Oral Arguments - The Supreme Court of the United States

Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. v. Amarin Pharma, Inc. - Date Argued: 04/29/26 Apr 30, 2026 3620 Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. v. Amarin Pharma, Inc. - Date Argued: 04/29/26

Monsanto Co. v. Durnell - Date Argued: 04/27/26 Apr 30, 2026 4454 Monsanto Co. v. Durnell - Date Argued: 04/27/26

Mullin, Sec. of Homeland Security v. Doe - Date Argued: 04/29/26 Apr 30, 2026 6384 Mullin, Sec. of Homeland Security v. Doe - Date Argued: 04/29/26

Chatrie v. United State - Date Argued: 04/27/26 Apr 30, 2026 7227 Chatrie v. United State - Date Argued: 04/27/26

Blanche, Acting Atty Gen. v. Lau: Date Argued - 04/22/26 Apr 22, 2026 5373 FactsThe case involves a challenge to the Biden administration's efforts to dismantle a Trump-era immigration program known as the "Remain in Mexico" policy (officially the Migrant Protection Protocols or MPP). The policy required certain asylum seekers arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border to wait in Mexico for their immigration court hearings. The Biden administration sought to terminate the progra

FCC v. AT&T: Date Argued - 04/21/26 Apr 22, 2026 5071 Case Summary:The FCC fined major wireless carriers over $100 million for unlawfully selling access to customer location data to third parties without consent. AT&T received a $57 million fine, and Verizon received nearly $47 million. The fines stem from an investigation prompted by reports that a Missouri sheriff obtained customer location data through a third-party service. The dispute reache

T. M. v. Univ. of MD Medical Sys. Corp.: Date Argued - 04/20/26 Apr 22, 2026 3715 FactsOngkaruck Sripetch ran penny-stock "pump-and-dump" schemes, artificially inflating prices before selling to unwitting investors. He pleaded guilty to criminal securities fraud and served 21 months in prison. In a parallel civil proceeding, a California district court ordered him to pay $2.251 million in disgorgement plus over $1 million in prejudgment interest—approximately $3.2 million total

Sripetch v. SEC: Date Argued- 04/20/26 Apr 22, 2026 4255 Background & FactsThe case arises from an SEC civil enforcement action against Ongkaruck Sripetch, who orchestrated a series of fraudulent "pump-and-dump" schemes involving penny-stock companies. Sripetch artificially inflated stock prices through manipulative trading and scalping campaigns before selling shares to unwitting investors at inflated prices .Sripetch admitted to securities law vio

Trump, President of U.S. v. Barbara - Date Argued: 04/01/26 Apr 4, 2026 7709 Case Summary: In the case of Trump, President of the United States v. Barbara (Docket No. 25-365), argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on April 1, 2026, the relevant facts are as follows:Fact SummaryThe litigation is a landmark constitutional challenge to an Executive Order signed by President Donald Trump on January 20, 2025, which seeks to end the practice of automatic birthrigh

Pitchford v. Cain - Date Argued: 03/31/26 Apr 4, 2026 6582 Case Summary: In the case of Pitchford v. Cain (Docket No. 24-7351), argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on March 31, 2026, the relevant facts are as follows:Fact SummaryThe case involves Terry Pitchford, who was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in 2006 for his role in a 2004 armed robbery and killing of a store owner in Grenada County, Mississippi.The core factu

Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties - Date Argued: 03/30/26 Apr 4, 2026 3317 Case Summary:In the case of Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties (Docket No. 25-83), argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on March 30, 2026, the relevant facts are as follows:Fact SummaryThe litigation began when Adrian Jules, a former employee of the renowned Chateau Marmont hotel in Los Angeles, filed a federal lawsuit in New York against hotelier André Balazs and associated entities

Abouammo v. United States - Date Argued: 03/30/26 Apr 4, 2026 4675 Case Summary: In the case of Abouammo v. United States (Docket No. 25-5146), argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on March 30, 2026, the relevant facts are as follows:Fact SummaryThe litigation involves Ahmad Abouammo, a former Media Partnerships Manager at Twitter, who was convicted of acting as an unregistered agent of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and falsifying records to obstruc

Flowers Foods, Inc. v. Brock - Date Argued: 03/25/26 Apr 4, 2026 4696 Case Summary:i saidIn the case of Flowers Foods, Inc. v. Brock (Docket No. 24-935), argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on March 25, 2026, the relevant facts are as follows:Fact SummaryThe litigation centers on Angelo Brock, an independent distributor in Colorado for Flowers Foods, the second-largest baking company in the U.S. (producer of brands like Wonder Bread and Nature's Own

