U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments
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Ciminelli v. United States
November 28, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 17.8 MBA case in which the Court held the Second Circuit’s “right to control” theory of fraud, which treats the deprivation of complete and accurate information bearing on a person’s economic decision as a species of property fraud, cannot state a valid basis for liability under the federal wire fraud statute.
Percoco v. United States
November 28, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 15.5 MBA case in which the Court reversed the conviction of a private citizen who was convicted of honest-services fraud on the theory that, although he held no elected office or government employment, he had informal political or other influence over governmental decisionmaking, and thus owed a fiduciary duty to the general public.
Haaland v. Brackeen
November 09, 2022 14:00 - 3 hours - 44 MBA case in which the Court upheld the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act.
Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski
November 08, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 21.5 MBA case in which the Court held that a plaintiff may sue under Section 1983 for violation of rights secured by legislation enacted under Congress's Spending Clause power, in this case, the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act.
Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
November 08, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 24.8 MBA case in which the Court held that a state registration statute for out-of-state corporations confers general personal jurisdiction over the registrant.
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Cochran
November 07, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 15.9 MBA case in which the Court held that a federal district court has jurisdiction to consider claims challenging the constitutionality of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s administrative proceedings.
Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission
November 07, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 21 MBA case in which the Court held that federal district courts have jurisdiction to hear constitutional challenges to the Federal Trade Commission’s structure, procedure, and existence.
Bittner v. United States
November 02, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 16.7 MBA case in which the Court held that a “violation” under the Bank Secrecy Act is the failure to file an annual Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (no matter the number of foreign accounts), notwithstanding the number of individual accounts that were not properly reported.
Jones v. Hendrix
November 01, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 18.3 MBA case in which the Court held that the saving clause in 28 U. S. C. §2255(e) does not allow a prisoner asserting an intervening change in the interpretation of a criminal statute to circumvent the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996’s restrictions on second or successive § 2255 motions by filing a habeas petition under § 2241.
Cruz v. Arizona
November 01, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 14.2 MBA case in which the Court held the Arizona Supreme Court’s ruling that a state rule of criminal procedure precluded post-conviction relief is not an adequate and independent state-law ground for the judgment against him.
Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina
October 31, 2022 14:00 - 2 hours - 37.7 MBA case in which the Court overruled its decision in Grutter v. Bollinger to hold that institutions of higher education cannot use race as a factor in admissions.
Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College
October 31, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 26.4 MBA case in which the Court overruled its decision in Grutter v. Bollinger to hold that institutions of higher education cannot use race as a factor in admissions.
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith
October 12, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 23.5 MBA case in which the Court will decide what it means for a work of art to be “transformative” for purposes of the Copyright Act’s fair use doctrine.
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. v. Hewitt
October 12, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 21.5 MBA case in which the Court held that daily-rate workers, of whatever income level, qualify as paid on a salary basis only if they satisfy three conditions outlined in the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Reed v. Goertz
October 11, 2022 14:00 - 59 minutes - 13.7 MBA case in which the Court held that the statute of limitations for a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim seeking DNA testing of crime-scene evidence begins to run at the end of state-court litigation denying DNA testing, including any appeals, rather than as soon as the state trial court denies DNA testing.
National Pork Producers Council v. Ross
October 11, 2022 14:00 - 2 hours - 30.2 MBA case in which the Court will decide whether a California law restricting the sale of pork within the state in a way that affects most or all commercial out-of-state farms violates the “dormant” component of the Commerce Clause.
Arellano v. McDonough
October 04, 2022 14:00 - 47 minutes - 10.9 MBA case in which the Court held the one-year filing deadline for veterans to submit disability claims after they are discharged is not subject to principles of equitable tolling, meaning that missing the filing deadline forfeits retroactive disability benefits.
Merrill v. Milligan
October 04, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 26.1 MBA case in which the Court will decide whether Alabama’s 2021 redistricting plan for its seven seats in the U.S. House of Representatives violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
Delaware v. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
October 03, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 15.7 MBA case in which the Court held that the Federal Disposition Act applies to unclaimed or uncashed checks issued by MoneyGram Payments Systems, and thus that they must be returned to the state where they were purchased.
Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency
October 03, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 24.7 MBA case in which the Court will clarify the proper test for determining whether wetlands are “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act.
Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta
April 27, 2022 14:00 - 2 hours - 29.7 MBA case in which the Court held that a state has concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute non-Natives who commit crimes against Natives on Native American lands.
Biden v. Texas
April 26, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 24.5 MBA case in which the Court held that the Biden administration properly rescinded Trump’s “remain in Mexico” policy, which requires asylum seekers to stay in Mexico while they await hearing in U.S. immigration court.
Shoop v. Twyford
April 26, 2022 14:00 - 58 minutes - 13.4 MBA case in which the Court held a transportation order that allows a prisoner to search for new evidence is not “necessary or appropriate in aid of” a federal court’s adjudication of a habeas corpus action when the prisoner has not shown that the desired evidence would be admissible in connection with a particular claim for relief.
Kennedy v. Bremerton School District
April 25, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 24.7 MBA case in which the Court held that a public school’s attempt to avoid an Establishment Clause claim by forbidding a coach from praying with students during and after a game violates the coach’s free speech and free exercise rights.
Nance v. Ward
April 25, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 19.7 MBA case in which the Court held that Title 42 U.S.C. § 1983 is the procedural vehicle appropriate for a prisoner’s method-of-execution claim even if an order granting the relief requested would necessitate a change in state law.
