U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 29

The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a free speech case on requirements to receive international public health funding, a case involving a law that required abortion clinic doctors to have admitting privileges, and a case on the governing structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

U.S.: Justices have a lot to say, but all is quiet in the Supreme Court

ABA Journal: "In a normal June, the U.S. Supreme Court issues the last of the term’s opinions, many of which are in its most contentious and divided cases."

U.S. Supreme Court opinion: June 25

The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion in an immigration case involving the right to habeas corpus review of an expedited removal decision.

Supreme Court DACA ruling could sway environmental permits’ fate

Bloomberg News: "The Supreme Court’s surprise rebuke last week of the Trump administration’s bid to rescind the Obama-era DACA immigration program may have unexpected impacts on environmental litigation over fossil fuel development, pipelines, and other projects."

U.S.: Justices won’t wade into fight over tribal water rights

Courthouse News Service: "Farmers won’t get paid for river water they lost out on during a drought in southern Oregon, because Native American tribes have water rights that rank above those of irrigators."

U.S. Supreme Court opinion: June 22

The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion in a securities fraud case involving the standards for equitable relief.

U.S. Supreme Court opinion: June 18

The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion on the government's attempt to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals immigration program.

U.S.: Simple math suggests complex back story at Supreme Court

Associated Press: "Supreme Court watchers were left scratching their heads when they learned Justice Neil Gorsuch was the author of Monday’s landmark LGBT rights ruling."

U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 15

The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a case on whether firing someone for being gay or transgender is sex discrimination and a case involving a natural gas pipeline running beneath the Appalachian Trail.

U.S.: Interesting meetings of the minds of Supreme Court justices

Empirical SCOTUS: "Unanimity in the Supreme Court used to be the norm. In the early Supreme Court there were few dissents and so there was little opportunity to see differences between the justices’ views outside of how they authored their majority opinions."

U.S. Supreme Court opinion: June 8

The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion in a prisoner litigation case.

The 7 most anticipated Supreme Court decisions

The Hill: "The Supreme Court is expected to hand down several blockbuster opinions in the next few weeks as one of the most politically volatile terms in recent memory draws to a close."

U.S.: Pandemic means a silent June at the Supreme Court

Associated Press: "It’s the time of the year when Supreme Court justices can get testy. They might have to find a new way to show it."

U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge to attorneys' mandatory state bar dues

Washington Times: "The Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge on Monday to lawyers’ state bar fees, which had been brought after the justices struck down mandatory union dues in a 2018 case citing the First Amendment."

U.S. Supreme Court opinions: June 1

The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in five cases.

After 7 years, Indiana returns seized Land Rover in landmark Supreme Court case

Forbes: "When Indiana law enforcement seized Tyson Timbs’ Land Rover seven years ago, he had no idea his car would become a vehicle that would jump-start part of the Bill of Rights."

10 cases that could change how the Supreme Court looks at the Second Amendment

CNN: "The Supreme Court's solid conservative majority could soon choose to take up its first major Second Amendment case in nearly a decade, positioning the court to override state laws established to limit the availability and accessibility of some firearms and when they can be carried in public."

U.S.: Chief justice says pandemic teaches humility, compassion

Associated Press: "Chief Justice John Roberts told graduating seniors at his son’s high school that the coronavirus has 'pierced our illusion of certainty and control' and he counseled the students to make their way with humility, compassion and courage in a world turned upside down."

U.S.: Covid-19 cases concerning prisoners' rights hit the Supreme Court

CNN: "The Supreme Court and courts across the country will see an increasing number of pandemic-related disputes in the coming weeks concerning prison conditions and whether prisons are violating the constitutional rights of inmates by failing to adequately protect them against the coronavirus."

U.S.: COVID-19 and Supreme Court emergencies

SCOTUSblog: "Live teleconference oral arguments have been the most visible sign of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Supreme Court . . . however, the justices have also been busy with a steady flow of cases arising from the pandemic."

U.S.: What we learned from Supreme Court's first telehearings

Law 360: "A few bloopers notwithstanding, the U.S. Supreme Court has emerged unscathed from the uncharted waters of teleconference hearings and livestreaming prompted by the coronavirus pandemic."

