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This Week at the Court
On Monday the Court granted four new cases and issued opinions in five cases: Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona; Salinas v. Texas; FTC v. Actavis; Alleyne v. United States; Maracich v. Spears.
We expect opinions again on Thursday at 10 a.m. We will begin live blogging around 9:00 on Thursday.
Major Cases
- Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
Affirmative action - Shelby County v. Holder
Constitutionality of Section 5 of Voting Rights Act - Hollingsworth v. Perry
California's definition of marriage and the Equal Protection Clause - United States v. Windsor
Constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act - Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc.
Natural genes are not patentable; synthetic genes are.
- Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
Upcoming Petitions
- Wilson v. Flaherty Habeas challenge to sex offender registrations
- Samantar v. Yousuf Common law immunity for foreign officials acting on behalf of foreign states
- Pruitt v. Nova Health Systems Constitutionality of state law requiring pre-abortion ultrasounds
- Lozano v. Alvarez Return of an abducted child under the Hague Convention
Conference of June 20
Major Pending Petitions
- Pruitt v. Nova Health Systems
Constitutionality of state law requiring pre-abortion ultrasounds - Executive Benefits Insurance Agency v. Arkison
Bancrupcy court jurisdiction based on "implied consent" of litigants - Environmental Protection Agency v. EME Homer City Generation
States' regulation of interstate air pollution contributions under the Clean Air Act - National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning
Constitutionality of President's recess appointments to NRLB - Mulhall v. Unite Here Local 355
Rights under the Labor-Management Relations Act
- Pruitt v. Nova Health Systems
Recent Decisions
- Salinas v. Texas The privilege against self-incrimination must be expressly invoked.
- Maracich v. Spears Lawyers’ not permitted access to private driver’s license records for use in preparing lawsuits.
- Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis Antitrust and pharmaceutical “reverse payments”
- Arizona v. The Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. Arizona’s proof-of-citizenship requirement for voters is preempted by federal law.
- Alleyne v. United States Juries must find facts that increase mandatory minimum sentences.
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Statistical Snapshot
see all »Cases argued 75 Cases decided 61 Summary reversals 4 Merits Cases Set for Argument 75 Twitter Feed
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