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.
Ohio v. Environmental Protection Agency
2/21/2024 • 1 hour, 29 minutes, 5 seconds
Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy
A case in which the Court will decide whether a copyright plaintiff can recover damages for acts that allegedly occurred more than three years before the filing of a lawsuit.
2/21/2024 • 53 minutes, 19 seconds
Bissonnette v. LePage Bakeries Park St., LLC
A case in which the Court will decide whether, to be exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act, a class of workers that is actively engaged in interstate transportation must also be employed by a company in the transportation industry.
2/20/2024 • 1 hour, 18 seconds
Corner Post, Inc. v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
A case in which the Court will decide whether a plaintiff’s Administrative Procedure Act claim “first accrues” under 28 U.S.C. § 2401(a) when an agency issues a rule or when the rule first causes harm to the plaintiff.
2/20/2024 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 13 seconds
Trump v. Anderson
A case in which the Court will decide whether Section Three of the Fourteenth Amendment disqualifies Donald Trump from being listed on the 2024 presidential primary ballot.
2/8/2024 • 2 hours, 9 minutes, 5 seconds
Relentless, Inc. v. Department of Commerce
A case in which the Court will decide whether to overrule Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, or at least clarify that statutory silence concerning controversial powers expressly but narrowly granted elsewhere in the statute does not constitute an ambiguity requiring deference to the agency.
1/17/2024 • 2 hours, 11 minutes, 44 seconds
Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo
A case in which the Court will decide whether to overrule its decision in Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council.
1/17/2024 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 13 seconds
Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. v. Moab Partners, L.P.
A case in which the Court will decide whether a failure to make a disclosure required under Item 303 of SEC Regulation S-K can support a private claim under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, even in the absence of an otherwise misleading statement.
1/16/2024 • 1 hour, 5 minutes, 53 seconds
Devillier v. Texas
A case in which the Court will decide whether a person whose property is taken without compensation may seek redress directly under the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment even if the legislature has not affirmatively provided them with a cause of action.
1/16/2024 • 1 hour, 11 minutes, 55 seconds
Smith v. Arizona
A case in which the Court will decide whether the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment permits the prosecution in a criminal trial to present testimony by a substitute expert conveying the testimonial statements of a nontestifying forensic analyst?
1/10/2024 • 1 hour, 28 minutes, 53 seconds
Office of the United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC
A case in which the Court will decide whether to require the U.S. Trustee to issue refunds for the extra fees paid by debtors in certain districts to address the lack of uniformity identified in Siegel v. Fitzgerald.
1/9/2024 • 1 hour, 2 minutes, 41 seconds
Sheetz v. County of El Dorado, California
A case in which the Court will decide whether a monetary exaction imposed by a local government as a condition for a building permit is exempt from the “essential nexus” and “rough proportionality” requirements established in Nollan v. Cal. Coastal Comm’n and Dolan v. City of Tigard, simply because the exaction is authorized by local legislation.
1/9/2024 • 1 hour, 28 minutes, 53 seconds
Federal Bureau of Investigation v. Fikre
A case in which the Court will decide whether respondent’s claims challenging his placement on the No Fly List are moot given that he was removed from the No Fly List in 2016 and the government provided a sworn declaration stating that he “will not be placed on the No Fly List in the future based on the currently available information.”
1/8/2024 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 48 seconds
Campos-Chaves v. Garland
A case in which the Court will decide whether the government provides adequate notice under 8 U.S.C. § 1229(a) when it serves an initial notice document that does not include the “time and place” of proceedings followed by an additional document containing that information.
1/8/2024 • 1 hour, 40 minutes, 16 seconds
Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, Missouri
A case in which the Court will decide whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in transfer decisions absent a separate court determination that the transfer decision caused a signification disadvantage.
12/6/2023 • 1 hour, 36 minutes, 42 seconds
Moore v. United States
A case in which the Court will decide whether the 16th Amendment authorizes Congress to tax unrealized sums without apportionment among the states.
12/5/2023 • 2 hours, 4 minutes, 39 seconds
Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P.
A case in which the Court will decide whether the Bankruptcy Code authorizes a court to approve, as part of a plan of reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, a release that extinguishes claims held by non-debtors against non-debtor third parties, without the claimants’ consent.
