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July 9, 2024 | SCOTUS Clarifies Court Must Resolve Competing Arbitration Provisions
In BNSF Railway Co v Tyrrell, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a Montana court’s general personal jurisdiction over a corporate defendant violated due process. The decision reaffirmed the Court’s decision in Daimler AG v. B...
In Cooper v Harris, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down two congressional redistricting maps in North Carolina. By a vote of 5-3, the majority held that the District Court did not err in concluding that race was the predominant ...
In Water Splash v Menon, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the Hague Service Convention does not prohibit service of judicial process by mail. With regard to whether it is permissible, the Court further held that ser...
The U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down yet another state law disfavoring arbitration agreements. In Kindred Nursing Centers, LP v Clark, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the Court held that the Kentucky Supreme Court’s “clear-statement” rule violate...
In Midland Funding, LLC v Johnson, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a debt collector’s filing of a proof of claim that is obviously time-barred is not a false, deceptive, misleading, unfair, or unconscionable debt collection ...
Manrique v United States In Manrique v United States, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a defendant seeking to appeal an order imposing restitution in a deferred restitution case must file a notice of appeal from that order....
In Coventry Health v Nevils, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the State of Missouri exceeded its authority in attempting to regulate the subrogation and reimbursement provisions in the contracts of Federal Employees Health Ben...
In Bank of America Corp v City of Miami, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the City of Miami qualifies as an “aggrieved person” under the Fair Housing Act. However, it also held that further proceedings are needed to determi...
Venezuela v Helmerich & Payne International The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela v. Helmerich & Payne International Drilling Co., 581 U. S. ____ (2017), which involves the Venezuelan government’s seizure...
In Lewis v Clarke, 581 U. S. ____ (2017), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the doctrine of tribal sovereign immunity does not apply to tribal employees who are sued in their official capacity as agents of the tribe. The Court’s decision was unanimo...
In National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo, 602 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court rul...
In Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, 602 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Suprem...
In Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy, 601 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the...
Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.
THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution.