FRANCHISE TAX BOARD OF CALIFORNIA v. HYATT(2019)
No. 17-1299 Argued: January 9, 2019Decided: May 13, 2019 Respondent Hyatt sued petitioner Franchise Tax Board of California (Board) in Nevada state court for alleged torts committed during a…
FOURTH ESTATE PUBLIC BENEFIT CORP. v. WALL-STREET.COM, LLC, ET AL.(2019)
No. 17-571 Argued: January 8, 2019Decided: March 4, 2019 Petitioner Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corporation (Fourth Estate), a news organization, licensed works to respondent Wall-Street.com, LLC (Wall-Street), a news…
FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS v. DAVIS(2019)
No. 18-525 Argued: April 22, 2019Decided: June 3, 2019 Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of race, color, religion,…
EMULEX CORPORATION, ET AL., PETITIONERS v. GARY VARJABEDIAN, ET AL.(2019)
No. 18-459 Argued: Decided: April 23, 2019 PER CURIAM. The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted. It is so ordered.
DAWSON ET UX. v. STEAGER, WEST VIRGINIA STATE TAX COMMISSIONER(2019)
No. 17-419 Argued: December 3, 2018Decided: February 20, 2019 After petitioner James Dawson retired from the U. S. Marshals Service, his home State of West Virginia taxed his federal pension…
D. DAHNE v. THOMAS W. S. RICHEY(2019)
No. 18-761 Argued: Decided: May 13, 2019 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE ALITO, with whom JUSTICE THOMAS and JUSTICE KAVANAUGH join, dissenting from denial of certiorari. Does the First…
COCHISE CONSULTANCY, INC., ET AL. v. UNITED STATES EX REL. HUNT(2019)
No. 18-315 Argued: March 19, 2019Decided: May 13, 2019 The False Claims Act permits a private person, known as a relator, to bring a qui tam civil action "in the name…
CHRISTOPHER LEE PRICE, PETITIONER v. JEFFERSON S. DUNN, COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ET AL.(2019)
No. 18-1249 Argued: Decided: May 13, 2019 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE THOMAS, with whom JUSTICE ALITO and JUSTICE GORSUCH join, concurring in the denial of certiorari. I concur…
BUCKLEW v. PRECYTHE, DIRECTOR, MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ET AL.(2019)
No. 17-8151 Argued: November 6, 2018Decided: April 1, 2019 In Baze v. Rees, 553 U. S. 35, a plurality of this Court concluded that a State's refusal to alter its execution protocol could…
BOBBY JAMES MOORE v. TEXAS(2019)
No. 18-443 Argued: Decided: February 19, 2019 PER CURIAM. In 2015, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that petitioner, Bobby James Moore, did not have intellectual disability and consequently was eligible…
BNSF RAILWAY CO. v. LOOS(2019)
No. 17-1042 Argued: November 6, 2018Decided: March 4, 2019 Respondent Michael Loos sued petitioner BNSF Railway Company under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) for injuries he received while…
BIESTEK v. BERRYHILL, ACTING COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY(2019)
No. 17-1184 Argued: December 4, 2018Decided: April 1, 2019 Petitioner Michael Biestek, a former construction worker, applied for social security disability benefits, claiming he could no longer work due…
AZAR, SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. ALLINA HEALTH SERVICES ET AL.(2019)
No. 17-1484 Argued: January 15, 2019Decided: June 3, 2019 The Medicare program offers additional payments to institutions that serve a "disproportionate number" of low-income patients. 42 U. S. C. §§1395ww(d)(5)(F)(i)(I). These…
APPLE INC. v. PEPPER ET AL.(2019)
No. 17-204 Argued: November 26, 2018Decided: May 13, 2019 Apple Inc. sells iPhone applications, or apps, directly to iPhone owners through its App Store--the only place where iPhone owners…
AMERICAN LEGION ET AL. v. AMERICAN HUMANIST ASSN. ET AL.(2019)
No. 17-1717 Argued: February 27, 2019Decided: June 20, 2019 In 1918, residents of Prince George's County, Maryland, formed a committee for the purpose of erecting a memorial for the…
AIR & LIQUID SYSTEMS CORP. ET AL. v. DEVRIES, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF DEVRIES, DECEASED, ET AL.(2019)
No. 17-1104 Argued: October 10, 2018Decided: March 19, 2019 Petitioners produced equipment for three Navy ships. The equipment required asbestos insulation or asbestos parts to function as intended, but…
ABU-ALI ABDUR’RAHMAN, ET AL. v. TONY PARKER, COMMISSIONER, TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ET AL.(2019)
No. 18-8332 Argued: Decided: May 13, 2019 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, dissenting from denial of certiorari. I have already explained my opposition to…
AARON J. SCHOCK v. UNITED STATES(2019)
No. 18-406 Argued: Decided: February 19, 2019 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Statement of JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR respecting the denial of certiorari. Petitioner Aaron Schock, a former Congressman from…
MASTERPIECE CAKESHOP, LTD., ET AL. v. COLORADO CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION ET AL.(2018)
No. 16-111 Argued: December 5, 2017Decided: June 4, 2018 Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd., is a Colorado bakery owned and operated by Jack Phillips, an expert baker and devout Christian. In…
ROWAN COUNTY v. LUND(2018)
No. 17-565 Argued: Decided: June 28, 2018 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE THOMAS, with whom JUSTICE GORSUCH joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. This Court's Establishment…