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Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors (July 1, 2024)

An Administrative Procedure Act claim does not accrue for the purposes of the six-year statute of limitations that applies to suits against the United States until the plaintiff is injured by final agency action.

Trump v. United States (July 1, 2024)

Under our constitutional structure of separated powers, the nature of Presidential power entitles a former President to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority. And he is entitled to at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts. There is no immunity for unofficial acts.

Moody v. NetChoice, LLC (July 1, 2024)

The First Amendment offers protection when an entity engaging in expressive activity, including compiling and curating others’ speech, is directed to accommodate messages it would prefer to exclude. Also, a state may not interfere with private actors’ speech to advance its own vision of ideological balance.

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

Courts must exercise their independent judgment in deciding whether an agency has acted within its statutory authority. Courts may not defer to an agency interpretation of the law simply because a statute is ambiguous.

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

The enforcement of generally applicable laws regulating camping on public property does not constitute “cruel and unusual punishment” prohibited by the Eighth Amendment.

Fischer v. United States (June 28, 2024)

To prove a violation of 18 U.S.C. 1512(c)(2), the government must establish that the defendant impaired the availability or integrity for use in an official proceeding of records, documents, objects, or other things used in the proceeding, or attempted to do so.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.