U.S. Supreme Court opinion: May 18

The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion in a case involving punitive damages against the government of Sudan for a terrorist attack.

U.S. Supreme Court opinion: May 14

The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion in a trademark case involving competing brands of jeans.

Nothing to draw when nothing to see leaves SCOTUS artists idle

Bloomberg News: "Art Lien has been tuning in for what’s both familiar and unrecognizable during the first-ever live audio of Supreme Court oral arguments."

U.S.: Justice Clarence Thomas has found his moment

CNN: "Justice Clarence Thomas has become a luminary in today's Washington, in a way that might never have been imagined in the arc of his life and time on the bench."

U.S.: Climate change unleashes interstate water wars

E & E News: "A looming Supreme Court showdown over water flows from the Pecos River may be the first in a rising swell of interstate water battles driven by climate change."

U.S. Supreme Court opinions: May 7

The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a case on the interpretation of federal fraud and wire fraud laws and a case involving the principle of party presentation on appeal.

U.S. Supreme Court Notebook: Chatty Thomas breaks with precedent

Associated Press: "A Supreme Court justice gets it in his mind to ask a question, and pretty soon, he’s got questions for everyone. And so the next question: Will Clarence Thomas ever stop talking?"

Justice Ginsburg in hospital with infection, court says

Associated Press: "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was hospitalized Tuesday with an infection caused by a gallstone, but plans to take part in the court’s arguments by telephone Wednesday, the Supreme Court said."

Smooth sailing in U.S. Supreme Court's first teleconference case; Thomas joins fray

Reuters: "The first U.S. Supreme Court arguments conducted by teleconference - a break from tradition due to the coronavirus pandemic - played out smoothly on Monday."

U.S.: It's going to be an unusual May in the Supreme Court

ABA Journal: "For the first time in recent memory, the Supreme Court will be holding oral arguments in May, and for the first time ever, they will be by telephone."

Black robes or bathrobes? Virus alters high court traditions

WSLS News: "The coronavirus pandemic is forcing big changes at the tradition-bound Supreme Court. The justices will hear arguments this month by telephone for the first time since Alexander Graham Bell patented his invention in 1876."

Courtroom access: Laboratories for live-streaming?

SCOTUSblog: "On April 13, the Supreme Court announced that it would conduct 10 oral arguments via telephone conference on several days in May in cases whose oral argument dates had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic."

Blind justice: No visual cues in U.S. high court phone cases

Associated Press: "Because of the coronavirus pandemic the high court is, for the first time in its 230-year history, holding arguments by telephone."

U.S. Supreme Court opinions: April 27

The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a case on payments to insurers under the Affordable Care Act and a case on copyright protection for state statute annotations. The Court also issued a per curiam opinion dismissing a firearms case as moot.

U.S. Supreme Court opinions: April 23

The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a case on the removal of a lawful permanent resident who commits a serious crime, a trademark infringement case, and a Clean Water Act case involving discharge permits.

U.S. Supreme Court decision on unanimous jury verdicts leaves military out

Stars & Stripes: "A Supreme Court opinion this week banning non-unanimous verdicts in state criminal cases leaves the military as the sole American jurisdiction that allows them."

You’ve reached the Supreme Court. Press 1 for live arguments

Associated Press: "This is how the Supreme Court embraces technology. Slowly. It took a worldwide pandemic for the court to agree to hear arguments over the telephone."

U.S. Supreme Court set to release spring opinions during coronavirus pandemic

CNN: "It's spring time at the Supreme Court which normally means the justices are just finishing oral arguments and hunkering down to release all outstanding opinions by their self-imposed end-of-June deadline."

Justices rule against Montana homeowners near Superfund site

Associated Press: "The Supreme Court delivered a setback Monday to Montana homeowners who are seeking additional cleanup of arsenic left over from years of copper smelting."

U.S. Supreme Court opinions: April 20

The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a case on unanimous jury verdicts, a case on challenges to patents, and a case from Montana on hazardous waste site cleanups.

