On April 30, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Feliciano v. Department of Transportation, No. 23-861, holding that federally employed military reservists called to active duty during wartime or a national emergency are...more
On April 2, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision in Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn, No. 23-365, holding that the RICO civil cause of action for “[a]ny person injured in his business or property,” 18...more
On April 2, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Food and Drug Administration v. Wages and White Lion Investments, LLC, No. 23-1038, holding that FDA’s denial of the respondents’ application to market certain flavored...more
On March 26, 2025, the United States Supreme Court decided United States v. Miller, No. 23-824, resolving a circuit split and holding that in an action brought under § 544(b) of the bankruptcy code, § 106(a)’s sovereign...more
On March 26, 2025, the Supreme Court decided Bondi, Attorney General, et al. v. Vanderstok, et al., No. 23-852, and held that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives’ (ATF) rule interpreting the Gun Control...more
On January 15, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court decided E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera, No. 23-217, holding that the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 requires an employer to demonstrate by a preponderance of the evidence, rather...more
On July 1, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Trump v. United States, No. 23-939, holding that former Presidents are absolutely immune from criminal prosecution for official acts that arise within their “conclusive and...more
On June 27, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Moyle v. United States, No. 23-726, and Idaho v. United States, No. 23-727, holding the writs of certiorari before judgment granted to hear the cases were improvidently...more
On June 27, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P., No. 23-124, holding that the Bankruptcy Code does not authorize a release and injunction that, as part of a plan of reorganization under...more
On June 26, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Snyder v. United States, No. 23-108, holding that federal statute 18 U. S. C. § 666, which makes it a crime for most state and local officials to “corruptly” solicit, accept,...more
On June 20, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Moore v. United States, No. 22-800, holding that the Mandatory Repatriation Tax (MRT) — a provision in a 2017 tax reform law — could constitutionally impose a one-time...more
On June 6, 2024, the Supreme Court decided Becerra v. San Carlos Apache Tribe, No. 23-250, holding that the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDA), 25 U.S.C. § 5301 et seq., requires the Indian Health...more
On May 30, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Cantero v. Bank of America, N.A., No. 22-529, holding that courts must conduct a practical assessment of the nature and degree of the interference when determining whether a...more
On April 12, 2024, the United States Supreme Court decided Sheetz v. El Dorado County, No. 22-1074, holding that the Takings Clause “does not distinguish between legislative and administrative permit conditions,” but instead...more
On April 12, 2024, the United States Supreme Court decided Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners, L.P., No. 22-1165, holding that an omission violates Rule 10b-5(b) only if the omission renders other affirmative...more
On March 4, 2024, the Supreme Court decided Trump v. Anderson, No. 23-719, holding that States may enforce Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution against federal officeholders or candidates only to the...more
On February 21, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC, No. 22-500. The Court held that choice-of-law provisions in maritime contracts are presumptively enforceable...more
As higher education institutions, state and local governments, private employers and federal contractors grapple with understanding the impacts of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. President...more
7/24/2023
/ Affirmative Action ,
Civil Rights Act ,
College Admissions ,
Colleges ,
Diversity ,
Educational Institutions ,
Equal Protection ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
SCOTUS ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Students for Fair Admissions v University of North Carolina ,
Title VI ,
Title VII ,
Universities
On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, No. 20-1199, and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina et al., No....more
7/7/2023
/ Affirmative Action ,
Civil Rights Act ,
College Admissions ,
Diversity ,
Educational Institutions ,
Equal Protection ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Race Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Students for Fair Admissions v University of North Carolina ,
Title VI ,
Title VII
On June 29, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, No. 20-1199, and Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. University of North Carolina et al., No....more
On June 27, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., No. 21-1168, holding that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court had erred in concluding that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Pennsylvania...more
On June 23, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court decided United States v. Texas, No. 22-58, holding that Texas and Louisiana did not have standing to challenge guidelines for the enforcement of certain immigration laws promulgated by...more
On June 22, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Arizona v. Navajo Nation, No. 21-1484, holding that the federal government is not obligated to affirmatively secure access to water for the Navajo Nation....more
On June 1, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court decided U.S. ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu, No. 21-1326, together with U.S. ex rel. Proctor v. Safeway, Inc, No. 22-111, vacating and remanding the decisions below and holding that the...more
On June 1, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Glacier Northwest, Inc., d/b/a Calportland v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union No. 174, No. 21-1449, reversing and remanding the decision below and holding...more