Recent Decisions
LeDure v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. (April 28, 2022)
Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C. (April 28, 2022)
Emotional distress damages are not recoverable in a private action to enforce either the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 or the Affordable Care Act.
Boechler v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (April 21, 2022)
The Tax Code's 30-day time limit to file a petition with the Tax Court for review of a collection due process determination is a non-jurisdictional deadline subject to equitable tolling.
Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation (April 21, 2022)
In a Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act suit raising non-federal claims against a foreign state or instrumentality, a court should determine the substantive law by using the same choice-of-law rule applicable in a similar suit against a private party..
City of Austin v. Reagan National Advertising of Austin, LLC (April 21, 2022)
An ordinance distinguishing between on-premises signs and off-premises signs is not facially content-based for purposes of First Amendment review.
Latest Supreme Court News
Gorsuch Calls for Overruling ‘Shameful’ Cases on U.S. Territories
The New York Times,
The justice urged his colleagues to revisit the Insular Cases, which denied full constitutional protection to unincorporated territories. A petition filed last week gives them a chance.
Gorsuch Calls for Overruling ‘Shameful’ Cases on U.S. Territories
The New York Times,
The justice urged his colleagues to revisit the Insular Cases, which denied full constitutional protection to unincorporated territories. A petition filed last week gives them a chance.
Ron DeSantis and Other Republicans Desecrate What Their Party Long Championed
The New York Times,
Ron DeSantis and others are desecrating what the G.O.P. long championed.
Court splits 4-4 on what it means to “use” a locomotive
SCOTUSblog,
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued its decision in LeDure v. Union Pacific Railroad Company. But the resolution was a single sentence stating that the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit was “affirmed by an equally divided Court.” As is... The post Court splits 4-4 on what it means to “use” a locomotive appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
What Did the Justices Say About Football Prayer? The Oral Argument in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District
Justia's Verdict,
UNLV Boyd School of Law professor Leslie C. Griffin comments on Monday’s oral argument in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District, which presents a question about the intersection between the Free Exercise Clause, the Establishment Clause, and government speech jurisprudence. Professor Griffin describes how various Justices approached the case and what we might learn about how they are inclined to vote.
Justice John Paul Stevens Bar Memorial
Supreme Court of the United States,
The Supreme Court of the United States will honor the memory of the late Justice John Paul Stevens on Monday, May 2, with a meeting of the Supreme Court’s Bar, followed by a special sitting of the Court. The Bar meeting – at 1:45 p.m. in the Upper Great Hall – will feature remarks by the Honorable Elizabeth B. Prelogar, Solicitor General of the United States; the Honorable David J. Barron, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; the Honorable...
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