12/4/2023 • 1 hour, 43 minutes, 35 seconds
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy
A case in which the Court will decide whether the statutory scheme that empowers the Securities and Exchange Commission violates the Seventh Amendment, the nondelegation doctrine, or Article II of the U.S. Constitution.
11/29/2023 • 2 hours, 16 minutes, 40 seconds
McElrath v. Georgia
A case in which the Court will decide whether the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment prohibits a second prosecution for a crime of which a defendant was previously acquitted.
11/28/2023 • 59 minutes, 19 seconds
Wilkinson v. Garland
A case in which the Court will decide whether an agency determination that a given set of established facts does not rise to the statutory standard of “exceptional and extremely unusual hardship” is a mixed question of law and fact reviewable under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(D), or instead is a discretionary judgment call unreviewable under Section 1252(a)(2)(B)(i).
11/28/2023 • 1 hour, 30 minutes, 22 seconds
Brown v. United States
A case in which the Court will decide whether the "serious drug offense" definition in the Armed Career Criminal Act incorporates the federal drug schedules that were in effect at the time of the federal firearm offense or the federal drug schedules that were in effect at the time of the prior state drug offense.
11/27/2023 • 1 hour, 24 minutes, 50 seconds
Rudisill v. McDonough
A case in which the Court will decide whether a veteran who has served two separate and distinct periods of qualifying service is entitled to receive all of the education benefits at once from programs associated with both periods of service.
11/8/2023 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 16 seconds
United States v. Rahimi
A case in which the Court will decide whether 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(8), which prohibits the possession of firearms by persons subject to domestic-violence restraining orders, violates the Second Amendment.
11/7/2023 • 1 hour, 32 minutes, 41 seconds
Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Kirtz
A case in which the Court will decide whether the civil-liability provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act unequivocally and unambiguously waive the sovereign immunity of the United States.
11/6/2023 • 1 hour, 18 minutes, 28 seconds
Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Kirtz
A case in which the Court will decide whether the civil-liability provisions of the Fair Credit Reporting Act unequivocally and unambiguously waive the sovereign immunity of the United States.
11/6/2023 • 1 hour, 18 minutes, 28 seconds
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.
11/1/2023 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 48 seconds
Lindke v. Freed
A case in which the Court will decide whether a public official’s social media activity can constitute state action only if the official used the account to perform a governmental duty or under the authority of his or her office.
10/31/2023 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 21 seconds
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.
10/31/2023 • 1 hour, 40 minutes, 35 seconds
Culley v. Marshall
A case in which the Court will decide what test a district court must apply when determining whether and when a post-deprivation hearing is required under the Due Process Clause.
10/30/2023 • 1 hour, 39 minutes, 55 seconds
Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP
A case in which the Court will decide whether South Carolina’s congressional redistricting plan constitutes an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.
10/11/2023 • 2 hours, 5 minutes, 4 seconds
Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC
A case in which the Court will decide whether, under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, a whistleblower must prove his employer acted with a “retaliatory intent” as part of his case in chief to succeed on a retaliation claim.
10/10/2023 • 1 hour, 28 minutes, 3 seconds
Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC
A case in which the Court will decide whether, under federal admiralty law, a choice-of-law clause in a maritime contract can be rendered unenforceable if enforcement is contrary to the “strong public policy” of the state whose law is displaced.
10/10/2023 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 53 seconds
Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer
A case in which the Court will 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.
10/4/2023 • 1 hour, 24 minutes, 42 seconds
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America
A case in which the Court will decide whether the funding scheme for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unconstitutional.
10/3/2023 • 1 hour, 34 minutes, 17 seconds
Pulsifer v. United States
A case in which the Court will clarify what qualifies a defendant for prison sentence below the statutory minimum under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(f)(1) as amended by the First Step Act of 2018.
10/2/2023 • 1 hour, 40 minutes, 16 seconds
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.
4/26/2023 • 1 hour, 40 minutes, 51 seconds
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.
4/26/2023 • 1 hour, 40 minutes, 51 seconds
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.
4/25/2023 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 10 seconds
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.
4/25/2023 • 1 hour, 4 minutes, 10 seconds
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.
4/24/2023 • 58 minutes, 8 seconds
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.
4/24/2023 • 58 minutes, 13 seconds
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.
