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Food and Drug Administration v. R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co. (June 20, 2025)

Retailers who would sell a new tobacco product if not for an FDA denial order against the manufacturer have a right to seek judicial review.

McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corp. (June 20, 2025)

In civil enforcement proceedings under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, district courts are not bound by the Federal Communications Commission’s interpretation of the Act.

Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC v. Environmental Protection Agency (June 20, 2025)

Fuel producers had standing to sue the EPA for approving California regulations that required automakers to manufacture more electric vehicles and fewer gasoline-powered vehicles.

Esteras v. United States (June 20, 2025)

When deciding whether to revoke a term of supervised release, a district court may not consider the need for the sentence imposed to reflect the seriousness of the offense, to promote respect for the law, and to provide just punishment for the offense.

Stanley v. City of Sanford (June 20, 2025)

The Americans With Disabilities Act does not reach discrimination against retirees who neither hold nor desire a job whose essential tasks they can perform with reasonable accommodation.

Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization (June 20, 2025)

The Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act reasonably ties the assertion of federal jurisdiction over the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority to conduct that involves the United States and implicates sensitive foreign policy matters within the prerogative of the political branches.

Oklahoma v. Environmental Protection Agency (June 18, 2025)

EPA disapprovals of state emissions-control plans under the Clean Air Act were locally or regionally applicable actions and were not based on determinations of nationwide scope or effect, so challenges to them should be heard in a regional circuit.

Environmental Protection Agency v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, L.L.C. (June 18, 2025)

EPA denials of small refinery exemption petitions under the Clean Air Act renewable fuel program were locally or regionally applicable actions, but they were based on determinations of nationwide scope or effect, so they should be heard in the D.C. Circuit.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission v. Texas (June 18, 2025)

Only a license applicant or a party that successfully intervened in the licensing proceeding may obtain judicial review of a licensing decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Perttu v. Richards (June 18, 2025)

Parties are entitled to a jury trial on Prison Litigation Reform Act exhaustion when that issue is intertwined with the merits of a claim protected by the Seventh Amendment.

United States v. Skrmetti (June 18, 2025)

A Tennessee law banning certain medical care for transgender minors did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, since it was not subject to heightened scrutiny and satisfied rational basis review.