In its conference of May 11, 2017, the court will consider petitions involving issues such as whether the Second Amendment entitles ordinary, law-abiding citizens to carry handguns outside the home for self-defense in some manner, including concealed carry when open carry is forbidden by state law;
In its conference of April 28, 2017, the court will consider petitions involving issues such as whether a statute which does not amend any generally applicable substantive or procedural laws, but deprives the petitioner of the right to pursue his pending lawsuit, violates the due process clause of
In its conference of April 21, 2017, the court will consider petitions involving issues such as whether a state law that imposes retroactive tax liability for a period of almost seven years violates the due process clause; whether the warrantless seizure and search of historical cell phone records
In its conference of April 13, 2017, the court will consider petitions involving issues such as whether applying Colorado’s public accommodations law to compel the petitioner to create expression that violates his sincerely held religious beliefs about marriage violates the free speech or free
In its conference of March 31, 2017, the court will consider petitions involving issues such as whether the Alien Tort Statute categorically forecloses corporate liability; whether applying Colorado’s public accommodations law to compel the petitioner to create expression that violates his
In its conference of March 24, 2017, the court will consider petitions involving issues such as whether Item 303 of Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-K creates a duty to disclose that is actionable under Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and SEC Rule 10b-5; whether
In its conference of March 17, 2017, the court will consider petitions involving issues such as whether the court’s decision in Hall v. Florida must be applied retroactively on collateral review; whether applying Colorado’s public accommodations law to compel the petitioner to create expression
In its conference of March 3, 2017, the court will consider petitions involving issues such as whether applying Colorado’s public accommodations law to compel the petitioner to create expression that violates his sincerely held religious beliefs about marriage violates the free speech or free
In its conference of February 24, 2017, the court will consider petitions involving issues such as whether Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(5)(C) can deprive a court of appeals of jurisdiction over an appeal that is statutorily timely, or whether it is instead a nonjurisdictional
In its conference of February 17, 2017, the court will consider petitions involving issues such as whether a guilty plea inherently waives a defendant’s right to challenge the constitutionality of his statute of conviction; whether it is a violation of the 14th Amendment guarantee of equal
The petitions of the day are: Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Michigan Department of Treasury 16-699 Issues: (1) Whether the Multistate Tax Compact has the status of a contract that binds its signatory states; and (2) whether a state law that imposes retroactive tax liability for a period of almost
The petition of the day is: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur v. Farhang 16-692 Issues: (1) Whether a choice-of-law provision in a foreign state’s contract automatically waives sovereign immunity under 28 U.S.C. § 1605(a)(1), regardless of the contract’s other terms indicating an intent not