4/24/2023 • 58 minutes, 8 seconds
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.
4/24/2023 • 58 minutes, 13 seconds
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.
4/19/2023 • 1 hour, 46 minutes, 24 seconds
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.
4/19/2023 • 1 hour, 46 minutes, 24 seconds
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.
4/18/2023 • 1 hour, 47 minutes, 52 seconds
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.
4/18/2023 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 19 seconds
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.
4/18/2023 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 19 seconds
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.
4/18/2023 • 1 hour, 47 minutes, 52 seconds
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.
4/17/2023 • 1 hour, 39 minutes, 8 seconds
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.
4/17/2023 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 3 seconds
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.
4/17/2023 • 1 hour, 39 minutes, 8 seconds
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.
4/17/2023 • 1 hour, 10 minutes, 3 seconds
Polselli v. Internal Revenue Service
A case in which the Court held that the exception in I.R.C. § 7609(c)(2)(D)(i) to the notice requirements for an Internal Revenue Service summons on third-party recordkeepers applies to a summons for anyone’s records whenever the IRS thinks that person’s records might somehow help it collect a delinquent taxpayer’s liability.
3/29/2023 • 50 minutes, 25 seconds
Samia v. United States
A case in which the Court held that admitting a codefendant’s redacted out-of-court confession that immediately inculpates a defendant based on context does not violate the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment.
3/29/2023 • 1 hour, 38 minutes, 22 seconds
Polselli v. Internal Revenue Service
A case in which the Court held that the exception in I.R.C. § 7609(c)(2)(D)(i) to the notice requirements for an Internal Revenue Service summons on third-party recordkeepers applies to a summons for anyone’s records whenever the IRS thinks that person’s records might somehow help it collect a delinquent taxpayer’s liability.
3/29/2023 • 50 minutes, 25 seconds
Samia v. United States
A case in which the Court held that admitting a codefendant’s redacted out-of-court confession that immediately inculpates a defendant based on context does not violate the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment.
3/29/2023 • 1 hour, 38 minutes, 22 seconds
Smith v. United States
A case in which the Court held that the Constitution permits the retrial of a defendant following a trial in an improper venue conducted before a jury drawn from the wrong district.
3/28/2023 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 40 seconds
Lora v. United States
A case in which the Court held that a federal criminal sentencing law gives the court flexibility to decide between consecutive and concurrent sentences for a man who was convicted and sentenced for his role in a drug-trafficking-related murder.
3/28/2023 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 29 seconds
Smith v. United States
A case in which the Court held that the Constitution permits the retrial of a defendant following a trial in an improper venue conducted before a jury drawn from the wrong district.
3/28/2023 • 1 hour, 16 minutes, 40 seconds
Lora v. United States
A case in which the Court held that a federal criminal sentencing law gives the court flexibility to decide between consecutive and concurrent sentences for a man who was convicted and sentenced for his role in a drug-trafficking-related murder.
3/28/2023 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 29 seconds
United States v. Hansen
A case in which the Court held that 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv) and (B)(i)’s prohibition against encouraging or inducing unlawful immigration for commercial advantage or private financial gain forbids only the purposeful solicitation and facilitation of specific acts known to violate federal law and is not unconstitutionally overbroad.
3/27/2023 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 20 seconds
Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi
A case in which the Court held that two of Amgen’s patents do not satisfy the Patent Act’s enablement clause because they do not describe the invention with sufficient particularity that would enable a “skilled artisan” to “make and use” the claimed invention.
3/27/2023 • 1 hour, 39 minutes, 18 seconds
United States v. Hansen
A case in which the Court held that 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv) and (B)(i)’s prohibition against encouraging or inducing unlawful immigration for commercial advantage or private financial gain forbids only the purposeful solicitation and facilitation of specific acts known to violate federal law and is not unconstitutionally overbroad.
3/27/2023 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 20 seconds
Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi
A case in which the Court held that two of Amgen’s patents do not satisfy the Patent Act’s enablement clause because they do not describe the invention with sufficient particularity that would enable a “skilled artisan” to “make and use” the claimed invention.
3/27/2023 • 1 hour, 39 minutes, 18 seconds
Jack Daniel's Properties v. VIP Products LLC
A case in which the Court held that humorous use of another’s trademark as one’s own on a commercial product is subject to the Lanham Act’s likelihood-of-confusion analysis.
