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Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota
100:51
A case in which the Court will decide (1) whether 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; and (2) whether the forfeiture of property worth far more than needed to satisfy a debt, plus interest, penalties, and costs, is a fine within the meaning of the Eighth Amendment.
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Apr 26, 2023 |
Yegiazaryan v. Smagin
64:10
A case in which the Court will decide whether 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 when it suffers an injury to an intangible property.
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Apr 25, 2023 |
Dupree v. Younger
58:08
A case in which the Court will decide whether, to preserve the issue for appellate review, a party must reassert in a post-trial motion a purely legal issue rejected at summary judgment.
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Apr 24, 2023 |
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin
58:13
A case in which the Court will decide whether the Bankruptcy Code unequivocally expresses Congress’s intent to abrogate the sovereign immunity of Native American tribes.
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Apr 24, 2023 |
Counterman v. Colorado
106:24
A case in which the Court will decide whether, 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.
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Apr 19, 2023 |
U.S. ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc.
72:19
A case in which the Court will decide whether and when a defendant’s contemporaneous subjective understanding or beliefs about the lawfulness of its conduct are relevant to whether it “knowingly” violated the False Claims Act.
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Apr 18, 2023 |
Groff v. DeJoy
107:52
A case in which the Court will clarify what constitutes an “undue hardship” for an employer under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when an employee alleges discrimination based on religion.
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Apr 18, 2023 |
Slack Technologies v. Pirani
70:03
A case in which the Court will decide whether 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.
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Apr 17, 2023 |
Pugin v. Garland
99:08
A case in which the Court will decide whether Virginia’s offense of accessory after the fact to a felony is an offense relating to obstruction of justice under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
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Apr 17, 2023 |
Polselli v. Internal Revenue Service
50:25
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 records might somehow help it collect a delinquent taxpayer’s liability.
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Mar 29, 2023 |
Samia v. United States
98:22
A case in which the Court will decide whether admitting a codefendant’s redacted out-of-court confession that immediately inculpates a defendant based on context violates the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment.
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Mar 29, 2023 |
Lora v. United States
61:29
A case in which the Court will decide whether a federal criminal sentencing law requires a man who was convicted and sentenced for his role in a drug-trafficking-related murder to serve consecutive, rather than concurrent, sentences.
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Mar 28, 2023 |
Smith v. United States
76:40
A case in which the Court will decide the proper remedy for the government’s failure to prove venue in a criminal prosecution.
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Mar 28, 2023 |
Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi
99:18
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” the claimed invention.
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Mar 27, 2023 |
United States v. Hansen
82:20
A case in which the Court will decide whether 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 is facially unconstitutional under the First Amendment.
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Mar 27, 2023 |
Jack Daniel's Properties v. VIP Products LLC
83:26
A case in which the Court will decide whether 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, or instead receives heightened First Amendment protection.
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Mar 22, 2023 |
Coinbase v. Bielski
82:22
A case in which the Court will decide whether a non-frivolous appeal of the denial of a motion to compel arbitration ousts a district court’s jurisdiction to proceed with litigation pending appeal.
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Mar 21, 2023 |
Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc.
87:14
A case in which the Court will decide whether the Lanham Act permits 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 likely to cause confusion in the United States.
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Mar 21, 2023 |
Arizona v. Navajo Nation
110:03
A case in which the Court will resolve a long-running dispute between the Navajo Nation and the State of Arizona over the rights to water from the Colorado River.
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Mar 20, 2023 |
New York v. New Jersey
88:34
A case in which the Court held that New Jersey can unilaterally withdraw from an interstate compact with New York that created a waterfront commission with police power.
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Mar 01, 2023 |
Biden v. Nebraska
122:33
A case in which the Court will decide whether the Biden administration can proceed with its student-debt relief program.
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Feb 28, 2023 |
Department of Education v. Brown
75:37
A case in which the Court will consider a challenge to the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan.
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Feb 28, 2023 |
Dubin v. United States
92:29
A case in which the Court will decide whether a person commits aggravated identity theft any time they mention or otherwise recite someone else’s name while committing a predicate offense.
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Feb 27, 2023 |
Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh
149:42
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 internet platform whose services were not used in connection with the specific “act of international terrorism” that injured the plaintiff cannot be liable for aiding and abetting under Section 2333.
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Feb 22, 2023 |
Gonzalez v. Google LLC
160:41
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.
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Feb 21, 2023 |
Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools, et al.
88:58
A case in which the Court held that an Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit seeking compensatory damages for the denial of a free and appropriate education may proceed without exhausting the administrative processes of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act because the remedy sought is not one IDEA provides.
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Jan 18, 2023 |
Santos-Zacaria v. Garland
63:33
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 had not exhausted that claim through a motion to reconsider, which is a discretionary form of review.
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Jan 17, 2023 |
Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. v. United States
95:58
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 the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
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Jan 17, 2023 |
Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, Inc.
56:27
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 arising under PROMESA does not abrogate the Board’s sovereign immunity with respect to all federal and territorial claims.
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Jan 11, 2023 |
Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters
86:00
A case in which the Court will decide whether the National Labor Relations Act preempts a state-court lawsuit against a union for intentionally destroying an employer’s property during a labor dispute.