Noem, Sec. of Homeland v. Al Otro Lado - Date Argued: 03/24/26 Apr 4, 2026 4168 Case Summary:In the case of Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security v. Al Otro Lado (Docket No. 25-5), argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on March 24, 2026, the relevant facts are as follows:Fact SummaryThe litigation is a class action challenge to the government's long-standing use of "metering" (or the "turnback policy") at Ports of Entry (POEs) along the U.S.–Mexico border.The pl

Watson v. RNC - Date Argued: 03/23/26 Apr 4, 2026 7687 Case Summary:In the case of Watson v. Republican National Committee (Docket No. 24-1260), argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on March 23, 2026, the relevant facts are as follows:Fact SummaryThe litigation concerns a challenge to a Mississippi state law (enacted in 2020) that permits the counting of absentee ballots that are postmarked on or before Election Day but received by ele

Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, Inc.: Date Argued: 03/24/26 Apr 4, 2026 4168 Case Summary:In the case of Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, Inc. (Docket No. 25-6), argued before the Supreme Court of the United States on March 24, 2026, the relevant facts are as follows:Fact SummaryThe case centers on Thomas Keathley, who filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy in late 2019. While his bankruptcy repayment plan was active, he was involved in a severe motor vehicle collision in Au

Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, Inc. Mar 24, 2026 4168 Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, Inc.

Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC: Argued March 4, 2026 Mar 11, 2026 5989 Case Summary:On March 4, 2026, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC, a high-stakes case for the logistics industry that examines whether federal law protects freight brokers from state-law negligence lawsuits.The case arose after Shawn Montgomery was severely injured when a tractor-trailer struck his vehicle on the shoulder of an Illinois highway. Montgo

Hunter v. United States: Argued on March 3, 2026 Mar 11, 2026 5714 Case Summary:On March 3, 2026, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Hunter v. United States, a case that examines the limits of plea agreements and whether a defendant can truly waive their right to appeal a sentence that may be unconstitutional.The case involves Munson P. Hunter III, who pleaded guilty to wire fraud. As part of his plea, he signed a standard "appellate waiver," giving up his

United States v. Hemani: Argued on March 2, 2026 Mar 11, 2026 6892 Case Summary:On March 2, 2026, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in United States v. Hemani, a pivotal Second Amendment case determining whether the government can permanently disarm "unlawful users" of controlled substances, specifically marijuana.The case involves Ali Danial Hemani, a Texas man who was indicted under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) after FBI agents found a Glock pistol and marijuana

Pung v. Isabella County: Argued on 25th February, 2026 Feb 26, 2026 6271 Case Summary:On February 25, 2026, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Pung v. Isabella County, a case that examines the constitutional limits of "home equity theft" and could fundamentally change how local governments handle tax foreclosures.The dispute began over a relatively minor tax bill of approximately $2,242 on a Michigan property. Despite a tax tribunal previously ruling that the ow

Enbridge Energy, LP v. Nessel: Date Argued - 24th February, 2026 Feb 26, 2026 3772 Case Summary:On February 24, 2026, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Enbridge Energy, LP v. Nessel, a case that could determine the fate of the controversial Line 5 pipeline through a technical dispute over court deadlines.The litigation began in 2019 when Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel sued in state court to shut down a segment of the Enbridge pipeline running beneath the Straits o

Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Corporación Cimex, S.A.: Date Argued - 23rd February, 2026 Feb 24, 2026 5509 Case Summary: Gemini saidOn February 23, 2026, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Corporación CIMEX, S.A., a landmark case determining whether Cuban state-owned entities can be sued in American courts for "trafficking" in property seized during the 1960 revolution.The case stems from the confiscation of an oil refinery and over 100 service stations belonging to Exxon’s

Havana Docks Corp. v. Royal Caribbean Cruises: Date Argued - 23rd February, 2026 Feb 24, 2026 5562 Case Summary:On February 23, 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in Havana Docks Corp. v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., a case that centers on the interpretation of the Helms-Burton Act and the liability of U.S. companies for using property confiscated by the Cuban government.The legal battle began when Havana Docks Corporation, which held a 99-year lease (a usufruct

Trump, President of U.S. v. Cook: Date Argued - 21 January, 2026 Jan 22, 2026 7100 Case Summary:Trump, President of the U.S. v. Cook arises from President Donald Trump’s attempt in August 2025 to remove Lisa Cook, a Senate-confirmed member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors serving a 14‑year term, on the ground that she allegedly committed mortgage fraud before joining the Board by designating two different properties as her primary residence on separate loan applications