3/22/2023 • 1 hour, 23 minutes, 26 seconds
Jack Daniel's Properties v. VIP Products LLC
A case in which the Court held that humorous use of another’s trademark as one’s own on a commercial product is subject to the Lanham Act’s likelihood-of-confusion analysis.
3/22/2023 • 1 hour, 23 minutes, 26 seconds
Coinbase v. Bielski
A case in which the Court held that a non-frivolous appeal of the denial of a motion to compel arbitration requires the district court to stay its proceedings while the interlocutory appeal on the question of arbitrability is pending.
3/21/2023 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 22 seconds
Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc.
A case in which the Court held that the Lanham Act does not permit the owner of a U.S.-registered trademark to recover damages for the use of that trademark when the infringement occurred outside the United States and is not likely to cause confusion in the United States.
3/21/2023 • 1 hour, 27 minutes, 14 seconds
Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc.
A case in which the Court held that the Lanham Act does not permit the owner of a U.S.-registered trademark to recover damages for the use of that trademark when the infringement occurred outside the United States and is not likely to cause confusion in the United States.
3/21/2023 • 1 hour, 27 minutes, 14 seconds
Coinbase v. Bielski
A case in which the Court held that a non-frivolous appeal of the denial of a motion to compel arbitration requires the district court to stay its proceedings while the interlocutory appeal on the question of arbitrability is pending.
3/21/2023 • 1 hour, 22 minutes, 22 seconds
Arizona v. Navajo Nation
A case in which the Court held that the 1868 treaty establishing the Navajo Reservation reserved necessary water to accomplish the purpose of the Navajo Reservation but did not require the United States to take affirmative steps to secure water for the Tribe.
3/20/2023 • 1 hour, 50 minutes, 3 seconds
Arizona v. Navajo Nation
A case in which the Court held that the 1868 treaty establishing the Navajo Reservation reserved necessary water to accomplish the purpose of the Navajo Reservation but did not require the United States to take affirmative steps to secure water for the Tribe.
3/20/2023 • 1 hour, 50 minutes, 3 seconds
New York v. New Jersey
A case in which the Court held that New Jersey can unilaterally withdraw from an interstate compact with New York that created a waterfront commission with police power.
3/1/2023 • 1 hour, 28 minutes, 34 seconds
New York v. New Jersey
A case in which the Court held that New Jersey can unilaterally withdraw from an interstate compact with New York that created a waterfront commission with police power.
3/1/2023 • 1 hour, 28 minutes, 34 seconds
Department of Education v. Brown
A case in which the Court was asked to consider a challenge to the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan.
2/28/2023 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 37 seconds
Biden v. Nebraska
A case in which the Court held that the Secretary of Education does not have the authority under the HEROES Act to cancel roughly $430 billion in student debt.
2/28/2023 • 2 hours, 2 minutes, 33 seconds
Department of Education v. Brown
A case in which the Court was asked to consider a challenge to the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan.
2/28/2023 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 37 seconds
Biden v. Nebraska
A case in which the Court held that the Secretary of Education does not have the authority under the HEROES Act to cancel roughly $430 billion in student debt.
2/28/2023 • 2 hours, 2 minutes, 33 seconds
Dubin v. United States
A case in which the Court held that a person commits “aggravated identity theft,” if he “uses” another person’s means of identification “in relation to” a predicate offense when the use is at the crux of—rather than merely peripheral to—what makes the conduct criminal.
2/27/2023 • 1 hour, 32 minutes, 29 seconds
Dubin v. United States
A case in which the Court held that a person commits “aggravated identity theft,” if he “uses” another person’s means of identification “in relation to” a predicate offense when the use is at the crux of—rather than merely peripheral to—what makes the conduct criminal.
2/27/2023 • 1 hour, 32 minutes, 29 seconds
Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh
A case in which the Court held an internet platform does not “knowingly” provide substantial assistance under 18 U.S.C. § 2333 merely because it allegedly could have taken more “meaningful” or “aggressive” action to prevent such use, and that an internet platform whose services were not used in connection with the specific “act of international terrorism” that injured the plaintiff cannot be liable for aiding and abetting under Section 2333.
