No. 16-373 Argued: April 17, 2017Decided: June 26, 2017 Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 gives purchasers of…
Read MoreBUCK v. DAVIS, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION(2017)
No. 15-8049 Argued: October 5, 2016Decided: February 22, 2017 Petitioner Duane Buck was convicted of capital murder in a Texas…
Read MoreBRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY, ET AL.(2017)
No. 16-466 Argued: April 25, 2017Decided: June 19, 2017 A group of plaintiffs, most of whom are not California residents,…
Read MoreBOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA ET AL. v. HELMERICH & PAYNE INTERNATIONAL DRILLING CO. ET AL.(2017)
No. 15-423 Argued: November 2, 2016Decided: May 1, 2017 The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA) shields foreign states from suits…
Read MoreBNSF RAILWAY CO. v. TYRRELL, SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE ESTATE OF TYRRELL, DECEASED, ET AL.(2017)
No. 16-405 Argued: April 25, 2017Decided: May 30, 2017 The Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA), 45 U. S. C. §51…
Read MoreBETHUNE-HILL ET AL. v. VIRGINIA STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS ET AL.(2017)
No. 15-680 Argued: December 5, 2016Decided: March 1, 2017 After the 2010 census, the Virginia State Legislature drew new lines…
Read MoreBECKLES v. UNITED STATES(2017)
No. 15-8544 Argued: November 28, 2016Decided: March 6, 2017 Petitioner Beckles was convicted of possession of a firearm by a…
Read MoreBAY POINT PROPERTIES, INC., FKA BP PROPERTIES, INC. v. MISSISSIPPI TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, ET AL.(2017)
No. 16-1077 Argued: Decided: June 26, 2017 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied and the pending motions…
Read MoreBANK OF AMERICA CORP. ET AL. v. CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA(2017)
No. 15-1111 Argued: November 8, 2016Decided: May 1, 2017 The City of Miami filed suit against Bank of America and…
Read MoreADVOCATE HEALTH CARE NETWORK ET AL. v. STAPLETON ET AL.(2017)
No. 16-74 Argued: March 27, 2017Decided: June 5, 2017 The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) generally obligates…
Read MoreMCWILLIAMS v. DUNN, COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ET AL.(2017)
No. 16-5294 Argued: April 24, 2017Decided: June 19, 2017 Ake v. Oklahoma, 470 U. S. 68, 83, clearly established that…
Read MoreMCLANE CO., INC. v. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION(2017)
No. 15-1248 Argued: February 21, 2017Decided: April 3, 2017 Damiana Ochoa worked for eight years in a physically demanding job…
Read MoreMERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INC. ET AL. v. MANNING ET AL.(2016)
No. 14-1132 Argued: December 1, 2015Decided: May 16, 2016 Respondent Greg Manning held over two million shares of stock in…
Read MoreMENOMINEE INDIAN TRIBE OF WISCONSIN v. UNITED STATES ET AL.(2016)
No. 14-510 Argued: December 1, 2015Decided: January 25, 2016 Pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDA), petitioner…
Read MoreMELENE JAMES v. CITY OF BOISE, IDAHO, ET AL.(2016)
No. 15-493 Argued: Decided: January 25, 2016 PER CURIAM. Under federal law, a court has discretion to “allow the prevailing…
Read MoreMCDONNELL v. UNITED STATES(2016)
No. 15-474 Argued: April 27, 2016Decided: June 27, 2016 Petitioner, former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell, and his wife, Maureen McDonnell,…
Read MoreMATHIS v. UNITED STATES(2016)
No. 15-6092 Argued: April 26, 2016Decided: June 23, 2016 The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) imposes a 15-year mandatory minimum…
Read MoreLUNA TORRES v. LYNCH, ATTORNEY GENERAL(2016)
No. 14-1096 Argued: November 3, 2015Decided: May 19, 2016 Any alien convicted of an “aggravated felony” after entering the United…
Read MoreLUIS v. UNITED STATES(2016)
No. 14-419 Argued: November 10, 2015Decided: March 30, 2016 A federal statute provides that a court may freeze before trial…
Read MoreLOCKHART v. UNITED STATES(2016)
No. 14-8358 Argued: November 3, 2015Decided: March 1, 2016 Petitioner Avondale Lockhart pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography in violation…
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