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Jan 10, 2023 |
The Ohio Adjutant General’s Department v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
89:32
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 militias.
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Jan 09, 2023 |
In re Grand Jury
67:58
A case in which the Court was asked to decide whether a communication involving both legal and non-legal advice is protected by attorney-client privilege when obtaining or providing legal advice was one of the significant purposes behind the communication.
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Jan 09, 2023 |
Moore v. Harper
173:47
A case in which the Court will resolve the dispute over the “Independent State Legislature” (ISL) theory—that only a state legislature has the power to regulate federal elections, notwithstanding state courts or constitutional constraints.
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Dec 07, 2022 |
Bartenwerfer v. Buckley
72:44
A case in which the Court held that a bankruptcy debtor can be held liable for another person’s fraud, even when they were not aware of the fraud.
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Dec 06, 2022 |
U.S., ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources
81:23
A case in which the Court will decide whether, 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 after initially declining to take over the case, and what standard applies if the government has that power.
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Dec 06, 2022 |
303 Creative LLC v. Elenis
141:57
A case in which the Court will decide whether applying a public-accommodation law to compel an artist to speak or stay silent violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment.
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Dec 05, 2022 |
MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v. Transform Holdco LLC
69:51
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 such an order.
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Dec 05, 2022 |
Wilkins v. United States
65:48
A case in which the Court held that the Quiet Title Act’s statute of limitations is a nonjurisdictional claim-processing rule.
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Nov 30, 2022 |
United States v. Texas
136:14
A case in which the Court will decide whether the Biden administration’s revised immigration policy violates the Administrative Procedure Act.
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Nov 29, 2022 |
Percoco v. United States
67:55
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 governmental decisionmaking, and thus owed a fiduciary duty to the general public.
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Nov 28, 2022 |
Ciminelli v. United States
77:45
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 valid basis for liability under the federal wire fraud statute.
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Nov 28, 2022 |
Haaland v. Brackeen
192:20
A case in which the Court will review the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act.
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Nov 09, 2022 |
Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski
94:05
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 violation.
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Nov 08, 2022 |
Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
108:14
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.
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Nov 08, 2022 |
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Cochran
69:22
A case in which the Court held that a federal district court has jurisdiction to consider claims challenging the constitutionality of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s administrative proceedings.
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Nov 07, 2022 |
Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission
91:33
A case in which the Court held that federal district courts have jurisdiction to hear constitutional challenges to the Federal Trade Commission’s structure, procedure, and existence.
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Nov 07, 2022 |
Bittner v. United States
72:55
A case in which the Court held that 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), notwithstanding the number of individual accounts that were not properly reported.
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Nov 02, 2022 |
Jones v. Hendrix
79:56
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 retroactively applicable decision invalidating the circuit precedent that kept them from challenging their convictions.
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Nov 01, 2022 |
Cruz v. Arizona
A case in which the Court held the Arizona Supreme Court’s ruling that a state rule of criminal procedure precluded post-conviction relief is not an adequate and independent state-law ground for the judgment against him.
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Nov 01, 2022 |
Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina
164:44
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.
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Oct 31, 2022 |
Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College
115:16
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.
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Oct 31, 2022 |
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith
102:29
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.
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Oct 12, 2022 |
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. v. Hewitt
93:51
A case in which the Court held that daily-rate workers, of whatever income level, qualify as paid on a salary basis only if they satisfy three conditions outlined in the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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Oct 12, 2022 |
Reed v. Goertz
59:52
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, rather than as soon as the state trial court denies DNA testing.
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Oct 11, 2022 |
National Pork Producers Council v. Ross
132:08
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.
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Oct 11, 2022 |
Arellano v. McDonough
47:32
A case in which the Court held the one-year filing deadline for veterans to submit disability claims after they are discharged is not subject to principles of equitable tolling, meaning that missing the filing deadline forfeits retroactive disability benefits.
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Oct 04, 2022 |
Merrill v. Milligan
113:57
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.
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Oct 04, 2022 |
Delaware v. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
68:40
A case in which the Court held that the Federal Disposition Act applies to unclaimed or uncashed checks issued by MoneyGram Payments Systems, and thus that they must be returned to the state where they were purchased.
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Oct 03, 2022 |
Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency
108:05
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.
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Oct 03, 2022 |
Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta
129:42
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.
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Apr 27, 2022 |
Shoop v. Twyford
58:40
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 not shown that the desired evidence would be admissible in connection with a particular claim for relief.
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Apr 26, 2022 |
Biden v. Texas
107:12
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.
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Apr 26, 2022 |
Kennedy v. Bremerton School District
107:53
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.
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Apr 25, 2022 |
Nance v. Ward
86:01
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.
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Apr 25, 2022 |
Vega v. Tekoh
80:20
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.
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Apr 20, 2022 |
Kemp v. United States
43:31
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.
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Apr 19, 2022 |
George v. McDonough
75:20
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.
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Apr 19, 2022 |
United States v. Washington
63:05
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.
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Apr 18, 2022 |
Siegel v. Fitzgerald
75:26
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 program.
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Apr 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.
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Apr 18, 2022 |