2/22/2023 • 2 hours, 29 minutes, 42 seconds
Twitter, Inc. v. Taamneh
A case in which the Court held an internet platform does not “knowingly” provide substantial assistance under 18 U.S.C. § 2333 merely because it allegedly could have taken more “meaningful” or “aggressive” action to prevent such use, and that an internet platform whose services were not used in connection with the specific “act of international terrorism” that injured the plaintiff cannot be liable for aiding and abetting under Section 2333.
2/22/2023 • 2 hours, 29 minutes, 42 seconds
Gonzalez v. Google LLC
A case in which the Court was asked to decide whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields internet platforms from liability when their algorithms target users and recommend a third party’s content.
2/21/2023 • 2 hours, 40 minutes, 41 seconds
Gonzalez v. Google LLC
A case in which the Court was asked to decide whether Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act shields internet platforms from liability when their algorithms target users and recommend a third party’s content.
2/21/2023 • 2 hours, 40 minutes, 41 seconds
Perez v. Sturgis Public Schools, et al.
A case in which the Court held that an Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit seeking compensatory damages for the denial of a free and appropriate education may proceed without exhausting the administrative processes of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act because the remedy sought is not one IDEA provides.
1/18/2023 • 1 hour, 28 minutes, 58 seconds
Santos-Zacaria v. Garland
A case in which the Court held that a federal immigration law does not bar a federal court of appeals from reviewing an immigrant’s claim that the Board of Immigration Appeals had engaged in impermissible factfinding simply because the immigrant had not exhausted that claim through a motion to reconsider, which is a discretionary form of review.
1/17/2023 • 1 hour, 3 minutes, 33 seconds
Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. v. United States
A case in which the Court held that U.S. district courts may exercise subject-matter jurisdiction over criminal prosecutions against foreign sovereigns and their instrumentalities under 18 U.S.C. § 3231, and that such entities are not immune from criminal prosecution under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act.
1/17/2023 • 1 hour, 35 minutes, 58 seconds
Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, Inc.
A case in which the Court held the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA)’s general grant of jurisdiction to the federal courts over claims against the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico and claims otherwise arising under PROMESA does not abrogate the Board’s sovereign immunity with respect to all federal and territorial claims.
1/11/2023 • 56 minutes, 27 seconds
Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico v. Centro de Periodismo Investigativo, Inc.
A case in which the Court held the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA)’s general grant of jurisdiction to the federal courts over claims against the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico and claims otherwise arising under PROMESA does not abrogate the Board’s sovereign immunity with respect to all federal and territorial claims.
1/11/2023 • 56 minutes, 27 seconds
Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters
A case in which the Court held that the National Labor Relations Act does not preempt a state-court lawsuit against a union for intentionally destroying an employer’s property during a labor dispute.
1/10/2023 • 1 hour, 26 minutes
In re Grand Jury
A case in which the Court was asked to decide whether a communication involving both legal and non-legal advice is protected by attorney-client privilege when obtaining or providing legal advice was one of the significant purposes behind the communication.
1/9/2023 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 58 seconds
The Ohio Adjutant General’s Department v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
A case in which the Court held that the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, which empowers the Federal Labor Relations Authority to regulate the labor practices of federal agencies, also empowers it to regulate the labor practices of state militias.
1/9/2023 • 1 hour, 29 minutes, 32 seconds
Moore v. Harper
A case in which the Court rejected the “Independent State Legislature” (ISL) theory—that only a state legislature has the power to regulate federal elections, notwithstanding state courts or constitutional constraints.
12/7/2022 • 2 hours, 53 minutes, 47 seconds
U.S., ex rel. Polansky v. Executive Health Resources
A case in which the Court held that when an individual brings a lawsuit on behalf of the government alleging fraud on the United States, the government has the power to dismiss the lawsuit whenever it intervenes in the case, and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a) governs that procedure.
12/6/2022 • 1 hour, 21 minutes, 23 seconds
Bartenwerfer v. Buckley
A case in which the Court held that a bankruptcy debtor can be held liable for another person’s fraud, even when they were not aware of the fraud.
12/6/2022 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 44 seconds
303 Creative LLC v. Elenis
A case in which the Court held that applying a public-accommodation law to compel an artist to speak or stay silent violates the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment.
