Category: Supreme Court Decisions

In Yegiazaryan v. Smagin,599 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a plaintiff alleges a “domestic injury” as mandated under RJR Nabisco, Inc. v. European Community for filing a private civil suit under the Racketeer Influenced an...

In United States v. Hansen, 599 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a federal law that criminalizes “encouraging or inducing” an immigrant to come or remain in the United States unlawfully. According to the Court, the law does not r...

In Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 600 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of state laws requiring corporations operating within their borders to consent to personal jurisdiction when they register to do bu...

In Smith v. the United States, 599 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the Constitution permits the retrial of a defendant following a trial in an improper venue conducted before a jury drawn from the wrong district. Fa...

In Smith v. the United States, 599 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the Constitution permits the retrial of a defendant following a trial in an improper venue conducted before a jury drawn from the wrong district. Fa...

In Groff v. DeJoy, 600 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court modified the religious accommodation standard under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which requires employers to accommodate the religious practice of their employees unless doing so ...

In Biden v. Nebraska, 600 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Biden Administration’s student loan forgiveness program. Relying on “ordinary tools of statutory interpretation,” the six-member majority found that the Secreta...

In 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, 600 U.S. ____ (2023), a divided U.S. Supreme Court held that the First Amendment prohibits Colorado from forcing a website designer to create expressive designs speaking messages with which the designer disagrees. “T...

In Counterman v. Colorado, 600 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court held that to establish that a statement is a “true threat” unprotected by the First Amendment, the state must prove that the defendant had some subjective understanding of t...

In United States v. Texas, 599 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Texas and Louisiana lacked standing to challenge a Biden Administration immigration enforcement policy. According to the eight-member majority, “federal courts are ...