed during litigation. The Court found that the TPS statute bars…
View PDFMonsanto v. Durnell
The Supreme Court ruled that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) preempts state-law failure-to-warn claims that require additional labeling for pesticides like Roundup. The Court found that FIFRA's…
View PDFBlanche v. Lau
The Supreme Court addressed whether a lawful permanent resident, Muk Choi Lau, could be deemed an applicant for admission without clear and convincing evidence of committing a crime involving moral…
View PDFPung v. Isabella County
The Supreme Court addressed whether the auction sale price or the fair market value should be used to determine just compensation under the Takings Clause. The Court also considered if…
View PDFExxon Mobil Corp. v. Corporación Cimex, S. A. (Cuba)
The Supreme Court decided that the Helms-Burton Act abrogates the sovereign immunity of Cuban agencies and instrumentalities, allowing U.S. nationals to sue for property confiscated by the Cuban Government. The…
View PDFCisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe
The Supreme Court reversed the Ninth Circuit's decision, ruling that courts cannot create new causes of action under the Alien Tort Statute (ATS) for violations of international norms. The Court…
View PDFT. M. v. University of Md. Medical System Corporation
The Supreme Court addressed whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine applies to state-court judgments still subject to state appellate review. T. M. sought federal court intervention after a state consent order, claiming…
View PDFFS Credit Opportunities Corp. v. Saba Capital Master Fund, Ltd.
The Supreme Court addressed whether Section 47(b) of the Investment Company Act (ICA) allows private parties to sue for rescission of contracts that allegedly violate the Act. The Court concluded…
View PDFKeathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, Inc.
The Supreme Court reviewed the application of judicial estoppel in the context of bankruptcy, focusing on whether an omission was inadvertent or mistaken. The Court found that the Fifth Circuit's…
View PDFFCC v. AT&T
The Supreme Court reviewed whether the FCC's forfeiture orders against AT&T and Verizon violated the Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial. The Court found that the orders did not…
View PDFSripetch v. SEC
The Supreme Court addressed whether the SEC must show pecuniary loss to investors before obtaining disgorgement. The Court concluded that such a showing is not required, aligning with traditional equitable…
View PDFWhitton v. Dixon
The Supreme Court vacated the Eleventh Circuit's judgment in Whitton v. Dixon, finding that the appellate court improperly considered post-trial DNA evidence when assessing the materiality of false testimony. The…
View PDFFlowers Foods, Inc. v. Brock
The Supreme Court addressed whether a worker can qualify for the Federal Arbitration Act's exemption for workers engaged in interstate commerce without crossing state lines. The Court affirmed the Tenth…
View PDFPitchford v. Cain
In Pitchford v. Cain, the Supreme Court addressed the improper use of peremptory challenges based on race during jury selection. The Mississippi trial court failed to complete the Batson process,…
View PDFFernandez v. United States
In Fernandez v. United States, the Supreme Court addressed whether a prisoner can use a motion for compassionate release to challenge the validity of a conviction. The Court concluded that…
View PDFRutherford v. United States
The Supreme Court decided that the sentencing disparity resulting from the nonretroactive change to 18 U.S.C. §924(c) cannot be considered an 'extraordinary and compelling' reason for sentence reduction under 18…
View PDFMargolin v. NAIJ
The Supreme Court reversed the Fourth Circuit's decision, emphasizing the principle of party presentation. The case involved a challenge by the National Association of Immigration Judges against a policy requiring…
View PDFHavana Docks Corp. v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.
In Havana Docks Corp. v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., the Supreme Court addressed whether cruise lines were liable for using docks confiscated by the Cuban Government. The Court determined that…
View PDFHamm v. Smith
In Hamm v. Smith, the Supreme Court dismissed the writ of certiorari as improvidently granted. The case involved the evaluation of multiple IQ scores in determining intellectual disability under Atkins…
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