M & K Employee Solutions v. Trustees of the IAM Pension Fund: Date Argued - 2oth January, 2026 Jan 21, 2026 3436 Case Summary:M & K Employee Solutions v. Trustees of the IAM Pension Fund is a case about whether an employer is obligated to contribute to a multiemployer pension fund under a collective bargaining agreement and related plan documents, and whether the fund’s trustees correctly interpreted those documents when claiming contributions were owed, but a precise sentence‑format rule or holding cann

Wolford v. Lopez: Date Argued - 2oth January, 2026 Jan 21, 2026 6665 Case Summary:Wolford v. Lopez is a Second Amendment challenge to Hawaii’s law that makes it a crime for licensed handgun carriers to bring a firearm onto private property open to the public without the owner’s express permission, with the plaintiffs arguing this default ban unconstitutionally burdens public carry while the State defends it as consistent with historical regulations and property own

Galette v. NJ Transit Corp.: Oral Argument Jan 20, 2026 4192 Case Summary:Galette v. New Jersey Transit Corp. arises from an August 9, 2018 collision in Philadelphia, where Cedric Galette, riding as a passenger in a stopped vehicle driven by Julie McCrey, was injured when a New Jersey Transit bus struck their car. Galette sued McCrey and New Jersey Transit in Pennsylvania state court for negligence, and New Jersey Transit moved to dismiss, arguing it is an

West Virginia v. B. P. J. : Oral Argument Jan 20, 2026 4914 Case Summary: West Virginia v. B. P. J. arises from a challenge by Becky Pepper‑Jackson, a transgender girl in West Virginia, to the state’s “Save Women’s Sports Act,” which bars transgender girls and women from competing on girls’ and women’s school sports teams. As an 11‑ to 15‑year‑old middle‑ and high‑school runner who has taken puberty blockers and publicly lived as a girl for years, she sued

Little v. Hecox: Oral Argument Jan 20, 2026 6740 Case Summary; Little v. Hecox arises from Idaho’s 2020 “Fairness in Women’s Sports Act” (HB 500), which bars transgender girls and women, and any student designated male at birth, from competing on female sports teams at public schools and public colleges, and includes a sex‑verification process that can require invasive exams if an athlete’s sex is disputed. Lindsay Hecox, a transgender woman and

Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish: Oral Argument Jan 20, 2026 4645 Case Summary:Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish grows out of a set of Louisiana coastal‑damage suits in which Plaquemines Parish and other local governments allege that Chevron and other oil and gas companies’ decades of exploration and production activities in the coastal zone, such as dredging canals, drilling, and failing to comply with Louisiana’s State and Local Coastal Resources Manageme

Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment: Oral Argument Jan 20, 2026 6040 Case Summary: Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment arises from a suit by Sony and other record labels alleging that Cox’s internet customers used its service to download and share pirated music, after Cox received millions of infringement notices identifying specific subscriber accounts. In the Eastern District of Virginia, Sony proceeded on theories of contributory and vicarious copyrig

Urias-Orellana v. Bondi, Att'y Gen.: Oral Argument Jan 20, 2026 3490 Case Summary:Urias-Orellana v. Bondi involves Douglas Humberto Urias‑Orellana, his wife, and their child, Salvadoran nationals who entered the United States without authorization in 2021 and conceded removability but applied for asylum and Convention Against Torture protection based on escalating threats and one physical assault tied to gang extortion in El Salvador. An immigration judge found Uri

First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin: Oral Argument Jan 20, 2026 4947 Case Summary:First Choice Women’s Resource Centers v. Platkin arises from a 2023 administrative subpoena issued by New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin to First Choice, a Christian, pro‑life nonprofit that operates pregnancy centers and provides counseling, information about abortion, and abortion‑pill‑reversal services. The subpoena, issued under New Jersey consumer‑protection and charitab

Olivier v. City of Brandon: Oral Argument Jan 20, 2026 5095 Case Summary:Olivier v. City of Brandon arises from Gabriel Olivier’s street‑preaching near a concert at the Brandon, Mississippi amphitheater, where he used signs and a loudspeaker to evangelize on sidewalks and grassy areas just outside the venue. After the city adopted an ordinance confining all “protests” to a remote designated zone in the park, the police chief ordered Olivier to move there;