12/5/2022 • 2 hours, 21 minutes, 57 seconds
MOAC Mall Holdings LLC v. Transform Holdco LLC
A case in which the Court held that Bankruptcy Code Section 363(m) does not limit the jurisdiction of appellate courts over an order approving the sale of a debtor’s assets but instead simply limits the remedies available on appeal from such an order.
12/5/2022 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 51 seconds
Wilkins v. United States
A case in which the Court held that the Quiet Title Act’s statute of limitations is a nonjurisdictional claim-processing rule.
11/30/2022 • 1 hour, 5 minutes, 48 seconds
United States v. Texas
A case in which the Court was asked to decide whether the Biden administration’s revised immigration policy violates the Administrative Procedure Act.
11/29/2022 • 2 hours, 16 minutes, 14 seconds
Percoco v. United States
A case in which the Court reversed the conviction of a private citizen who was convicted of honest-services fraud on the theory that, although he held no elected office or government employment, he had informal political or other influence over governmental decisionmaking, and thus owed a fiduciary duty to the general public.
11/28/2022 • 1 hour, 7 minutes, 55 seconds
Ciminelli v. United States
A case in which the Court held the Second Circuit’s “right to control” theory of fraud, which treats the deprivation of complete and accurate information bearing on a person’s economic decision as a species of property fraud, cannot state a valid basis for liability under the federal wire fraud statute.
11/28/2022 • 1 hour, 17 minutes, 45 seconds
Haaland v. Brackeen
A case in which the Court upheld the constitutionality of the Indian Child Welfare Act.
11/9/2022 • 3 hours, 12 minutes, 20 seconds
Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
A case in which the Court held that a state registration statute for out-of-state corporations confers general personal jurisdiction over the registrant.
11/8/2022 • 1 hour, 48 minutes, 14 seconds
Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County v. Talevski
A case in which the Court held that a plaintiff may sue under Section 1983 for violation of rights secured by legislation enacted under Congress's Spending Clause power, in this case, the Federal Nursing Home Reform Act.
11/8/2022 • 1 hour, 34 minutes, 5 seconds
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Cochran
A case in which the Court held that a federal district court has jurisdiction to consider claims challenging the constitutionality of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s administrative proceedings.
11/7/2022 • 1 hour, 9 minutes, 22 seconds
Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission
A case in which the Court held that federal district courts have jurisdiction to hear constitutional challenges to the Federal Trade Commission’s structure, procedure, and existence.
11/7/2022 • 1 hour, 31 minutes, 33 seconds
Bittner v. United States
A case in which the Court held that a “violation” under the Bank Secrecy Act is the failure to file an annual Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (no matter the number of foreign accounts), notwithstanding the number of individual accounts that were not properly reported.
11/2/2022 • 1 hour, 12 minutes, 55 seconds
Jones v. Hendrix
A case in which the Court held that the saving clause in 28 U. S. C. §2255(e) does not allow a prisoner asserting an intervening change in the interpretation of a criminal statute to circumvent the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996’s restrictions on second or successive § 2255 motions by filing a habeas petition under § 2241.
11/1/2022 • 1 hour, 19 minutes, 56 seconds
Cruz v. Arizona
A case in which the Court held the Arizona Supreme Court’s ruling that a state rule of criminal procedure precluded post-conviction relief is not an adequate and independent state-law ground for the judgment against him.
11/1/2022 • 1 hour, 1 minute, 58 seconds
Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College
A case in which the Court overruled its decision in Grutter v. Bollinger to hold that institutions of higher education cannot use race as a factor in admissions.
10/31/2022 • 1 hour, 55 minutes, 16 seconds
Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina
A case in which the Court overruled its decision in Grutter v. Bollinger to hold that institutions of higher education cannot use race as a factor in admissions.
10/31/2022 • 2 hours, 44 minutes, 44 seconds
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. v. Hewitt
A case in which the Court held that daily-rate workers, of whatever income level, qualify as paid on a salary basis only if they satisfy three conditions outlined in the Fair Labor Standards Act.
10/12/2022 • 1 hour, 33 minutes, 51 seconds
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith
A case in which the Court held that Andy Warhol Foundation's commercial use of artwork derived from Lynn Goldsmith's copyrighted photograph of the musician Prince lacked transformative value and thus weighed against fair use.