U.S.: Lawyers get ready for first-ever Supreme Court oral arguments by phone

NBC News: "The Supreme Court’s announcement this week that it will hold oral arguments via teleconference for the first time in its history has a small group of America’s top attorneys prepping for the most important phone calls of their careers."

U.S. Supreme Court moves to limit paper filings

Bloomberg News: "The U.S. Supreme Court joined the chorus of federal courts across the country trying to reduce paper filings amid the coronavirus outbreak."

U.S. Supreme Court to hold May arguments by teleconference

Associated Press: "The Supreme Court said Monday it will hold arguments by teleconference in May in key cases, including President Donald Trump’s bid to shield his tax and other financial records."

U.S. Justice Stephen Breyer reflects on Supreme Court and life in isolation

CNN: "Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer recently plunked down before his computer camera for a lively Zoom chat with students at the United Nations International School, offering a glimpse of the justices' private negotiations against a canvas of how the law develops in America."

U.S.: For Supreme Court, COVID-19 response is 'pretty challenging'

Reuters: " On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it was postponing oral arguments in all of the cases it was scheduled to hear in April."

U.S. Supreme Court opinions: April 6

The United States Supreme Court has released opinions in an age discrimination case, a case involving evidence found during a search of a vehicle, and an election case.

U.S. Supreme Court cancels oral arguments for rest of the term

NBC News: "The U.S. Supreme Court Friday said it will scrap the oral argument schedule for the rest of the term amid the coronavirus pandemic but left open the possibility that it might hear a few cases before the term ends in late June."

Paper filings, relics elsewhere, endure at SCOTUS through virus

Bloomberg News: "With the rest of Washington beginning to grind to a halt over coronavirus and social distancing not yet the norm, senior paralegal Cheryl Olson left Jenner & Block’s office March 19 for a four-mile round trip to deliver briefs to the U.S. Supreme Court—on foot."

U.S.: Spring cases in limbo without Supreme Court guidance on arguments during pandemic

CNN: "The Supreme Court has yet to announce alternatives for regular oral arguments in pending cases, even as President Donald Trump has declared the national distancing guidelines should continue through April."

U.S. Supreme Court opinions: March 23

The United States Supreme Court has issued opinions in a racial discrimination case, a copyright case involving images of a shipwreck, an insanity defense case and a case on deportation of criminal aliens.

U.S. Supreme Court postpones arguments because of virus outbreak

Associated Press: "The Supreme Court announced Monday that it is postponing arguments for late March and early April because of the coronavirus, including fights over subpoenas for President Donald Trump’s financial records."

U.S. Supreme Court’s closure could be first disease-related shuttering in a century

SCOTUSblog: "On Thursday, the Supreme Court announced that it would close its doors to the public 'until further notice' '[o]ut of concern for the health and safety of the public and Supreme Court employees.'"

U.S.: Supreme Court takes up teen’s life-without-parole case

Courthouse News Service: "Taking up the case of a 15-year-old who killed his grandfather, the Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide whether a juvenile must be ruled 'permanently incorrigible' to get a life sentence without parole."

U.S.: Supreme Court adoption case could have broad nondiscrimination impact

NBC News: "A lawsuit that pits religious freedom against gay rights - and has been percolating through the court system and national news for two years - is officially on the Supreme Court’s docket."

U.S. Supreme Court opinion: March 3

The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion in a case involving fraudulent use of social security numbers by unauthorized aliens.

U.S. Supreme Court March 4 arguments

Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in a consolidated case on standing to challenge health and safety regulations relating to abortion clinics.

U.S. Supreme Court March 3 arguments

Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case on the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and a Securities and Exchange Commission case on equitable relief.

U.S. Supreme Court March 2 arguments

Monday, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in a case involving a denial of relief under the Convention Against Torture and a case on whether asylum-seekers may challenge mistakes made during the expedited removal process.

U.S. Supreme Court opinions: Feb. 26

The United States Supreme Court has issued three opinions: on the definition of “actual knowledge” under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act; on the standard to appeal a federal sentence; and on sentence enhancement under the Armed Career Criminal Act.

U.S. Supreme Court opinions: Feb. 25

The United States Supreme Court has issued four opinions: on the standards for reviewing death penalty cases; on dividing a tax refund among a group of corporations; on law enforcement liability for a cross-border shooting; and on an international custody dispute.

