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Supreme Court Holds Universal Injunctions Exceed Courts’ Statutory Authority

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On Friday, June 27, the Supreme Court held that so-called universal injunctions (sometimes called nationwide injunctions) likely exceed federal courts’ equitable authority as granted by the Judiciary Act of 1789. The Court...more

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Supreme Court Halts Nationwide Injunctions with Major Implications for Ongoing Litigation

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On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court held, in a 6-3 decision in Trump v. Casa, that federal courts lack the authority to issue nationwide injunctions under the Judiciary Act of 1789 (Judiciary Act). In doing so, the Court...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Stop It! No, You Stop It! In Major Legal Shift, SCOTUS Says No More Universal Injunctions

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday, June 27, that federal district courts may not issue “universal” injunctions (the term the Court used instead of “nationwide” injunctions), as it decided that doing so is beyond their...more

Husch Blackwell LLP

Supreme Court Clarifies District Courts' Independence from FCC's TCPA Interpretations

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In a decision with sweeping implications for the administrative law and the regulation of tele-communications practices—to say nothing of one of the most dangerous class-action devices in history—the Supreme Court ruled in...more

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Supreme Court Limits Injunctive Relief Against Birthright Citizenship Executive Order

In the waning days of the Court’s session this year, several blockbuster decisions were issued. A long-awaited decision regarding birthright citizenship was issued, but did not address the merits of the case itself. In the...more

UB Greensfelder LLP

U.S. Supreme Court Restricts Nationwide Injunctions in Trump v. CASA, Inc., The Legal Challenge to the Executive Order Ending...

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On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 6–3 decision in Trump v. CASA, Inc., marking a major shift in how federal courts may respond to challenges against nationwide policies—especially in immigration law. The case...more

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Supreme Court Limits the District Courts' Ability to Issue Universal Injunctions Against Executive Orders and Agency Action

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In a decision issued on June 27, 2025, Trump v. CASA, Inc. (a 6-3 ruling), the U.S. Supreme Court held that federal District Courts lack authority to grant universal injunctions. In CASA, the United States District Courts for...more

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Nationwide Injunctions After Trump v. Casa

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In Trump v. Casa, the Supreme Court addressed three emergency applications challenging the use of universal injunctions that bar enforcement of federal action across the country. The case concerned the entry of a temporary...more

Robinson+Cole Class Actions Insider

How Will Trump v. CASA, Inc.  Affect Class Certification Law?

The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Trump v. CASA, Inc., –– S. Ct. ––, 2025 WL 1773631 (U.S. June 27, 2025), restricting the use of “universal injunctions” by federal district courts, is receiving extensive attention...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Supreme Court rejects granting of universal or nationwide injunctions in landmark opinion

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Last Friday, the Supreme Court, in a 6-3 opinion in Trump v. CASA, Inc. covering three separate lawsuits that were consolidated for purposes of argument and decision, held that Federal Courts may not grant a universal...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Supreme Court Ends Use of Universal Injunctions

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On June 27, 2025, in a 6-3 opinion by Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Trump v. CASA, Inc., No. 24A884, 606 U.S. ___ (2025), that federal courts lack the power to issue “universal injunctions,” a...more

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U.S. Supreme Court dismisses grant of certiorari to address impact of uninjured class members

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After numerous posts regarding the different approaches the Courts of Appeals have taken when addressing certification of a class that includes uninjured class members, we recently discussed the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision...more

Chambliss, Bahner & Stophel, P.C.

Supreme Court Update: Trump v. CASA, Inc. – Fundamental Shift in Federal Injunctive Relief Strategy

The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision in Trump v. CASA, Inc. (2025) has fundamentally altered the federal litigation landscape by severely restricting courts’ authority to issue universal injunctions. This ruling requires...more

Troutman Amin LLP

SYSTEM REBOOT ON AUTODIALERS?: McLaughlin and the Future of TCPA Statutory Interpretation

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Greetings TCPAWorld! When you thought you’d seen it all… think again. Here at TCPAWorld, we are the first in everything. The Supreme Court dropped another surprise that’s about to turn everything upside down again. See...more

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WAVE OF LITIGATION ENDED?: Are the TCPA’s Quiet Hour Rules Dead After Friday’s Supreme Court Ruling?

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As TCPAWorld.com readers know, 2025 has seen a massive rush of TCPA class litigation. Indeed such filings are up over 100 percent from last year– which was already the highest volume year in history. The biggest volume of...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

U.S. Supreme Court holds district courts are not bound by agency interpretations in civil enforcement proceedings

On June 20, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed and remanded a lower court decision, holding that the Hobbs Act does not bind district courts in civil enforcement proceedings to an agency’s interpretation of a statute. In this...more

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Supreme Court Limits Universal Injunctions

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On June 27, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court held in a 6-3 decision in Trump v. CASA, Inc. that federal courts lack the authority to issue universal injunctions under the Judiciary Act of 1789. In so ruling, the Court granted the...more

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Telephone and Texting Compliance — US Supreme Court Sends TCPA District Courts Back to Square One While Breathing New Life into...

In a new 6-3 opinion, the US Supreme Court has cast further doubt into TCPA litigation. The decade-old underlying case, McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corporation et al., was filed after the defendant...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Supreme Court: Hobbs Act does not require federal courts to defer to FCC

On June 20, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corp., holding that the federal Hobbs Act does not bind district courts in civil enforcement proceedings to a...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

SCOTUS Says District Courts Are Not Bound by FCC Orders Interpreting the TCPA

On June 20, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court delivered an opinion that could dramatically change the landscape of class actions under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA)....more

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Importers Who Paid IEEPA Tariffs That Were Later Ruled Unlawful Seek Refunds

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Markets plunged earlier this year upon President Trump’s announcement of steep tariffs on imports to the U.S. from its trading partners, at rates varying from 10% to 125% depending on the country of the imported goods’...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Justice Kavanaugh Signals One Conservative Vote in Labcorp Toward Imposing a Pre-Certification Standing Requirement Under FRCP 23

On June 5, 2025, the Supreme Court declined to decide the question, certified in Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings v. Davis, as to “[w]hether a federal court may certify a class action pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Supreme Court Declines to Resolve Circuit Split on Certifying Classes with Uninjured Class Members

On June 5, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed as improvidently granted the writ of certiorari in Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v. Luke Davis, No. 22-55873, which raised whether a federal court may certify a...more

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Civil Justice Council Recommends "Light Touch" Regulation of Litigation Funding in United Kingdom

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The Civil Justice Council ("CJC") has published its final report, recommending that the UK government regulate litigation funding and pass legislation to enable funders to be remunerated by way of a percentage of any damages...more

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Update: Supreme Court Dismisses Appeal on Whether a Class Can Contain Members Who Lack an Article III Injury

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In Labcorp v. Davis, the U.S. Supreme Court was poised to decide if a federal court can certify a class that includes members who lack any Article III injury. But as we discussed last month, the oral argument suggested that...more

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