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SCOTUS Digest

Jul 10, 2019

Statutory Interpretation

The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), 67 Stat. 462, 43 U. S. C. §1331 et seq., extends federal law to the subsoil and seabed of the Outer Continental Shelf and all attachments thereon (OCS).

Jul 3, 2019

Medicare – Notice And Comment Obligations

One way or another, Medicare touches the lives of nearly all Americans.

Jul 3, 2019

Bankruptcy – Civil Contempt – Discharge Order

At the conclusion of a bankruptcy proceeding, a bankruptcy court typically enters an order releasing the debtor from liability for most prebankruptcy debts.

Jul 3, 2019

Title VII Violation – Jurisdiction

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 proscribes discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

Jul 3, 2019

Sentencing – Supervised Release

This case requires the Court to decide whether a convicted criminal’s period of supervised release is tolled—in effect, paused—during his pretrial detention for a new criminal offense.

Jun 26, 2019

Statutory Interpretation

Indiana’s petition for certiorari argues that the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit incorrectly invalidated two new provisions of Indiana law: the first relating to the disposition of fetal remains by abortion providers; and the second barring the knowing provision of sex-, race-, or disability-selective abortions by abortion providers.

Jun 26, 2019

ALJ Error – Disability Benefits

The Social Security Act allows for judicial review of “any final decision . . . made after a hearing” by the Social Security Administration (SSA). 42 U. S. C. §405(g).

Jun 26, 2019

Class Action – General Removal

The general removal statute, 28 U. S. C. §1441(a), provides that “any civil action” over which a federal court would have original jurisdiction may be removed to federal court by “the defendant or the defendants.”

Jun 26, 2019

1st Amendment Violation

Respondent Russell Bartlett sued petitioners—two police officers—alleging that they retaliated against him for his protected First Amendment speech by arresting him for disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

Jun 19, 2019

Bankruptcy – Breach of Contract

Section 365 of the Bankruptcy Code enables a debtor to “reject any executory contract”—meaning a contract that neither party has finished performing. 11 U. S. C. §365(a).

Jun 19, 2019

Indian Law – Invocation of Treaty Rights

In 1868, the Crow Tribe ceded most of its territory in modern-day Montana and Wyoming to the United States.

Jun 12, 2019

Illinois Brick Direct-Purchaser Rule

In 2007, Apple started selling iPhones. The next year, Apple launched the retail App Store, an electronic store where iPhone owners can purchase iPhone applications from Apple. Those “apps” enable iPhone owners to send messages, take photos, watch videos, buy clothes, order food, arrange transportation, purchase concert tickets, donate to charities, and the list goes on.

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