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U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Announcements

Opinion announcements from the Supreme Court of the United States, presented by Oyez, a multimedia judicial archive at the IllinoisTech Chicago-Kent College of Law.

Episodes

23-939 - Trump v. United States - Opinion Announcement - July 01, 2024

A case in which the Court held that a former U.S. President has absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority, at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts, and no immunity for unofficial acts.

Jul 01, 2024

23-726 - Moyle v. United States - Concurring Opinion - Jackson - June 27, 2024

A case in which the Court was asked to decide whether the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act—which requires hospitals receiving Medicare funding to offer “necessary stabilizing treatment” to pregnant women in emergencies—preempts an Idaho law that criminalizes most abortions in the state.

Jun 27, 2024

23-726 - Moyle v. United States - Opinion Announcement - June 27, 2024

A case in which the Court was asked to decide whether the federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act—which requires hospitals receiving Medicare funding to offer “necessary stabilizing treatment” to pregnant women in emergencies—preempts an Idaho law that criminalizes most abortions in the state.

Jun 27, 2024

23-411 - Murthy v. Missouri - Opinion Announcement - June 26, 2024

A case in which the Court was asked to decide whether the government’s requests to large social media companies that they take steps to prevent the dissemination of purported misinformation constituted coercion and thus transformed those private companies’ content-moderation decisions into state action and violated users’ First Amendment rights.

Jun 26, 2024

23-370 - Erlinger v. United States - Opinion Announcement - June 21, 2024

A case in which the Court held that the Constitution requires a jury trial and proof beyond a reasonable doubt to find that a defendant’s prior convictions were “committed on occasions different from one another,” as is necessary to impose an enhanced sentence under the Armed Career Criminal Act.

Jun 21, 2024

22-899 - Smith v. Arizona - Opinion Announcement - June 21, 2024

A case in which the Court held that the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment is triggered when the prosecution in a criminal trial seeks to present testimony by a substitute expert conveying the testimonial statements of a nontestifying forensic analyst.

Jun 21, 2024

23-14 - Diaz v. United States - Opinion Announcement - June 20, 2024

A case in which the Court held that in a prosecution for drug trafficking—where an element of the offense is that the defendant knew she was carrying illegal drugs—Federal Rule of Evidence 704(b) permits a governmental expert witness to testify that most couriers know they are carrying drugs and that drug-trafficking organizations do not entrust large quantities of drugs to unknowing transporters.

Jun 20, 2024

22-1025 - Gonzalez v. Trevino - Opinion Announcement - June 20, 2024

A case in which the Court will decide whether the probable-cause exception in Nieves v. Barlett can be satisfied by objective evidence other than specific examples of arrests that never happened; and whether Nieves is limited to individual claims against arresting officers for split-second arrests.

Jun 20, 2024