Trump, President of United States v. Slaughter: Oral Argument Jan 20, 2026 9029 Case Summary:Trump, President of the United States v. Slaughter arises from President Donald Trump’s March 2025 decision to fire Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter before the end of her fixed term, even though the FTC Act provides that commissioners may be removed only for “inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.” Trump notified Slaughter by email that k

NRSC v. FEC: Oral Argument Jan 20, 2026 7840 Case Summary:Case Summary: NRSC v. FEC (National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission) arises from a 2022 lawsuit in which the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the National Republican Congressional Committee, then‑Senator J.D. Vance, and then‑Representative Steve Chabot challenged federal limits on how much national party committees can spend in coordinated expen

FS Credit Opportunities Corp. v. Saba Capital Master Fund: Oral Argument Jan 20, 2026 4735 Case Summary:FS Credit Opportunities Corp. v. Saba Capital Master Fund involves a group of closed‑end investment funds, including FS Credit Opportunities Corp., that adopted “control‑share” provisions (mirroring Maryland’s Control Share Acquisition Act) to restrict the voting rights of any shareholder whose holdings would reach or exceed 10% of a fund’s voting power, which the funds said would pro

Hamm v. Smith: Oral Argument Jan 20, 2026 7289 Case Summary: Hamm v. Smith involves Alabama death-row prisoner Joseph Clifton Smith, who was convicted of capital murder for killing Durk Van Dam during a 1998 robbery and sentenced to death. Over the years, Smith received five full-scale IQ scores ranging from roughly 72 to 78 (with measurement error meaning his IQ could be as low as about 69), and he sought state postconviction and then federal

Hencely v. Fluor Corp.: Oral Argument Jan 18, 2026 5398 Case Summary:Hencely v. Fluor Corp. arises from a 2016 suicide bombing at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, where an Afghan national, Ahmad Nayeb, employed by a subcontractor of Fluor Corporation, detonated an explosive vest using materials from his job, killing several people and seriously injuring U.S. Army Specialist Winston T. Hencely. Fluor was working under a Department of Defense logistics co

Rico v. United States: Oral Argument Jan 18, 2026 3273 Case Summary:Rico v. United States involves Isabel Rico, who was sentenced in 2010 to 84 months in prison and four years of supervised release for a federal drug offense, then began serving her supervised release in 2017. In 2018, she absconded, stopping all contact with her probation officer, while 37 months of supervised release remained. After she was arrested in January 2023 and charged with n

Coney Island Auto Parts, Inc. v. Burton: Oral Argument Jan 18, 2026 2142 Case Summary:Coney Island Auto Parts, Inc. v. Burton arises from a 2015 adversary proceeding in the Vista-Pro Automotive bankruptcy, where Vista-Pro (a Tennessee auto-parts manufacturer) sued Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited, Inc., a New York corporation, in the Tennessee bankruptcy court to recover approximately $49,000 in unpaid invoices. Vista‑Pro served the summons and complaint by first‑clas

Hain Celestial Group v. Palmquist: Oral Argument Jan 18, 2026 2501 Case Summary:Hain Celestial Group v. Palmquist arises from a products‑liability suit brought by Grant and Sarah Palmquist on behalf of their son E.P., alleging that his physical and mental decline and diagnosis of heavy‑metal poisoning were caused by consuming Hain’s Earth’s Best organic baby foods purchased from Whole Foods. The Palmquists originally sued Hain and Whole Foods in Texas state court

Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, President of U.S: Oral Argument Jan 18, 2026 9543 Case Summary:Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump involves two family-owned educational toy companies, Learning Resources and hand2mind, which import most of their products from China and other countries. They claimed that new emergency tariffs ordered by President Donald Trump would dramatically raise their costs and harm their businesses. In April 2025 they sued the President and several federal of

Landor v. LA DOC: Oral Argument Jan 18, 2026 6648 Case Summary:Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections involves Damon Landor, a Rastafarian incarcerated in Louisiana whose religious beliefs require him to wear his hair in dreadlocks. After Landor showed prison officials a Fifth Circuit decision stating that forcibly cutting a Rastafarian prisoner’s hair violates the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA), officers all

GEO Group, Inc. v. Menocal: Oral Argument Jan 18, 2026 3391 Case Summary: GEO Group, Inc. v. Menocal arises from a class action filed by former and current civil immigration detainees at GEO’s Aurora, Colorado detention facility, alleging that GEO ran two unlawful labor schemes inside the center. First, they claim GEO’s “Sanitation Policy” forced detainees, under threat of punishment such as solitary confinement or loss of privileges, to clean common areas

