Van Buren v. United States, No. 19-783: Petitioner Nathan Van Buren, when he was a police sergeant, had access to search the state law enforcement computer data base, and was authorized by his department’s policy to do so...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued the following two decisions:
Guam v. United States, No. 20-382: The Territory of Guam and the United States have been involved in a long-running dispute over...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued the following four decisions:
BP p.l.c. v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, No. 19-1189: Congress has commanded that generally, an order remanding a case back to...more
5/18/2021
/ Appeals ,
Certiorari ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Procedure ,
Firearms ,
Income Taxes ,
IRS ,
Jury Verdicts ,
Law Enforcement ,
Officer Removal ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Post Conviction Relief Act ,
Remand ,
SCOTUS ,
Search Warrant
AMG Capital Management, LLC v. FTC, No. 19-508: Petitioner Scott Tucker controlled a number of companies offering short-term payday loans. The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) brought suit, claiming that Tucker and his...more
4/23/2021
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Appointments Clause ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Disability Benefits ,
Federal Sentencing Guidelines ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FTC Act ,
Lucia v SEC ,
Minors ,
Payday Loans ,
Social Security Administration (SSA)
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued the following decision:
Mays v. Hines, No. 20-507: A Tennessee jury convicted respondent Anthony Hines of murdering a woman at the motel at which she worked. Decades...more
Servotronics, Inc. v. Rolls-Royce PLC, No. 20-794: Whether the discretion granted to district courts in 28 U.S.C. §1782(a) to render assistance in gathering evidence for use in “a foreign or international tribunal”...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued the following two decisions:
United States Fish and Wildlife Serv. v. Sierra Club, Inc., No. 19-547: The Sierra Club submitted Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”)...more
TODAY, THE SUPREME COURT GRANTED CERTIORARI IN ONE CASE:
Jones v. Mississippi, No. 18-1259: Whether the Eighth Amendment requires the sentencing authority to make a finding that a juvenile is permanently incorrigible...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued the following three opinions:
Intel Corp. Investment Policy Comm. v. Sulyma, No. 18-1116: The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) demands that...more
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued the following four opinions:
Rodriguez v. FDIC, No. 18-1269: The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), under its statutes and regulations, allows an affiliated group of...more
2/26/2020
/ Child Abduction ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Customs and Border Protection ,
Death Penalty ,
FDIC ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Hague Convention ,
IRS ,
Murder ,
PTSD ,
Residence Status ,
Tax Refunds ,
Tax Returns ,
Totality of Circumstances Test ,
Wrongful Death
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in the following cases:
Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey-Berru, No. 19-267; St. James School v. Biel, No. 19-348: Whether the First Amendment’s...more
12/19/2019
/ Automatic Stay ,
Bankruptcy Code ,
Certiorari ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Employment Discrimination ,
First Amendment ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Immigration and Nationality Act ,
Religious Institutions ,
Removal ,
SCOTUS ,
Search & Seizure
The Supreme Court of the United States issued four decisions this morning:
North Carolina Dept. of Revenue v. Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust, No. 18-457: North Carolina law imposes a tax on any trust income...more
6/24/2019
/ Burden of Proof ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Eminent Domain ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Firearms ,
Flowers v Mississippi ,
Foreign Students ,
Just Compensation ,
Knick v Township of Scott Pennsylvania ,
North Carolina Department of Revenue v The Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust ,
Peremptory Challenges ,
Personal Knowledge ,
Race Discrimination ,
Rehaif v United States ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
State Taxes ,
Takings Clause ,
Trusts
The Supreme Court of the United States issued four decisions this morning:
Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck, No. 17-1702: A private nonprofit corporation known as MNN operates the public access channels on Time...more
6/21/2019
/ Atomic Energy Act ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Double Jeopardy ,
Dual Sovereignty Doctrine ,
Federal v State Law Application ,
Fifth Amendment ,
First Amendment ,
Gamble v United States ,
Preemption ,
SCOTUS ,
State Action Doctrine ,
State Contracts ,
Virginia Uranium Inc v Warren
