Category: Supreme Court Decisions

In FDA v. R. J. Reynolds Vapor Co., 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that e-cigarette retailers who would sell the products if not for the FDA’s denial order may seek judicial review of that order in the Fifth Circuit Court of App...

In McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corp., 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Hobbs Act does not bind district courts in civil enforcement proceedings to an agency’s interpretation of a statute. Rather, ...

In Trump v. American Federation of Government Employees, 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court granted the Trump Administration’s request to stay a district court order blocking President Donald Trump’s plan to reduce and restructure the ...

In Trump v. Boyle, 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court granted the Trump Administration’s emergency request to pause a lower court order that required the reinstatement of three members of the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Echoing i...

In Glossip v. Oklahoma, 604 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court granted death row inmate Richard Glossip a new trial. The Court ruled that a new trial was warranted because prosecutors violated their obligation to correct false testimony, and t...

In McMahon v. New York, 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to stay a district court order requiring the government to reinstate Department of Education employees fired as part of a reduction in force. Facts of the Case On Marc...

In Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton, 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a Texas law requiring online publishers with a significant amount of sexually explicit content to verify the age of their users. By a vote of 6-3, the just...

In A.J.T. v. Osseo Area Schools, Independent School District No. 279, 605 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that schoolchildren bringing claims related to their education under either Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act or Se...

In Federal Communications Commission v. Consumers’ Research, 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the universal-service contribution scheme does not violate the Constitution’s nondelegation doctrine.  According to the six-m...

In Mahmoud v. Taylor, 606 U.S. ____ (2025), the U.S. Supreme Court sided with parents challenging the Montgomery County Board of Education’s introduction of certain “LGBTQ+- inclusive” storybooks, along with the board’s decision to deny pare...