10/12/2022 • 1 hour, 42 minutes, 29 seconds
Reed v. Goertz
A case in which the Court held that the statute of limitations for a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claim seeking DNA testing of crime-scene evidence begins to run at the end of state-court litigation denying DNA testing, including any appeals, rather than as soon as the state trial court denies DNA testing.
10/11/2022 • 59 minutes, 52 seconds
National Pork Producers Council v. Ross
A case in which the Court affirmed the lower court's dismissal of a challenge to a California law restricting the sale of pork within the state in a way that affects most or all commercial out-of-state farms.
10/11/2022 • 2 hours, 12 minutes, 8 seconds
Allen v. Milligan
A case in which the Court held that Alabama’s 2021 redistricting plan for its seven seats in the U.S. House of Representatives likely violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
10/4/2022 • 1 hour, 53 minutes, 57 seconds
Arellano v. McDonough
A case in which the Court held the one-year filing deadline for veterans to submit disability claims after they are discharged is not subject to principles of equitable tolling, meaning that missing the filing deadline forfeits retroactive disability benefits.
10/4/2022 • 47 minutes, 32 seconds
Sackett v. Environmental Protection Agency
A case in which the Court held that wetlands are “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act only if they have a continuous surface connection with traditional navigable waters.
10/3/2022 • 1 hour, 48 minutes, 5 seconds
Delaware v. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
A case in which the Court held that the Federal Disposition Act applies to unclaimed or uncashed checks issued by MoneyGram Payments Systems, and thus that they must be returned to the state where they were purchased.
10/3/2022 • 1 hour, 8 minutes, 40 seconds
Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta
A case in which the Court held that a state has concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute non-Natives who commit crimes against Natives on Native American lands.
4/27/2022 • 2 hours, 9 minutes, 42 seconds
Shoop v. Twyford
A case in which the Court held a transportation order that allows a prisoner to search for new evidence is not “necessary or appropriate in aid of” a federal court’s adjudication of a habeas corpus action when the prisoner has not shown that the desired evidence would be admissible in connection with a particular claim for relief.
4/26/2022 • 58 minutes, 40 seconds
Biden v. Texas
A case in which the Court held that the Biden administration properly rescinded Trump’s “remain in Mexico” policy, which requires asylum seekers to stay in Mexico while they await hearing in U.S. immigration court.
4/26/2022 • 1 hour, 47 minutes, 12 seconds
Nance v. Ward
A case in which the Court held that Title 42 U.S.C. § 1983 is the procedural vehicle appropriate for a prisoner’s method-of-execution claim even if an order granting the relief requested would necessitate a change in state law.
4/25/2022 • 1 hour, 26 minutes, 1 second
Kennedy v. Bremerton School District
A case in which the Court held that a public school’s attempt to avoid an Establishment Clause claim by forbidding a coach from praying with students during and after a game violates the coach’s free speech and free exercise rights.
4/25/2022 • 1 hour, 47 minutes, 53 seconds
Vega v. Tekoh
A case in which the Court held that a plaintiff may not state a claim for relief against a law enforcement officer under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 based on the officer’s failure to provide Miranda warnings.
4/20/2022 • 1 hour, 20 minutes, 20 seconds
Kemp v. United States
A case in which the Court held that Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(1) authorizes relief based on a district court’s error of law.
4/19/2022 • 43 minutes, 31 seconds
George v. McDonough
A case in which the Court held that “clear and unmistakable error,” in the context of a veteran’s challenge of a denial of benefits by the Department of Veterans Affairs, does not include the invalidation of a VA regulation.
4/19/2022 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 20 seconds
United States v. Washington
A case in which the Court held that a state worker’s compensation law that applies exclusively to certain federal workers violates the principle of intergovernmental immunity.
4/18/2022 • 0
Siegel v. Fitzgerald
A case in which the Court held the Bankruptcy Judgeship Act violates the uniformity requirement of the Constitution's Bankruptcy Clause by increasing quarterly fees solely in districts under the U.S. Trustee program and not in those under the Bankruptcy Administrator program.
4/18/2022 • 1 hour, 15 minutes, 26 seconds
United States v. Washington
A case in which the Court held that a state worker’s compensation law that applies exclusively to certain federal workers violates the principle of intergovernmental immunity.