U.S.: Thomas criticizes a previous high court opinion - his own

ABC News: "Justice Clarence Thomas has made no secret of his dislike of past Supreme Court decisions written by other justices, including seminal opinions about abortion rights, press freedoms and a defendant's right to a lawyer."

U.S. Supreme Court opinion: Feb. 24

The United States Supreme Court has issued a per curiam opinion in a pension benefits case.

U.S. Supreme Court braces for contentious second half

Bloomberg Law: "The second half of the Supreme Court’s current term will be chock-full of high-profile arguments and blockbuster opinions, and court watchers say it’s going to be explosive."

U.S. Justice Thomas: Judges aren’t ‘mass media icons,’ should uphold the law

Atlanta Journal Constitution: "Judges must adhere to the rule of law and not substitute their own racial, religious or partisan preferences to achieve a desired result, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas said Tuesday."

U.S.: Ginsburg says deadline to ratify Equal Rights Amendment has expired

CNN: "Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a long-time supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment, suggested Monday night that the deadline to ratify the measure as a constitutional amendment has expired and that the decades long effort must start anew."

After 2 Supreme Court wins, Florida man gets $875K from city

Associated Press: "Few people have fought any city hall all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and won, but Fane Lozman did it twice. Now the Florida city he’s battled since 2006 is going to pay him thousands of dollars in legal fees."

U.S.: The Supreme Court has a lot to do and isn't doing it quickly

CNN: "By the end of June, as the Supreme Court reaches its grand finale and issues the last flurry of opinions before fleeing for the summer, the justices will have changed the lives of those impacted by its decisions, such as undocumented immigrants, LGBTQ individuals, supporters of gun rights and even President Donald Trump."

U.S.: Stakes are high for businesses, products liability plaintiffs in Supreme Court’s new Ford cases

Reuters: "On [Jan. 17], the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear two cases in which Ford is challenging rulings by state supreme courts that allowed state residents involved in in-state car accidents to proceed with product liability suits against Ford."

U.S.: Supreme Court seems favorable to religious education funding

Associated Press: "The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared ready Wednesday to reinvigorate a Montana scholarship program and make it easier to use public money to pay for religious schooling in many states."

U.S.: Supreme Court considers religious schools case

MPR News: "The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a major case that could dramatically alter the line separating church and state."

U.S. Supreme Court Jan. 21 arguments

Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court hears arguments in a case on the definition of “serious drug offense” and a case involving arbitration requires for an international commercial dispute.

U.S. Supreme Court Jan. 15 arguments

Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court hears arguments in a case on age discrimination in employment.

U.S. Supreme Court opinions: Jan. 14

The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion in a bankruptcy case on the application of the automatic stay and vacated a lower court opinion in a retirement plan case.

U.S. Supreme Court Jan. 14 arguments

Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court hears arguments in a New Jersey public corruption case and a trademark infringement case.

U.S. Supreme Court Jan. 13 arguments

Monday, the United States Supreme Court hears arguments in a case on whether preclusion principles can bar a defendant from raising defenses that were not actually litigated and resolved in a prior case and in a retirement plan case involving breach of fiduciary duty.

U.S.: In 2020, watch for these blockbuster Supreme Court cases

PBS News: "The U.S. Supreme Court begins the second half of a potentially historic term — with arguments involving abortion, President Donald Trump’s financial records and funds for religious schools, among others — in the shadow of a presidential impeachment trial."

U.S.: A 3-decade-long water dispute heads to the Supreme Court

MPR News: "For three decades, Georgia and Florida have been battling over how to share a precious resource: water. Georgia has it, and Florida, which is downstream, says it's not getting its fair share."

U.S.: Lawyers, uninterrupted, adjust to Supreme Court two-minute rule

Bloomberg News: "'I got five words out before Justice Scalia interrupted me.' That’s how Erwin Chemerinsky, now the dean of Berkeley Law School, recalls his first U.S. Supreme Court argument back in 2002."

