Volume 599
Docket Number: 22-105
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 23, 2023
Justia Opinion Summary: Bielski filed a putative class action, alleging that Coinbase, an online currency platform, failed to replace funds fraudulently taken from its users’ accounts. Coinbase’s User Agreement provides for binding arbitration. ...
Docket Number: 22-179
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 23, 2023
Justia Opinion Summary: Hansen promised hundreds of noncitizens a path to U.S. citizenship through “adult adoption,” earning nearly $2 million from his fraudulent scheme. The government charged Hansen under 8 U.S.C. 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv), which ...
Docket Number: 22-196
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 23, 2023
Justia Opinion Summary: Samia, Hunter, and Stillwell were tried jointly for the murder-for-hire of Lee, a real estate broker. The prosecution argued that Hunter had hired Samia and Stillwell to pose as buyers and visit properties with Lee. The court ...
Docket Number: 22-58
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 23, 2023
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2021, the Secretary of Homeland Security promulgated Guidelines for the Enforcement of Civil Immigration Law that prioritize the arrest and removal from the U.S. of noncitizens who are suspected terrorists or dangerous ...
Docket Number: 21-1484
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 22, 2023
Justia Opinion Summary: An 1868 treaty established the Navajo Reservation that today spans some 17 million acres, almost entirely in the Colorado River Basin. While the Tribe has the right to use water from the reservation’s numerous water sources, ...
Docket Number: 21-857
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 22, 2023
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2000, Jones was convicted on two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1). The Eighth Circuit affirmed Jones’ convictions and sentence. Jones’ subsequent 28 U.S.C. 2255 motion resulted ...
Docket Number: 22-23
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 22, 2023
Justia Opinion Summary: Two noncitizens were determined removable because they had convictions for aggravated felonies, offenses “relating to obstruction of justice,” 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43)(S), 1227(a)(2)(A)(iii). The Ninth Circuit concluded that ...
Docket Number: 22-381
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 22, 2023
Justia Opinion Summary: Smagin won a multimillion-dollar arbitration award against Yegiazaryan stemming from the misappropriation of funds in Moscow. Because Yegiazaryan lives in California, Smagin, who lives in Russia, filed suit to enforce the ...
Docket Number: 21-1052
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 16, 2023
Justia Opinion Summary: The False Claims Act (FCA) imposes civil liability on those who present false or fraudulent claims for payment to the federal government, 31 U.S.C. 3729–3733, and authorizes private parties (relators) to bring “qui tam ...
Docket Number: 22-49
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 16, 2023
Justia Opinion Summary: A federal court imposing multiple prison sentences typically has discretion to run the sentences concurrently or consecutively, 18 U.S.C. 3584. Section 924(c)'s exception provides: no term of imprisonment imposed “under ...
Docket Number: 21-1576
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 15, 2023
Justia Opinion Summary: Smith was indicted in the Northern District of Florida for theft of trade secrets from StrikeLines’ website. Smith moved to dismiss the indictment, citing the Constitution’s Venue Clause and the Vicinage Clause. Smith ...
Docket Number: 21-376
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 15, 2023
Justia Opinion Summary: The Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) governs state court adoption and foster care proceedings involving Indian children, requiring placement of an Indian child according to the Act’s hierarchical preferences absent a finding ...
Docket Number: 22-227
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 15, 2023
Justia Opinion Summary: The Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians is a federally recognized Indian tribe. One of its businesses extended Coughlin a payday loan. After receiving the loan, Coughlin filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy, ...
Docket Number: 21-1086
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 8, 2023
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1992, Voting Rights Act (52 U.S.C. 10301) Section 2 litigation challenging Alabama’s districting map resulted in Alabama’s first majority-black district and its first black Representative since 1877. Alabama’s congressional ...
Docket Number: 21-806
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 8, 2023
Justia Opinion Summary: After Talevski’s move to a nursing home proved problematic, Talevski sued a county-owned nursing home (HHC) under 42 U.S.C. 1983, claiming that HHC’s actions violated rights guaranteed him under the Federal Nursing Home ...
Docket Number: 22-10
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 8, 2023
Justia Opinion Summary: Dubin was convicted of healthcare fraud, 18 U.S.C. 1347 after he overbilled Medicaid for psychological testing performed by his company. The prosecution argued that, in defrauding Medicaid, he also committed “[a]ggravated ...
Docket Number: 22-148
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 8, 2023
Justia Opinion Summary: VIP makes a chewable dog toy that looks like a Jack Daniel’s whiskey bottle; the words “Jack Daniel’s” become “Bad Spaniels.” “Old No. 7 Brand Tennessee Sour Mash Whiskey” turns into “The Old No. 2 On Your ...
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