United States Supreme Court (8 summaries)
Rucho v. Common Cause
Partisan gerrymandering claims remain political questions for Congress, not the judiciary, to resolve.
Area(s) of Law:- Constitutional Law
Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers v. Thomas, Exec. Dir. of the Tennessee Alcoholic Beverage Commission
State-mandated durational residence requirements for business owners applying for retail liquor store licensing is unconstitutional under the dormant Commerce Clause and is not protected by the Twenty-First Amendment § 2.
Area(s) of Law:- Constitutional Law
Dutra Group v. Batterton
Punitive damages are unavailable for mariner plaintiffs in claims of unseaworthiness.
Area(s) of Law:- Admiralty
Knick v. Township of Scott, Pennsylvania
Property owners with an actionable takings claim are no longer required to litigate state action for just compensation before pursuing a federal claim under 42 U.S.C. §1983, overruling Williamson County Regional Planning Comm’n v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City, 473 U. S. 172 (1985).
Area(s) of Law:- Civil Rights § 1983
Gundy v. United States
Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) provision 34 U. S. C. §§20913(d), does not violate the nondelegation doctrine by allowing the Attorney General to enforce and apply the Act registration requirements to pre-Act offenders.
Area(s) of Law:- Constitutional Law
Gamble v. United States
The Dual-Sovereignty Doctrine is neither contrary nor an exception to the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
Area(s) of Law:- Criminal Law
Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., v. Jackson
28 U. S. C. §1441(a) and Class Action Fairness Act (“CAFA”) §1453(b) removal provisions do not allow third-party defendants to remove a matter to federal court.
Area(s) of Law:- Civil Procedure
Franchise Tax Board of California v. Hyatt
States retain sovereign immunity when suits are brought by private parties in courts of other States, overruling Nevada v. Hall, 440 U.S. 410 (1979).
Area(s) of Law:- Sovereign Immunity
United States Supreme Court Certiorari Granted (3 summaries)
Lucky Brand Dungarees, Inc. V. Marcel Fashions Group, Inc.
Whether, when a plaintiff asserts new claims, federal preclusion principles can bar a defendant from raising defenses that were not actually litigated and resolved in any prior case between the parties.
Area(s) of Law:- Civil Procedure
Holguin-Hernandez v. United States
Whether a formal objection after pronouncement of sentence is necessary to invoke appellate reasonableness review of the length of a defendant’s sentence.
Area(s) of Law:- Criminal Procedure
Oregon Court of Appeals (1 summary)
State v. Smith
Plain-error must be: (1) an error of law, (2) obvious; and, (3) “apparent on the record without requiring the court to choose among competing inferences.” State v. Vanornum, 354 Or 614 (2013).
Area(s) of Law:- Criminal Procedure