A case in which the Court held that Aereo, Inc. violated federal copyright law by allowing users to stream content produced by major cable companies without a cable subscription.
Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus
Apr 22, 2014
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A case in which the Court held that pre-enforcement challenges are justiciable when evidence indicates that threatened enforcement of the law is sufficiently imminent.
Pom Wonderful, LLC v. The Coca-Cola Company
Apr 21, 2014
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A case in which the Court held that it is the duty of the court system to harmonize statutes, and that barring one applicable statute by use of another represents a disregard of the law's intent of having cooperative statutes.
Argentina v. NML Capital, Ltd.
Apr 21, 2014
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A case in which the Court held that, under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, property held within the US by foreign nations cannot be attached to civil claims unless certain exceptions are met.
Fifth Third Bancorp v. Dudenhoeffer
Apr 02, 2014
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A case in which the Court held that a trustee of an employee stock ownership plan is subject to the same duty of prudence as the trustee of a Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
Loughrin v. United States
Apr 01, 2014
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A case in which the Court held that, to find someone guilty of bank fraud, only one of the two bank fraud statutes must be met, not both.
Alice Corporation v. CLS Bank International
Mar 31, 2014
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A case in which the Court found that patent laws should not place restraints on abstract ideas that form the "building blocks of human ingenuity."
Wood v. Moss
Mar 26, 2014
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A case in which the Court held that Secret Service agents did not break any "clearly established" laws in their efforts to protect the President, and were thus protected by qualified immunity.
Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores
Mar 25, 2014
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A case in which the Court decided that the Affordable Care Act's requirement of for-profit corporations to supply its employees with contraceptives that go against the owners' beliefs is unconstitutional under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993.
Clark v. Rameker
Mar 24, 2014
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A case in which the Court held that the U.S. Bankruptcy Code does not exempt inherited retirement accounts from a debtor's estate in bankruptcy proceedings.
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