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City of Grants Pass v. Johnson (June 28, 2024)

The case involves the city of Grants Pass, Oregon, and its laws restricting public camping. The city's laws prohibit activities such as camping on public property or parking overnight in the city’s parks. Violations can result in fines and, in the case of multiple violations, imprisonment. A group o...

Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo (June 28, 2024)

The Supreme Court of the United States reviewed two cases involving challenges to a rule promulgated by the National Marine Fisheries Service under the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The rule required certain fishing vessels to carry observers onboard to collect data necessary for fishery conservation and ma...

Fischer v. United States (June 28, 2024)

The case revolves around the interpretation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, specifically 18 U.S.C. §1512(c)(2), which imposes criminal liability on anyone who corruptly obstructs, influences, or impedes any official proceeding, or attempts to do so. The petitioner, Joseph Fischer, was charged wit...

Moyle v. United States (June 27, 2024)

The Supreme Court left in place a preliminary injunction barring Idaho from enforcing its abortion law when hospitals perform abortions that are necessary to prevent serious harm to a woman's health.

Ohio v. Environmental Protection Agency (June 27, 2024)

When the EPA offered no reasoned response to legitimate concerns posed during the comment period for a rule, this likely indicated that the EPA’s final rule was not reasonably explained.

Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P. (June 27, 2024)

The bankruptcy code does not authorize a release and injunction that, as part of a plan of reorganization under Chapter 11, effectively seeks to discharge claims against a non-debtor without the consent of affected claimants.

SEC v. Jarkesy (June 27, 2024)

When the SEC seeks civil penalties against a defendant for securities fraud, the Seventh Amendment entitles the defendant to a jury trial.

Snyder v. United States (June 26, 2024)

18 U.S.C. §666 does not make it a crime for state and local officials to accept gratuities that may be given as a token of appreciation after an official act.

Murthy v. Missouri (June 26, 2024)

Plaintiffs who argued that the federal government pressured social media platforms to censor their speech in violation of the First Amendment did not have standing to seek an injunction.

Erlinger v. United States (June 21, 2024)

The Fifth and Sixth Amendments require a unanimous jury to make the determination beyond a reasonable doubt that a defendant’s past offenses were committed on separate occasions for the purposes of the Armed Career Criminal Act.

Smith v. Arizona (June 21, 2024)

When an expert testifying at a criminal trial conveys an absent analyst’s statements in support of the expert’s opinion, and the statements provide that support only if true, the statements come into evidence for their truth.

Texas v. New Mexico (June 21, 2024)

States were not allowed to enter a consent decree that would dispose of the federal government's claims under the Rio Grande Compact without its consent.

Department of State v. Munoz (June 21, 2024)

A citizen does not have a fundamental liberty interest in their noncitizen spouse being admitted to the country.

United States v. Rahimi (June 21, 2024)

An individual found by a court to pose a credible threat to the physical safety of another person may be temporarily disarmed consistent with the Second Amendment.