The Supreme Court of the United States issued the following two decisions today:
New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira, No. 17-340: Respondent Dominic Oliveira works as a driver for petitioner New Prime, Inc., an interstate trucking...more
1/16/2019
/ Armed Career Criminal Act ,
Class Arbitration ,
Class Certification ,
Contract Terms ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Firearms ,
Independent Contractors ,
New Prime v Oliveira ,
Robbery ,
SCOTUS ,
Trucking Industry
The Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions yesterday -
United States v. Microsoft Corp., No. 17-2: Federal law enforcement agents obtained a warrant under 18 U.S.C. §2703, requiring Microsoft to...more
4/18/2018
/ Aggravated Felony ,
Appeals ,
Certiorari ,
Cloud Storage ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Data Storage ,
Deportation ,
Habeas Corpus ,
Immigration and Nationality Act ,
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel ,
Ireland ,
Murder ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Search Warrant ,
Sessions v Dimaya ,
Stored Communications Act ,
US v Microsoft ,
Violent Felonies ,
Wilson v Sellers
The Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions yesterday:
Marinello v. United States, No. 16-1144: Petitioner Carlo Marinello was indicted in 2012 for violating criminal tax laws following investigations...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued decisions in five cases today:
California Public Employees’ Retirement System v. ANZ Securities, Inc., No. 16-373: Lehman Brothers’ collapse led to a number of securities...more
6/27/2017
/ Birth Certificates ,
Bivens Claims ,
CalPERS v ANZ Securities ,
Certiorari ,
Churches ,
Class Action ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Davila v Davis ,
Fifth Amendment ,
First Amendment ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Free Exercise Clause ,
Grants ,
Hernandez v Mesa ,
Jury Instructions ,
Mexico ,
Obergefell v. Hodges ,
Remand ,
Same-Sex Marriage ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities Act of 1933 ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia Inc. v Comer
Perry v. Merit Systems Protection Bd., No. 16-399: Petitioner Anthony Perry was a federal employee at the U.S. Census Bureau and in 2011, received notice he would be terminated due to spotty attendance. Perry and the Bureau...more
6/26/2017
/ Consumer Expectations Test ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Guilty Pleas ,
Illegal Drugs ,
Indictments ,
Jurisdiction ,
Land Parcels ,
Murr v Wisconsin ,
Perry v Merit Systems Protection Board ,
Property Owners ,
Public Employees ,
Regulatory Takings ,
Resident Status ,
SCOTUS ,
Takings Clause ,
Work Suspensions
Maslenjak v. United States, No. 16-309: Petitioner Divna Maslenjak, an ethnic Serb who immigrated to the United States in 2000 and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2007, was convicted under 18 U.S.C. §1425(a) for...more
6/23/2017
/ Brady Violation ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Evidence ,
False Statements ,
Immigration ,
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel ,
Kidnapping ,
Maslenjak v United States ,
Murder ,
Prejudice ,
Robbery ,
Weaver v Massachusetts
The Supreme Court of the United States issued decisions in five cases today:
Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton, No. 16-74: This case involves whether three church-affiliated nonprofits that run hospitals and offer...more
6/6/2017
/ Advocate Health Care v Stapleton ,
Census ,
Certiorari ,
Church Plans ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Exemptions ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Illegal Drugs ,
Kokesh v SEC ,
North Carolina v Sandra Little Covington ,
Racial Gerrymandering ,
Redistricting ,
SCOTUS ,
Statute of Limitations ,
Takings Clause ,
Town of Chester v Laroe Estates
Nelson v. Colorado, No. 15-1256: In two separate cases from Colorado State Court, petitioners Shannon Nelson and Louis Alonzo Madden were convicted of sexual assault-related crimes, and were ordered to pay costs, fees, and...more
The Supreme Court of the United States issued decisions in two cases today:
McLane Co. v. EEOC, No. 15-1248: Damiana Ochoa filed a discrimination charge against petitioner McLane Co. when she was terminated after...more
4/5/2017
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Alien Tort Statute ,
Certiorari ,
Corporate Liability ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Dean v US ,
Discrimination ,
Federal Sentencing Guidelines ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Ineffective Assistance of Counsel ,
McLane Co. v EEOC ,
SCOTUS ,
Subpoenas
The Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision in the following case today:
Expressions Hair Design v. Schneiderman, No. 15-1391: Five businesses in New York, petitioners here, wanted to pass along the...more
3/30/2017
/ Appeals ,
Credit Cards ,
Criminal Convictions ,
Death Penalty ,
Disability ,
Eighth Amendment ,
Evidentiary Standards ,
First Amendment ,
Remand ,
SCOTUS ,
Transaction Fees