U.S. Supreme Court issues new opinions Monday, April 4, 2022

The United States Supreme Court has released two new opinions.

On April 4, the court held that petitioner’s showing that his criminal prosecution ended without a conviction satisfies the requirement to demonstrate a favorable termination of a criminal prosecution in a Fourth Amendment claim under 42 U. S. C. §1983 for malicious prosecution; an affirmative indication of innocence is not needed.

Read the court's opinion in Thompson v. Clark: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/20-659_3ea4.pdf

On March 31, the court held that federal jurisdiction in a petition to compel arbitration under Section 4 of the Federal Arbitration Act is determined by “looking through” the petition to the jurisdictional basis of the “underlying substantive controversy,” but that approach does not apply to petitions to confirm or vacate arbitral awards under Sections 9 and 10 of the FAA.

Read the court's opinion in Badgerow v. Walters: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/20-1143_m6hn.pdf