Vega v. Tekoh
April 20, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 18.4 MBA case in which the Court held that a plaintiff may not state a claim for relief against a law enforcement officer under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 based on the officer’s failure to provide Miranda warnings.
Kemp v. United States
April 19, 2022 14:00 - 43 minutes - 9.96 MBA case in which the Court held that Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(1) authorizes relief based on a district court’s error of law.
George v. McDonough
April 19, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 17.2 MBA case in which the Court held that “clear and unmistakable error,” in the context of a veteran’s challenge of a denial of benefits by the Department of Veterans Affairs, does not include the invalidation of a VA regulation.
United States v. Washington
April 18, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 14.4 MBA case in which the Court held that a state worker’s compensation law that applies exclusively to certain federal workers violates the principle of intergovernmental immunity.
Siegel v. Fitzgerald
April 18, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 17.3 MBA case in which the Court held the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act violates the uniformity requirement of the Constitution's Bankruptcy Clause by increasing quarterly fees solely in districts under the U.S. Trustee program and not in those under the Bankruptcy Administrator program.
Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana
March 30, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 18.5 MBA case in which the Court held that the Federal Arbitration Act requires enforcement of a bilateral arbitration agreement providing that an employee cannot raise representative claims, including under the California Private Attorneys General Act.
Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety
March 29, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 23.1 MBA case in which the Court held that Congress has the power to abrogate a state’s sovereign immunity from lawsuit pursuant to its constitutional war powers.
LeDure v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
March 28, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 23.1 MBA case in which the Court affirmed, via an equally divided Court, that a train that makes a temporary stop in a railyard as part of its unitary journey in interstate commerce is not “in use” and therefore not subject to the Locomotive Inspection Act.
Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon
March 28, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 15.3 MBA case in which the Court held that an airline employee who works as a ramp agent supervisor is a “transportation worker” and therefore not required to arbitrate her wage dispute with the airline.
ZF Automotive US, Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd.
March 23, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 25.1 MBA case in which the Court held that a federal law that gives district courts the discretion to order someone in that district to give testimony or produce documents “for use in a foreign or international tribunal” does not apply to private commercial arbitral tribunals.
Golan v. Saada
March 22, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 18.3 MBA case in which the Court held that the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction does not categorically require courts to consider all measures that might mitigate the grave risk of harm if the child were to return to their country of habitual residence.
Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP
March 21, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 16.3 MBA case in which the Court held that North Carolina legislators have a right to intervene in a lawsuit to defend a state voter-ID law.
Morgan v. Sundance, Inc.
March 21, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 18.8 MBA case in which the Court held the arbitration-specific requirement that the proponent of a contractual waiver defense prove prejudice violates the Supreme Court’s instruction that lower courts must “place arbitration agreements on an equal footing with other contracts.”
Egbert v. Boule
March 02, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 16.5 MBA case in which the Court held an individual cannot sue federal officers for First Amendment retaliation claims or for allegedly violating the individual’s Fourth Amendment rights while engaging in immigration-related functions.
Ruan v. United States
March 01, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 21.8 MBA case in which the Court held that a physician may be convicted of unlawful distribution under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) only if he knowingly or intentionally acted without authorization.
Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan v. DaVita, Inc.
March 01, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 20.1 MBA case in which the Court held that the Marietta Memorial Hospital Employee Health Benefit Plan does not violate the Medicare Secondary Payer Act.
West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency
February 28, 2022 14:00 - 2 hours - 28.2 MBA case in which the Court held that the Environmental Protection Agency lacks the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
Arizona v. City and County of San Francisco
February 23, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 18.6 MBA case in which the Court was asked to decide whether states with interests should be permitted to intervene to defend a rule when the United States ceases to defend it.
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo v. Texas
February 22, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 21 MBA case in which the Court will decide held that the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act provides the Pueblo with sovereign authority to regulate non-prohibited gaming activities (including bingo) on its lands.
Denezpi v. United States
February 22, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 15 MBA case in which the Court held that an individual can be prosecuted in the Court of Indian Offenses and also in federal court for the same offense without violating the Constitution’s Double Jeopardy Clause.
Federal Election Commission v. Ted Cruz for Senate
January 19, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 20.2 MBA case in which the Court held that the loan-repayment limit of 52 U.S.C. § 30116(j) violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment.
Concepcion v. United States
January 19, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 17.3 MBA case in which the Court held that a district court may consider intervening legal and factual developments when deciding whether to “impose a reduced sentence” on an individual under Section 404(b) of the First Step Act of 2018.
Cassirer v. Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection Foundation
January 18, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 14.7 MBA case in which the Court held that a federal court hearing state-law claims under the FSIA should determine the substantive law by using the same choice-of-law rule applicable in a similar suit against a private party.
Shurtleff v. Boston
January 18, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 19 MBA case in which the Court held that a city’s refusal to fly a private religious organization’s flag, which depicts a cross, on a city flagpole violates the organization’s First Amendment rights.
Boechler, P.C. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
January 12, 2022 14:00 - 1 hour - 15.4 MBA case in which the Court held that the 30-day time limit to file a petition for review in the Tax Court of a notice of determination from the commissioner of internal revenue in 26 U.S.C. § 6330(d)(1) is not a jurisdictional requirement and thus is subject to equitable tolling.