United States v. Rahimi
A case in which the Court held that 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8), which prohibits the possession of firearms by persons subject to domestic-violence restraining orders, does not violate the Second Amendment.
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U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments
Oral arguments before the Supreme Court of the United States, presented by Oyez, a multimedia judicial archive at the IllinoisTech Chicago-Kent College of Law.
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Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Kirtz
A case in which the Court held that the civil-liability provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act unequivocally and unambiguously waive the sovereign immunity of the United States.
Vidal v. Elster
A case in which the Court will decide whether the refusal to register a trademark under 15 U.S.C. § 1052(c) violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment when the mark contains criticism of a government official or public figure.
Lindke v. Freed
A case in which the Court held that a public official who prevents someone from commenting on the official’s social-media page engages in state action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 only if the official both (1) possessed actual authority to speak on the State’s behalf on a particular matter, and (2) purported to exercise that authority when speaking in the relevant social-media posts.
O'Connor-Ratcliff v. Garnier
A case in which the Court will decide whether a public official engages in state action subject to the First Amendment by blocking an individual from the official’s personal social media account, which the official uses to communicate about job-related matters with the public.
Culley v. Marshall
A case in which the Court held that in civil forfeiture cases involving personal property, the Due Process Clause requires a timely forfeiture hearing but does not require a separate preliminary hearing.
Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP
A case in which the Court held that South Carolina’s congressional redistricting plan does not constitute an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.
Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC
A case in which the Court held that under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, a whistleblower need not prove his employer acted with a “retaliatory intent” as part of his case in chief to succeed on a retaliation claim, only that his protected activity was a “contributing factor” of the unfavorable personnel action.
Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC
A case in which the Court held that under federal admiralty law, choice-of-law provisions in maritime contracts are presumptively enforceable under federal maritime law, with narrow exceptions not applicable in this case.
Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer
A case in which the Court was asked to decide whether a civil rights “tester” has Article III standing to challenge under the Americans with Disabilities Act a hotel’s failure to provide disability accessibility information on its website.
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America
A case in which the Court upheld the funding scheme for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as consistent with the Appropriations Clause.
Pulsifer v. United States
A case in which the Court held that a defendant must satisfy individually each of the three conditions of the “safety valve” provision of 18 U.S.C. §3553(f)(1) to be eligible for sentencing relief.
Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota
A case in which the Court held that taking and selling a home to satisfy a debt to the government, and keeping the surplus value as a windfall, violates the Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause.
Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota
A case in which the Court held that taking and selling a home to satisfy a debt to the government, and keeping the surplus value as a windfall, violates the Fifth Amendment’s Takings Clause.
Yegiazaryan v. Smagin
A case in which the Court held that a foreign plaintiff with no alleged connection to the United States can state a cognizable claim under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act if the circumstances surrounding the injury indicate it arose in the United States.
Yegiazaryan v. Smagin
A case in which the Court held that a foreign plaintiff with no alleged connection to the United States can state a cognizable claim under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act if the circumstances surrounding the injury indicate it arose in the United States.
Dupree v. Younger
A case in which the Court held that a party need not reassert in a post-trial motion a purely legal issue rejected at summary judgment in order to preserve it for appeal.
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin
A case in which the Court held the Bankruptcy Code unequivocally expresses Congress’s intent to abrogate the sovereign immunity of Native American tribes.
Dupree v. Younger
A case in which the Court held that a party need not reassert in a post-trial motion a purely legal issue rejected at summary judgment in order to preserve it for appeal.
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians v. Coughlin
A case in which the Court held the Bankruptcy Code unequivocally expresses Congress’s intent to abrogate the sovereign immunity of Native American tribes.
Counterman v. Colorado
A case in which the Court held that, to establish that a statement is a "true threat" unprotected by the First Amendment, the government must show that the speaker subjectively knew or intended the threatening nature of the statement.
Counterman v. Colorado
A case in which the Court held that, to establish that a statement is a "true threat" unprotected by the First Amendment, the government must show that the speaker subjectively knew or intended the threatening nature of the statement.
U.S. ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc.
A case in which the Court held the scienter element of a claim under the False Claims Act pertains to the defendant’s contemporaneous subjective understanding or beliefs about the lawfulness of its conduct, not the objective reasonableness of such belief.
Groff v. DeJoy
A case in which the Court held that Title VII requires an employer that denies a religious accommodation to show that the burden of granting an accommodation would result in substantial increased costs in relation to the conduct of its particular business.
U.S. ex rel. Schutte v. SuperValu Inc.
A case in which the Court held the scienter element of a claim under the False Claims Act pertains to the defendant’s contemporaneous subjective understanding or beliefs about the lawfulness of its conduct, not the objective reasonableness of such belief.
Groff v. DeJoy
A case in which the Court held that Title VII requires an employer that denies a religious accommodation to show that the burden of granting an accommodation would result in substantial increased costs in relation to the conduct of its particular business.
Slack Technologies v. Pirani
A case in which the Court held that Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 require plaintiffs to plead and prove that they bought shares registered under the registration statement they claim is misleading.
Pugin v. Garland
A case in which the Court held that Virginia’s offense of accessory after the fact to a felony is an offense relating to obstruction of justice under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
Slack Technologies v. Pirani
A case in which the Court held that Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 require plaintiffs to plead and prove that they bought shares registered under the registration statement they claim is misleading.
Pugin v. Garland
A case in which the Court held that Virginia’s offense of accessory after the fact to a felony is an offense relating to obstruction of justice under the Immigration and Nationality Act.