Recent Decisions
Bittner v. United States (February 28, 2023)
The $10,000 maximum penalty for the non-willful failure to file a report compliant with the Bank Secrecy Act accrues on a per-report, not a per-account, basis.
Delaware v. Pennsylvania (February 28, 2023)
Supreme Court: abandoned prepaid financial instruments are similar to money orders and are covered by the Disposition of Abandoned Money Orders and Traveler’s Checks Act rather than common law rules of escheat.
Cruz v. Arizona (February 22, 2023)
Supreme Court vacates a ruling by the Arizona Supreme Court that interpreted a state procedural rule to conclude that there was not a "significant change in the law" resulting from the U.S. Supreme Court's reversal of the Arizona Supreme Court's refusal to apply a particular U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. v. Hewitt (February 22, 2023)
Supreme Court declines to exempt a highly-compensated worker, paid on a daily basis with no guarantee of a weekly amount, from the Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime pay requirements.
Bartenwerfer v. Buckley (February 22, 2023)
Supreme Court holds that the Bankruptcy Code exemption from discharge for debts involving fraud precludes the partner of the individual who committed the fraud from discharging a debt, regardless of her own culpability.
Latest Supreme Court News
Utah Wants to Disable the Law That Led to the Creation of Four of Its Magnificent National Parks
The New York Times,
A lawsuit all but invited by the country’s chief justice threatens one the most consequential authorities granted to presidents by Congress.
Florida Is Trying to Take Away the American Right to Speak Freely
The New York Times,
There’s still time for state lawmakers to reject the crude pandering of a bill that seeks to overturn a bulwark of First Amendment law.
Why the Student Debt Pause Became a Political Trap
The New York Times,
Debtors have gotten out of the habit of making monthly payments.
Justices order new briefing in Moore v. Harper as N.C. court prepares to rehear underlying dispute
SCOTUSblog,
The Supreme Court on Thursday raised questions about whether it would reach a decision in a major election law case. In a brief order, the justices asked for additional briefing in Moore v. Harper, a case argued in December, to address whether the court still... The post Justices order new briefing in <em>Moore v. Harper</em> as N.C. court prepares to rehear underlying dispute appeared first on SCOTUSblog.
The Inadequate “Adequate State Law Ground” Doctrine
Justia's Verdict,
Cornell Law professor Michael C. Dorf comments on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision last week in Cruz v. Arizona, in which a 5-4 majority of the Court delivered a rare victory to a capital defendant. Professor Dorf describes the circuitous path Cruz’s case took and how it highlights an inadequacy in the standard for viewing the “adequacy” of state law grounds for denying federal judicial intervention.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Bar Memorial
Supreme Court of the United States,
The Supreme Court of the United States will honor the memory of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday, March 17, 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 John Owens, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit; the Honorable Paul...
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