United States Supreme Court (8 summaries)
Nichols v. United States
The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) requires an offender to appear in a current jurisdiction to report updates of his or her information.
Area(s) of Law:- Criminal Law
Friedrichs v. California Teacher's Association
Union agency shop arrangements are constitutionally valid.
Area(s) of Law:- First Amendment
Lockhart v. United States
When interpreting a statute, a court should interpret a limiting clause or phrase at the end of the sentence to only modify the noun or phrase immediately preceding it.
Area(s) of Law:- Sentencing
CPV Maryland, LLC v. PPC EnergyPlus, LLC
Whether an energy plant subsidized by the state of Maryland may be "field preempted" or "conflict preempted" when its higher incentives disrupt the federal energy market's regulatory scheme as governed by the Federal Power Act.
Area(s) of Law:- Constitutional Law
Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC
A patentee cannot continue to receive royalties after expiation of the patent, however, parties may use alternative arrangements to achieve similar payment deferral outcomes.
Area(s) of Law:- Patents
Reyes Mata v. Lynch
Federal Circuit Courts have jurisdiction to review a denial of an alien's petition to reopen a removal proceeding by the Board of Immigration Appeals.
Area(s) of Law:- Immigration
Elonis v. United States
For a person to be convicted under 18 U.S.C.§875(c), the jury must conclude that the convicted person intended for their communication to be a threat to injure another person.
Area(s) of Law:- Criminal Law
Bullard v. Blue Hills Bank
The Bankruptcy Appellate Panel does not consider denial of debtor repayment plans final orders that warrant appeal.
Area(s) of Law:- Bankruptcy Law
United States Supreme Court Certiorari Granted (3 summaries)
United States Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co., Inc.
Whether an approved jurisdictional determination issued by the United States Army Corps of Engineers or Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Water Act is considered a final agency action subject to immediate judicial review under the Administrative Procedure Act § 704?
Area(s) of Law:- Administrative Law
East Texas Baptist Univ. v. Burwell
Whether the process to receive an accommodation under the Affordable Care Act, which allows a non-profit religious organization to not pay for mandated coverage of contraception, relieves the substantial burden under the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act.
Area(s) of Law:- Constitutional Law
Michael Musacchio v. United States of America
Whether the law-of-the-case doctrine requires the government to provide more evidence than the statute requires.
Area(s) of Law:- Criminal Procedure