Roberts: Judges working to promote civics, impartial courts

Associated Press: "Federal judges are taking up the challenge to educate Americans about how their government works at a time when false information can spread instantaneously on social media, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote Tuesday in his annual year-end report."

A look back at 2019: A tale of two terms?

SCOTUSblog: "Any review of a calendar year at the Supreme Court necessarily includes two different terms: the term that ends in June and the new one that begins in October and will run into the following year."

U.S.: 9 Supreme Court cases that shaped the 2010s

Vox: "If you want to understand what the Supreme Court became in the last decade, consider a 2012 study by University of California, Irvine law professor Rick Hasen. Between 1975 and 1990, Hasen found that Congress enacted 'an average of twelve overrides of Supreme Court cases in each two-year Congressional term.'"

U.S.: Religious school’s firing power heads to high court

Courthouse News Service: "The Supreme Court took up two cases Wednesday that ask whether teachers at religious schools can sue their employers for discrimination."

U.S.: Man whose conviction was overturned by Supreme Court after 6 trials is granted bail

NPR News: "Mississippi man Curtis Flowers was tried for the same crime six times: the murder of four people at a furniture store in 1996. He was convicted four times — but each was overturned. Two others ended in mistrials."

U.S. Supreme Court accepts new Oklahoma case about Indian reservations

The Oklahoman: "The U.S. Supreme Court, which failed this year to decide a case that could have a major impact in eastern Oklahoma, has chosen a different path to determine whether tribal reservations in the state were officially terminated."

U.S.: Supreme Court refuses to consider cities' efforts to prosecute the homeless for sleeping outside

USA Today: "The Supreme Court refused Monday to consider whether state and local governments can make it a crime for homeless people to sleep outside."

U.S. Supreme Court opinion: Dec. 11

The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion in a trademark case.

U.S. Supreme Court Dec. 11 arguments

Wednesday, the United States Supreme Court hears arguments in a death penalty case involving the review of sentencing errors and an international custody case in which the mother removed the child to the United States.

U.S. Supreme Court opinion: Dec. 10

The United States Supreme Court has issued an opinion in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act case.

U.S. Supreme Court Dec. 10 arguments

Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court hears arguments in an Affordable Care Act case involving payments to insurance companies and a case on whether a criminal defendant is required to formally object after being sentenced in order to receive reasonableness review on appeal.

U.S. Supreme Court Dec. 9 arguments

Monday, the United States Supreme Court hears arguments in a case on motions to reopen deportation proceedings and a case involving legal interpretations by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.

U.S.: Justices debate allowing state law to be 'hidden behind a pay wall'

Ars Technica: "The courts have long held that laws can't be copyrighted. But if the state mixes the text of the law together with supporting information, things get trickier."

U.S. Supreme Court Dec. 4 arguments

Wednesday the United States Supreme Court hears arguments in a case on the limitations period for a breach of fiduciary duty under ERISA and a death penalty case involving what constitutes a second or successive habeas application.

U.S. Supreme Court Dec. 3 arguments

Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court hears arguments in a case on whether the federal “Superfund” Act prevents property owners from seeking restoration damages under state law and a case on whether state law or federal common law principles govern the ownership of a tax refund paid to a corporation.

U.S. Supreme Court Dec. 2 arguments

Monday, the United States Supreme Court hears arguments in a case involving copyrighting of works by government officials and a case on whether New York City’s ban on transporting a licensed handgun to a location outside of the City is unconstitutional.

Supreme Court re-enters debate on money in politics by vacating decision on Alaska contribution limits

USA Today: "The Supreme Court re-entered the national debate over the influence of money in politics Monday by vacating a lower court decision that upheld Alaska's low campaign contribution limits."

U.S.: Justices take up battle over New York City gun ban

SCOTUSblog: "It has been nearly 10 years since the Supreme Court ruled that the Second Amendment right of individuals to keep and bear arms applies fully to state and local governments. When the justices return to the bench next month, they will wade into the Second Amendment fray once again."

U.S.: Racial discrimination case against cable giant Comcast gets tentative support from Supreme Court

USA Today: "The Supreme Court appeared likely Wednesday to let a racial discrimination claim against the nation's largest cable TV company go forward, even though it might be difficult to prove."