Supreme Court Decision Syllabus (SCOTUS Podcast)
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Supreme Court Decision Syllabus (SCOTUS Podcast)
Following what the Supreme Court is actually doing can be daunting. Reporting on the subject is often only done within the context of political narratives of the day -- and following the Court's decisions and reading every new case can be a non-starter. The purpose of this Podcast is to make it as e...
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Pitchford v. Cain (Batson claim)
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In a 5–4 decision, the Supreme Court held that the Mississippi Supreme Court unreasonably rejected death-row inmate Terry Pitch...
Margolin v. National Assoc. of Immigration Judges (party presentation)
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The Supreme Court in Margolin v. National Association of Immigration Judges reversed the Fourth Circuit for violating the princ...
M & K Employee Solutions, Inc. v. Trustees of IAM Nat. Pension
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Actuaries should probably use the best/most recent predictions about future stuff, and we should not try to tell them not to.
MONTGOMERY v. CARIBE TRANSPORT II, LLC
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A claim that one company negligently hired another to transport goods is not preempted by the FAAAA because States retain autho...
HAVANA DOCKS CORP. v. ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES
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Held: The cruise lines’ use of the docks is sufficient to establish that they used “property which was confiscated by the Cuba...
JULES v. ANDRE BALAZS PROPERTIES (ARBITRATION, CIVIL PROCEDURE, FEDERAL COURT JURISDICTION)
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A federal court that has previously stayed claims in a pending ac tion under §3 of the FAA has jurisdiction to confirm or vaca...
FIRST CHOICE WOMEN’S RESOURCE CENTERS v. DAVENPORT, A.G. OF NEW JERSEY (1A and donor records)
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First Choice has established a present injury to its First Amend ment associational rights sufficient to confer Article III st...
Louisiana v. Callais (§2 of the Voting Rights Act)
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In Louisiana v. Callais, the Supreme Court held that Louisiana’s congressional map (SB8), which created an additional majority-...
ENBRIDGE ENERGY, LP v. NESSEL
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Because §1446(b)(1)’s text, structure, and context are inconsistent with equitable tolling, Enbridge’s removal was untimely. P...
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. R.W. (PROBABLE CAUSE TO STOP/TERRY STOP/VEHICLE)
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Totality of the Circumstances is required in considering Probable Cause for a temporary stop. Probable Cause being defined as:...
Hencely v. Fluor Corp (Wartime contractor immunity)
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A U.S. Army specialist injured while stopping a Taliban suicide bomber at a base in Afghanistan sued military contractor Fluor...
Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish
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Chevron has plausibly alleged a close relationship between its challenged crude-oil production and the performance of its fede...
Chiles v. Salazar (First Amendment & talk therapy)
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The Court held that Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy,” as applied to a licensed counselor providing only talk therapy, lik...
Rico v. United States (tolling supervised release)
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The Supreme Court held that the Sentencing Reform Act does not permit courts to automatically extend a defendant’s term of sup...
Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment (Secondary Copyright infringment--Contributory Liablity)
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The provider of a service is contributorily liable for a user’s infringement only if it intended that the provided service be u...
Zorn v. Linton (Qualified Immunity)
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2nd Circuit held an officer was not entitled to qualified immunity, the Supreme Court Disagrees and Reverses the order of the 2...
OLIVIER v. CITY OF BRANDON (§1983 Suits to enjoin future prosecution).
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a claim for “prospective injunctive relief ”—the use of fairer procedures in the future—may “properly be brought under §1983,”...
Urias-Orellana v. Bondi (Level of Deference for Immigration Appeals)
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In Urias‑Orellana v. Bondi, the Supreme Court unanimously held that courts of appeals must apply the substantial-evidence stand...
Galette v. New Jersey Transit (Sovereign Immunity)
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In 1979, the New Jersey Legislature created the New Jersey Transit Corporation (NJ Transit) as a “body corporate and politic wi...
MIRABELLI v. BONTA (TRANSGENDER AND FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION)
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It's a ruling about procedure, but they'd like you to know how they believe the Court below should rule. That Free Exercise of...
Villareal v. Texas (Sixth Amendment right to counsel)
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In a decision affirming the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the Supreme Court held that a trial court may, during an overnight...
GEO Group v. Menocal (Civil Procedure/Appealability)
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Petitioner GEO Group operates a private detention facility in Aurora, Colorado, under a contract with U. S. Immigration and Cus...
Hain Celestial Group, Inc. v. Palmquist (Civil Procedure and DIVERSITY JURISDICTION)
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Held: Because the District Court’s erroneous dismissal of Whole Foods did not cure the jurisdictional defect that existed when...
Postal Service v. Konan (Sov. Immunity/FTCA)
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The Fed Government retains sovereign immunity under the FTCA for intentional non-delivery of mail.
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LEARNING RESOURCES, INC. v. TRUMP (President's Tariff Authority)
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No one Authorized President Trump to impose these "Emergency" Tariffs under the IEEPA (International Emergency Economic Powers...
KLEIN v. MARTIN (AEDPA STANDARDS AGAIN)
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The Court Below granted relief when it should have not.
Judge Niemeyer of the 4th Circuit was the lone dissent--contendin...
Ellingberg v. United States (Restitution & Ex Post Facto Clause)
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The Court unanimously held that restitution imposed under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act is a form of criminal punishme...
CONEY ISLAND AUTO PARTS v. BURTON, (Bankruptcy, Civil Procedure, Void Judgement vs. Time Limits)
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an appeal of a VOID judgement under federal rule 60 is still subject to the statutory text's "within a reasonable time" limit.<...
Doe v. Dynamic Physical Therapy, LLC
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State Courts may not grant releif from FEDERAL causes of action by reference to state statute.
BOWE v. UNITED STATES
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1. The Court has jurisdiction because §2244(b)(3)(E) does not bar this Court’s review of a federal prisoner’s request to file a...
BARRETT v. UNITED STATES (Hobbs Act Robbery/Blockburger Test)
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Supreme Court refuses to assume that Congress intended to disregard Blockburger and allow someone to be convicted of two crimes...
Case v. Montana (4a's Community Caretaker Exception)
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Supreme Court Upholds Montana's Community Caretaker exception to the 4th amendment prohibition on warrantless searches.
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Clark v. Sweeney (Party Presentation)
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In Clark v. Sweeney, the Supreme Court reversed a Fourth Circuit decision that had granted habeas relief on a theory the petiti...
Pitts v. Mississippi (Confrontation Clause)
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The United States Supreme Court reversed a decision of the Mississippi Supreme Court upholding the use of a physical screen tha...
Goldey v. Field (Bivens / Excessive Force)
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Goldey v. Fields
PER CURIAM. In Bivens v. Six Unknown Fed. Narcotics Agents, 403 U. S. 388 (1971), this Court recognized...
Trump v. CASA, Inc. (Universal Injunction / Birthright Citizenship)
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Trump v. CASA, Inc.
Held: Universal injunctions likely exceed the equitable authority that Congress has given to federa...
Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, Inc. (Appointments Clause)
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Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, Inc.
In 1984, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) created the U. S. Preven...
FCC v. Consumer Research (Nondelegation Doctrine)
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FCC v. Consumers’ Research
The Communications Act of 1934 established the FCC and instructed it to make available to “al...
Mahmoud v. Taylor (LGBTQ+ Books / Parental Opt-Out)
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Held: Parents challenging the Board’s introduction of the “LGBTQ+-inclusive” storybooks, along with its decision to withhold op...
Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton (Texas Pornography Regulation)
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Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton
Texas, like many States, prohibits distributing sexually explicit content to child...