Court to hear cases on arbitration, where one can be tried for an offense

The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon added four new cases to its argument docket for the 2025-26 term. In a brief list of orders from the justices’ private conference earlier in the day, the court agreed to weigh in on one of the challenges to President Donald Trump’s order ending birthright citizenship (covered in a separate story).

The court granted three other petitions for review:

Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties – Whether a federal court that initially exercises jurisdiction and stays a case pending arbitration retains jurisdiction over an application to confirm or vacate an arbitration award in the same case, even if it wouldn’t otherwise have jurisdiction.

T.M. v. University of Maryland Medical System Corporation – Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, which bars federal courts from considering a claim filed by a party that lost in state court and seeks to invalidate a final state-court judgment, prohibits lawsuits in federal court challenging a state court decision when that decision remains subject to further review in state court.

Abouammo v. United States – Whether venue is proper in a district even if none of the conduct that forms the basis for one’s criminal charge occurred there, as long as the provision of the law at the center of the case dealing with the defendant’s intent “contemplates” effects that could occur there.

Additional orders from Friday’s conference are expected on Monday, Dec. 8, at 9:30 a.m. EST.

The cases granted on Friday will likely be argued in March, with decisions to follow by late June or early July.