The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted.
Read More »Tag Archives: SCOTUS Digest
Injunctive Relief – Texas Heartbeat Act
The Court granted certiorari before judgment in this case to determine whether, under our precedents, certain abortion providers can pursue a pre-enforcement challenge to a recently enacted Texas statute.
Read More »Declaratory and Injunctive Relief – Damages
The City of Memphis sits on the banks of the Mississippi River in the southwest corner of Tennessee.
Read More »Class Action – Standing to Sue
To have Article III standing to sue in federal court, plaintiffs must demonstrate, among other things, that they suffered a concrete harm.
Read More »Renewal Fuel Program – Extension
Congress requires most domestic refineries to blend a certain amount of ethanol and other renewable fuels into the transportation fuels they produce.
Read More »Statutory Interpretation – CARES Act – Indian Tribe
In March 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, 134 Stat. 281.
Read More »4th Amendment – Warrantless Entry – Exigent Circumstance
The Fourth Amendment ordinarily requires that police officers get a warrant before entering a home without permission.
Read More »Economic Recovery Act Violation – Separation of Powers
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are two of the Nation’s leading sources of mortgage financing.
Read More »1st Amendment Violation
A public high school student used, and transmitted to her Snapchat friends, vulgar language and gestures criticizing both the school and the school’s cheerleading team.
Read More »Statutory Interpretation – 5th and 14th Amendments – Right to Access
A California regulation grants labor organizations a “right to take access” to an agricultural employer’s property in order to solicit support for unionization.
Read More »Securities-fraud Class Action – Class Certification
This case involves a securities-fraud class action filed by several pension funds against The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., and three of its former executives (collectively, Goldman).
Read More »Sherman Antitrust Act – Immunity
In the Sherman Act, Congress tasked courts with enforcing a policy of competition on the belief that market forces “yield the best allocation” of the Nation’s resources.
Read More »Statutory Interpretation – Appointments Clause – Board Authority
The validity of a patent previously issued by the Patent and Trademark Office can be challenged before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, an executive tribunal within the PTO.
Read More »Habeas Relief – Sufficiency of Evidence
Willie Johnson towed Matthew Reeves’ broken-down car back to the city after finding Reeves stranded on an Alabama dirt road.
Read More »Abuse of Discretion – Voting Rights Act – Ballot Collection
In these cases, we are called upon for the first time to apply §2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to regulations that govern how ballots are collected and counted.
Read More »Statutory Interpretation – 1st Amendment – Right to Free Association
To solicit contributions in California, charitable organizations must disclose to the state Attorney General’s Office the identities of their major donors.
Read More »Assignor Estoppel
In Westinghouse Elec. & Mfg. Co. v. Formica Insulation Co., 266 U. S. 342, 349 (1924), this Court approved the “well settled” patent-law doctrine of “assignor estoppel.”
Read More »Immigration – Removal Order
Federal immigration law contains various provisions authorizing the Government to detain aliens during the removal process.
Read More »Eminent Domain
Eminent domain is the power of the government to take property for public use without the consent of the owner.
Read More »5th Amendment Violation – Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies
When a plaintiff alleges a regulatory taking in violation of the Fifth Amendment, a federal court should not consider the claim before the government has reached a “final” decision. Suitum v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, 520 U. S. 725, 737 (1997).
Read More »Certiorari Review – Excessive Force
On the afternoon of December 8, 2015, St. Louis police officers arrested Nicholas Gilbert for trespassing in a condemned building and failing to appear in court for a traffic ticket.
Read More »Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – Constitutionality – Standing to Sue
As originally enacted in 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act required most Americans to obtain minimum essential health insurance coverage.
Read More »Alien Tort Statute – Jurisdiction
The Alien Tort Statute (ATS) gives federal courts jurisdiction to hear certain civil actions filed by aliens.
Read More »1st Amendment Violation
Catholic Social Services is a foster care agency in Philadelphia.
Read More »Plea & Sentencing – Jury Instructions
Federal law prohibits the possession of firearms by certain categories of individuals, including by those who have been convicted of a crime punishable by more than one year in prison.
Read More »Statutory Interpretation – First Step Act – Mandatory Minimum Penalty
In 1986, Congress established mandatory-minimum penalties for cocaine offenses.
Read More »Statutory Interpretation – Armed Career Criminal Act – Violent Felony
The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U. S. C. §924(e), mandates a 15-year minimum sentence for persons found guilty of illegally possessing a gun who have three or more prior convictions for a “violent felony.”
Read More »Immigration – Temporary Protected Status
Petitioner Jose Santos Sanchez entered this country unlawfully from El Salvador.
Read More »Statutory Interpretation – Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986 – Exceeds Authorized Access
Nathan Van Buren, a former police sergeant, ran a license-plate search in a law enforcement computer database in exchange for money.
Read More »Immigration – Asylum
The question comes to us in cases involving Cesar Alcaraz-Enriquez and Ming Dai. Mr. Alcaraz-Enriquez is a Mexican national.
Read More »