United States Supreme Court (4 summaries)
Jam v. International Finance Corp.
Under the International Organizations Immunities Act of 1945 (IOIA), international organizations enjoy the same privileges and immunities as enjoyed by foreign governments, as such the immunity of international organizations is tethered to changes in immunity of foreign governments.
Area(s) of Law:- Sovereign Immunity
Timbs v. Indiana
The Excessive Fines Clause of the Eight Amendment is an incorporated protection applicable to the states under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Area(s) of Law:- Constitutional Law
Collins v. Virginia
The automobile exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement does not extend to the search of a home, its curtilage, or any vehicle found therein.
Area(s) of Law:- Constitutional Law
Jennings v. Rodriguez
Aliens detained under 8 U.S.C. §§1225(b)(1),(2) and 8 U.S.C. §1226(a) do not have the right to periodic bond hearings.
Area(s) of Law:- Immigration
United States Supreme Court Certiorari Granted (8 summaries)
Ramos v. Louisiana
Whether the Fourteenth Amendment fully incorporates the Sixth Amendment Guarantee of a unanimous verdict
Area(s) of Law:- Constitutional Law
New Prime Inc. v. Oliveira
Whether the Federal Arbitration Act’s (FAA) Section 1 exemption for transportation workers applies to contract workers, and whether the arbitrability of the Section 1 exemption is itself subject to arbitration through a valid delegation clause within the employment contract.
Area(s) of Law:- Arbitration
Lucia v. SEC
Whether the appointment of administrative law judges within the Securities and Exchange Commission must comport with the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Area(s) of Law:- Constitutional Law
Washington v. United States et al.
(1) Whether the Northwest Indian tribes’ right by treaty to “tak[e] fish at the usual and accustomed grounds...in common with all citizens” guarantees that the tribes’ share of the take is “sufficient to provide a moderate living to the tribes”; (2) whether the State may assert equitable defenses in response to the Federal Government’s demand that the state replace hundreds of culverts whose design allegedly violates treaties between the United States and the tribes, when the United States previously mandated the current culvert design (3) whether the Ninth Circuit erred by granted in the United States’ injunction and declaratory relief thus requiring the State to replace hundreds of culverts when the United States showed no clear connection between the replacement of the culverts and an increased take at tribal fisheries.
Area(s) of Law:- Indian Law
Koons v. U.S.
Whether federal courts may retroactively reduce sentences under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) if the defendant received a reduced sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3553(e).
Area(s) of Law:- Sentencing
National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra
Whether California’s “Reproductive FACT Act” (FACT) violates the free speech clause of the First Amendment by compelling crisis pregnancy centers to provide information on state-funded abortions, or in the case of unlicensed facilities, to provide a disclaimer that the facility does not provide medical services.
Area(s) of Law:- First Amendment
Florida v. Georgia
Whether the Special Master erred by requiring Florida to establish by a “guarantee” standard that imposition of a consumption cap on Georgia’s water use from the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basin (ACF Basin) would not be offset by the operations of dams and reservoirs within the ACF Basin by the Army Corps of Engineers.
Area(s) of Law:- Civil Procedure
Encino Motorcars v. Navarro
Whether the overtime-pay exemption of the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 213(b)(10)(a), applies to car dealership service advisors.
Area(s) of Law:- Employment Law