Category: Supreme Court Decisions

In Jack Daniel’s Properties v. VIP Products LLC, 599 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously found that when an alleged trademark infringer uses the mark as a designation of source for its own goods or services the threshold test for ...

In Tyler v. Hennepin County, 598 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the government can’t keep the profits of properties sold to satisfy tax debts. Accordingly, Geraldine Tyler plausibly alleged that Hennepin County unconstitutiona...

In National Pork Producers Council v. Ross, 598 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to a California animal welfare law that requires pork sold in the state to come from humanely raised pigs. According to the ...

In Reed v. Goertz,598 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court held that death row inmate Rodney Reed did not wait too long to seek DNA testing of the evidence in his case. According to the Court majority, when a prisoner pursues state post-convicti...

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission, 598 U.S. ____ (2023), allows federal district courts to consider constitutional challenges to administrative proceedings prior to the issuance of final rulings...

The U.S. Supreme Court has concluded its oral arguments for the 2022-2023 Term. The Court’s final week included four cases, with issues ranging from bankruptcy to RICO to government takings. Below is a brief summary of the issues before the Cou...

In Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools, 598 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court held that a deaf student seeking compensatory damages under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) for the denial of a free and appropriate education may proceed wit...

In Delaware v. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, 598 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court held that uncashed MoneyGram checks are governed by the Disposition of Abandoned Money Orders and Traveler's Check Act (FDA) and should be returned to the state ...

In Bittner v. United States, 598 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the penalty for the nonwillful failure to file a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) is $10,000 per report rather than per account. "Best read, th...

In Cruz v. Arizona, 598 U.S. ____ (2023), the U.S. Supreme Court sided with John Montenegro Cruz, a death row inmate in Arizona. According to a 5-4 majority, Arizona erred in refusing to apply the Court’s precedent set forth in Simmons v. Sou...