Culbertson v. Berryhill
Whether fees subject to 42 U. S. C. 406(b)’s 25-percent cap include, as the Sixth, Ninth, and Tenth Circuits hold, only fees for representation in court or, as the Fourth, Fifth, and Eleventh Circuits hold, also fees for representation before the agency.
Area(s) of Law:- Attorney Fees
Jam v. International Finance Corp.
Whether the International Organizations Immunities Act—which affords international organizations the “same immunity” from suit that foreign governments have, 22 U.S.C. § 288a(b)— confers the same immunity on such organizations as foreign governments have under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1602-11, and if not, what are the rules governing the immunity to which international organizations are entitled?
Area(s) of Law:- Sovereign Immunity
Terry Royal, Warden v. Patrick Dwayne Murphy
Whether the 1866 territorial boundaries of the Creek Nation within the former Indian Territory of eastern Oklahoma constitute an “Indian reservation” today under 18 U.S.C. § 1151(a).
Area(s) of Law:- Indian Law
Virginia Uranium Inc., v. Warren
Whether the AEA preempts a state law that on its face regulates an activity within its jurisdiction but has the purpose and effect of regulating the radiological safety hazards of activities entrusted to the NRC?
Area(s) of Law:- Preemption
Air and Liquid Systems Corp. v. DeVries
Whether products-liability defendants can be held liable under maritime law for injuries caused by products that they did not make, sell, or distribute.
Area(s) of Law:- Admiralty
BNSF Railway Company v. Loos
Whether a railroad’s payment to an employee for time lost from work is subject to employment taxes under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act.
Area(s) of Law:- Workers Compensation