United States Supreme Court (16 summaries)
Whitfield v. United States
The word "accompany" in 18 U.S.C. §2113, which creates increased penalties for actions taken during the commission of, or flight from, a bank robbery, means "to go with" even over short distances.
Area(s) of Law:- Criminal Law
Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk
Time spent in post-work security screenings, and waiting in line for those screenings, is not compensable under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Area(s) of Law:- Labor Law
McCullen v. Coakley
Banning the presence of all but an exempt few from the area around the entrances to reproductive health facilities unconstitutionally burdens the public's First Amendment rights.
Area(s) of Law:- Constitutional Law
Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital, Ltd.
The Federal Sovereign Immunities Act does not protect sovereign debtors against postjudgment discovery.
Area(s) of Law:- Sovereign Immunity
CTS Corp. v. Waldburger
Section 9658 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 preempts state statutes of limitations, but does not preempt state statutes of repose.
Area(s) of Law:- Civil Procedure
Wood v. Moss
There is no "clearly established" law that ensures that groups with different viewpoints are positioned similarly when presidential safety is at issue.
Area(s) of Law:- Qualified Immunity
Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
Where Congress has provided a statute of limitations under Section 507(b) of the Copyright Act, the defense of laches is only available in extraordinary circumstances.
Area(s) of Law:- Civil Procedure
Environmental Protection Agency v. EME Homer City Generation
The Environmental Protection Agency's interpretation of the Clean Air Act and the regulations promulgated in furtherance of that act are reasonable and subject to deference.
Area(s) of Law:- Administrative Law
Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration and Immigration Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN)
Michigan's constitutional amendment banning discrimination on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in public employment, education, and contracting is upheld.
Area(s) of Law:- Constitutional Law
BG Group plc v. Argentina
When a United States court reviews an arbitration award under the Treaty, the provisions of the arbitration and award should be examined under the principles of contract law.
Area(s) of Law:- Arbitration
Lawson v. FMR LLC
The whistleblower protection provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act shelters employees of private contractors and subcontractors.
Area(s) of Law:- Employment Law
United States v. Apel
For 18 U.S.C. § 1382 purposes, a military installation includes the commanding officer's area of responsibility.
Area(s) of Law:- Property Law
Medtronic, Inc. v. Merowski Family Ventures, LLC
The burden of persuasion in a declaratory judgment action stemming from a patent infringement suit is on the patentee.
Area(s) of Law:- Civil Procedure
United States v. Windsor
Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutionally violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
Area(s) of Law:- Constitutional Law
Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
The Fifth Circuit erred by not applying strict scrutiny as articulated in Grutter and Regents of Univ. of Cal. v. Bakke, 438 U. S. 265.
Area(s) of Law:- Constitutional Law
Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Ariz.
"Evidence-of-citizenship requirements, as applied to federal applicants, is preempted by the National Voter Registration Act’s mandate that States “accept and use” the Federal Form."
Area(s) of Law:- Preemption
United States Supreme Court Certiorari Granted (10 summaries)
Kansas v. Reginald Carr
Whether the Eight Amendment requires either severance of co-defendants' cases at sentencing or affirmative instructions to sentencing juries that mitigating circumstances need not be proved beyond a reasonable doubt.
Area(s) of Law:- Sentencing
Ocasio v. United States
Whether the federal statute forbidding extortion requires a conspiracy to commit extortion to target a victim outside the conspiracy.
Area(s) of Law:- Criminal Law
Glossip v. Gross
Whether Oklahoma's prisoner execution protocols violate the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Area(s) of Law:- Constitutional Law
Chen v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, Maryland
Whether, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(m), a district court has discretion to extend the time for service of process absent a showing of good cause.
Area(s) of Law:- Civil Procedure
Williams-Yulee v. The Florida Bar
Whether a rule of judicial conduct that prohibits judicial candidates from personally soliciting campaign funds violates the First Amendment.
Area(s) of Law:- Constitutional Law
B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc.
Whether the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board's findings preclude the relitigation of those same issues in subsequent litigation.
Area(s) of Law:- Civil Procedure
Gelboim v. Bank of America Corp.
Whether a final order renders a suit immediately appealable when that suit has been consolidated with other suits that have not concluded.
Area(s) of Law:- Civil Procedure
Whitfield v. United States
Whether "forced accompaniment" during a bank robbery must be substantial in order to trigger the increased penalty under 18 U.S.C. § 2113(e).
Area(s) of Law:- Criminal Law
BG Group PLC v. Republic of Argentina
Whether an arbitrator or court has power to determine whether a prerequisite to arbitration has occurred.
Area(s) of Law:- Arbitration
Lawson v. FMR LLC
Whether the First Circuit erred when it construed the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX), 18 U.S.C. § 1514A, to only protect whistleblower employees of publicly traded companies, but not private companies.
Area(s) of Law:- Employment Law