Fernandez v. United States: Oral Argument Jan 18, 2026 4892 Case Summary:Fernandez v. United States arises from Joe Fernandez’s federal convictions in the Southern District of New York for participating in a murder‑for‑hire scheme, based largely on testimony from a cooperating witness, Darge, after which the court imposed two consecutive life sentences while his co‑defendants received much shorter terms ranging from two to thirty years. Years later, Fernan

Rutherford v. United States: Oral Argument Jan 18, 2026 4886 Case Summary:Rutherford v. United States arises from Daniel Rutherford’s federal convictions for two Hobbs Act robberies and two associated firearm counts under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c), for which the district court imposed a total prison term of about 42½ years, including a “stacked” 32‑year mandatory minimum on the firearm counts (7 years for the first, 25 years for the second) plus 125 months on the

Berk v. Choy: Oral Argument Jan 16, 2026 3820 Case Summary: The Case involves Harold R. Berk, a Florida resident who was visiting Delaware when he fell, severely injured his left ankle and foot, and then sought treatment at a local emergency room and rehabilitation facility. Berk alleges that Dr. Wilson C. Choy, Beebe Medical Center, and Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital provided negligent medical care that worsened his injuries by del

Villarreal v. Texas: Oral Argument Jan 16, 2026 4633 Case Summary:The Case arises from a Texas murder trial in which the judge ordered defendant David Asa Villarreal not to discuss his ongoing testimony with his lawyers during a 24‑hour overnight recess between direct and cross‑examination, and again during a later seven‑minute break in cross. Villarreal, the only defense witness and central to a self‑defense theory, was thus unable to confer with c

Chiles v. Salazar: Oral Argument Jan 16, 2026 5084 Case Summary:The case involves Kaley Chiles, a licensed professional counselor in Colorado, who wants to provide talk‑based counseling to minors aimed at helping them resist or change same‑sex attraction or gender‑transition goals, consistent with her religious beliefs and the minors’ stated objectives. Colorado’s Minor Conversion Therapy Law prohibits licensed mental‑health professionals from per

Barrett v. United States: Oral Argument Jan 16, 2026 3713 Case Summary: The case involves Dwayne Barrett, who participated in a series of armed robberies of commercial establishments in New York City during which he and his accomplices used firearms to threaten employees and steal money and property. During one of these robberies, a victim was shot and killed, and federal prosecutors charged Barrett both under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i) for using a fire

Bost v. IL Bd. of Elections: Oral Argument Jan 16, 2026 6223 Case Summary:The U.S. Supreme Court considered whether Congressman Michael Bost, as a federal candidate, has Article III standing to challenge Illinois’ law allowing election officials to count mail ballots that are cast by Election Day but received up to fourteen days afterward.

USPS v. Konan: Oral Argument Jan 16, 2026 4014 Case Summary:The U.S. Supreme Court considered whether the Federal Tort Claims Act’s postal exception, which bars suits “arising out of the loss, miscarriage, or negligent transmission” of mail, also shields the Postal Service from liability when postal employees intentionally refuse to deliver a customer’s mail. The case comes from a Texas landlord, Lebene Konan, who alleges that USPS employees d

Bowe v. United States: Oral Argument Jan 16, 2026 5454 Case Summary:The U.S. Supreme Court considered whether federal prisoners seeking postconviction relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 are not automatically barred by the “second or successive” claim-dismissal rule in § 2244(b)(1), a restriction that primarily governs state prisoners’ habeas applications under § 2254. The case arose from Michael Bowe’s attempt to challenge his mandatory consecutive 10‑year

Ellingburg v. United States: Oral Argument Jan 16, 2026 3856 Case Summary:The U.S. Supreme Court considered whether restitution imposed under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act constitutes criminal punishment rather than a purely civil debt. The case specifically questions whether Congress’s extension of the time period for collecting restitution, and applying that extension to offenses committed before the change, violates the Constitution’s Ex Post Fac

Louisiana v. Callais: Oral Argument Jan 16, 2026 9002 Case Summary:The U.S. Supreme Court considered whether Louisiana’s 2024 congressional map, which intentionally created a second majority‑Black district to remedy a prior Voting Rights Act violation, itself violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment or the Fifteenth Amendment by constituting an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.

Case V. Montana: Oral Arguments Jan 16, 2026 4500 Case Summary:After receiving a report from his ex-girlfriend that he was threatening suicide and may have shot himself, law enforcement officers in Montana responded to William Case’s home. The officers were aware of Case’s mental health and substance abuse history, as well as prior threats of suicide and confrontations with police. Upon arrival, they received further details about the phone call

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