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Supreme Court Restricts Universal Injunctions in Landmark Ruling for Executive Authority

Cranfill Sumner LLP on 7/7/2025

In a landmark decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 27, 2025, that federal courts generally lack the authority to block government policies from being enforced against nonparties, not just the plaintiffs in a case....more

Supreme Court Limits Injunctive Relief Against Birthright Citizenship Executive Order

Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP on 7/2/2025

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

Nationwide Injunctions After Trump v. Casa

Franczek P.C. on 7/1/2025

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

SCOTUS Curbs Universal Injunctions? So What Does That Mean for You?

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 6/30/2025

The United States Supreme Court issued a decision that curtailed the practice of “universal” or “nationwide” injunctions and may have a significant impact for individuals and organizations that seek redress from the courts,...more

Supreme Court Limits Universal Injunctions

WilmerHale on 6/30/2025

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

SCOTUS Limits Courts’ Power to Issue Broad Injunctions, Raising More Questions than Answers for Employers Nationwide

Fisher Phillips on 6/30/2025

In a decision sure to have reverberations for employment law for years to come, the Supreme Court just significantly limited the ability of federal district court judges to issue nationwide injunctions – now coined...more

SCOTUS Will Soon Decide If Federal Judges Can Issue Nationwide Injunctions: What's at Stake for Employers?

Fisher Phillips on 5/12/2025

The US Supreme Court is poised to decide a landmark case that could significantly limit the ability of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions – a move that could have a profound impact on the workplace. Injunctions...more

Judicial Restraint in the Time of COVID-19?

Robinson+Cole RLUIPA Defense on 6/10/2020

Across the nation, religious institutions are challenging COVID-19-related restrictions on religious worship. There are too many cases to note. We recently posted about the U.S. Supreme Court’s (SCOTUS) decision denying an...more

Supreme Court Weighs in on Gathering Restrictions

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 6/4/2020

The U.S. Supreme Court weighed in for the first time on a COVID-19 related issue that recently has divided federal and state courts: whether restrictions on religious gatherings during the pandemic can be constitutional. ...more

Courts Find That Governors Enjoy Broad Police Power to Limit Private Activities in a Pandemic

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/4/2020

Across the country, state and local governments have responded to the coronavirus by limiting in various ways normal activities that were part of everyday life before the outbreak. A battery of lawsuits in state and federal...more

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds California’s COVID-19 Restrictions on Religious Worship

Robinson+Cole RLUIPA Defense on 6/2/2020

In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court denied an application for injunctive relief filed by South Bay United Pentecostal Church (Church) challenging California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Stay-At-Home order and 4-stage...more

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