Cases

Americans for Prosperity v. Rodriquez
No. 19-251 - Argued April 26, 2021
Does the policy of the California attorney general’s office requiring charities to disclose the names and addresses of their major donors violate the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution?
Yellen v. Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation
No. 20-543 - Argued April 19, 2021
Are Alaska Native regional and village corporations established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act “Indian Tribes” for purposes of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act?
United States v. Arthrex, Inc.
No. 19-1434 - Argued March 1, 2021
1. Are administrative patent judges principal officers who must be appointed by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate, or inferior officers who may be appointed by a department head? 2. If they are principal officers, can they be rendered inferior officers by severing the portion of the Patent Act restricting their removal?
Lange v. California
No. 20-18 - Argued February 24, 2021
Does pursuit of a person who a police officer has probable cause to believe has committed a misdemeanor categorically qualify as an exigent circumstance sufficient to allow the officer to enter a home without a warrant?
FCC v. Prometheus Radio Project
No. 19-1231 - Argued January 19, 2021
Was the Third Circuit’s decision to vacate the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) three decisions adopted between 2016–2018 for its review of broadcast ownership rules required by Section 202(h) of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 erroneous under the Administrative Procedure Act?
AMG Capital Management, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission
No. 19-508 - Argued January 13, 2021
Whether statutory authorization for the FTC to seek injunctions includes judicial power to grant equitable remedies incident to injunctions, including restitution and disgorgement of ill-gotten gains.
Pham v. Guzman Chavez
No. 19-897 - Argued January 11, 2021
Are the respondents—who were subject to reinstated removal orders, but with pending claims for withholding of removal—detained under 8 U.S.C. § 1226 or under 8 U.S.C. § 1231?
Edwards v. Vannoy
No. 19-5807 - Argued December 2, 2020
Does the Court’s decision in Ramos v. Louisiana, holding that the Sixth Amendment establishes a right to a unanimous jury in both federal and state courts, apply retroactively to cases on federal collateral review?
Nestlé USA, Inc. v. Doe I
No. 19-416 - Argued December 1, 2020
These cases present two issues: First, is the presumption against extraterritorial application of the Alien Tort Statute overcome in cases where a U.S. company conducted oversight of its foreign operations at its headquarters in the United States? Second, is a domestic corporation exempt from liability in a private action under the Alien Tort Statute when it violates international law—in these cases by subjecting children to slavery, forced labor, and human trafficking?
Brownback v. King
No. 19-546 - Argued November 9, 2020
Does the judgment bar provision of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) prevent a plaintiff, whose FTCA claim against the government failed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, from filing a Bivens action against the same defendants and arising from the same set of facts and injuries?