Category: Supreme Court Decisions

In City of Grants Pass, Oregon v. Johnson, 603 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a city ordinance that imposes criminal penalties on homeless sleeping outside. According to the Court, the enforcement of generally applicable laws regula...

Reversing four decades of precedent, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Chevron doctrine in its recent decision in Relentless v. Department of Commerce and Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo. By a vote of 6-3, the Court held that Administra...

In Snyder v. United States, 603 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that 18 U.S.C. §666, a federal law that makes it a crime for state and local officials to “corruptly” solicit, accept, or agree to accept “anything of value from an...

In Coinbase, Inc. v. Suski, 602 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that where parties have agreed to two contracts — one sending arbitrability disputes to arbitration, and the other either explicitly or implicitly sending arbitrability ...

In National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo, 602 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the National Rifle Association (NRA) may continue its First Amendment lawsuit against the former head of New York’s Department of Financial ...

In Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, 602 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the lower court erred in finding that a South Carolina congressional district was an unconstitutional racial gerrymander. The Court,...

In Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy, 601 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Copyright Act entitles a copyright owner to obtain monetary relief for any timely infringement claim, no matter when the infringement occurred. The C...

In Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Assn. of America, Ltd., 601 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the funding scheme that supports the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau). By a vote...

In McIntosh v. United States, 601 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a district court’s failure to comply with Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.2(b)(2)(B)’s requirement to enter a preliminary order imposing criminal forfeit...

In Sheetz v. County of El Dorado, 601 U.S. ____ (2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a traffic impact fee imposed by the County of El Dorado based on a fee schedule in the County’s General Plan ran afoul of the Constitution’s Takings Clause....