Rutherford v. United States
Nov 12, 2025
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A case in which the Court held that when Congress makes a sentencing reduction non-retroactive, the gap between an old sentence and what a defendant would receive under the new law cannot qualify as an "extraordinary and compelling reason" to grant compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. §3582(c)(1)(A)(i).
Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections
Nov 10, 2025
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A case in which the Court held that an individual may not sue a government official in his individual capacity for damages for violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA).
The GEO Group, Inc. v. Menocal
Nov 10, 2025
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A case in which the Court will decide whether an order denying a government contractor’s claim of derivative sovereign immunity under Yearsley v. W.A. Ross Construction Co. is immediately appealable under the collateral-order doctrine, which permits interlocutory appeals of certain non-final orders that conclusively determine important issues separate from the merits.
Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump
Nov 05, 2025
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A case in which the Court held that the International Emergency Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. § 1701 (“IEEPA”), does not permit the president to impose tariffs.
Hain Celestial Group, Inc. v. Palmquist
Nov 04, 2025
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A case in which the Court held that a federal court cannot create jurisdiction over a lawsuit through its own erroneous ruling. When an appellate court reverses a district court's mistaken dismissal of a party who destroyed complete diversity, the jurisdictional defect never disappears and any trial verdict must be thrown out.
Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited, Inc. v. Burton
Nov 04, 2025
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A case in which the Court held that a motion to set aside a judgment as void under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(4) must be filed within a "reasonable time" as required by Rule 60(c)(1).
Rico v. United States
Nov 03, 2025
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A case in which the Court held that the Sentencing Reform Act does not permit a defendant's term of supervised release to automatically extend when the defendant absconds.
Hencely v. Fluor Corporation
Nov 03, 2025
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A case in which the Court held that federal law does not block state-law lawsuits against military contractors for actions that the government neither ordered nor authorized.
Case v. Montana
Oct 15, 2025
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A case in which the Court held that law enforcement may enter a home without a search warrant when they have an objectively reasonable basis for believing that an occupant is seriously injured or faces imminent serious injury.
Louisiana v. Callais
Oct 15, 2025
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A case in which the Court held that Louisiana’s creation of a second majority-Black congressional district constitutes unconstitutional racial gerrymandering, even when drawn in response to a federal court finding that the state’s prior single majority-Black district likely violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act.
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