The Supreme Court: Oral Arguments

Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. v. Amarin Pharma, Inc. | 04/29/26 | Docket #: 24-889 24-889 HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS V. AMARIN PHARMA, INC. DECISION BELOW: 104 F.4th 1370 CERT. GRANTED 1/16/2026 QUESTION PRESENTED: Congress passed the Hatch-Waxman Act "[t]o facilitate the approval of generic drugs as soon as patents allow." Caraco Pharm. Labs., Ltd. v. Novo Nordisk A/S , 566 U.S. 399, 405 (2012). Reco...

Mullin, Sec. of Homeland Security v. Doe | 04/29/26 | Docket #: 25-1083 25-1083 MULLIN, SEC. DHS V. DOE DECISION BELOW: CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION FOR STAY (25A952) PRESENTED TO JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR AND BY HER REFERRED TO THE COURT IS DEFERRED. CONSIDERATION OF THE APPLICATION FOR STAY (25A999) PRESENTED TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND BY HIM REFERRED TO THE COURT IS ALSO DEFERRED. THE APPLICATIONS AR...

Cisco Systems v. Doe I | 04/28/26 | Docket #: 24-856 24-856 CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. V. DOE I DECISION BELOW: 73 F.4th 700 GRANTED LIMITED TO QUESTIONS 1 AND 3 PRESENTED BY THE PETITION. CERT. GRANTED 1/9/2026 QUESTION PRESENTED: 1. Whether the Alien Tort Statute ("ATS"), 28 U.S.C. § 1350, allows a judicially-implied private right of action for aiding and abetting. 2. Whether, if ATS aiding-and-abettin...

Monsanto Co. v. Durnell | 04/27/26 | Docket #: 24-1068 24-1068 MONSANTO CO. V. DURNELL DECISION BELOW: 707 S.W.3d 828 GRANTED LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTION: WHETHER THE FEDERAL INSECTICIDE, FUNGICIDE, AND RODENTICIDE ACT PREEMPTS A LABEL- BASED FAILURE-TO-WARN CLAIM WHERE EPA HAS NOT REQUIRED THE WARNING. CERT. GRANTED 1/16/2026 QUESTION PRESENTED: The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Roden...

Chatrie v. United States | 04/27/26 | Docket #: 25-112 25-112 CHATRIE V. UNITED STATES DECISION BELOW: 136 F.4th 100 LIMITED TO QUESTION 1 PRESENTED BY THE PETITION. CERT. GRANTED 1/16/2026 QUESTION PRESENTED: This case concerns the constitutionality of geofence warrants. For cell phone users to use certain services, their cell phones must continuously transmit their exact locations to their servi...

Blanche, Acting Atty Gen. v. Lau | 04/22/26 | Docket #: 25-429 25-429 BLANCHE V. LAU DECISION BELOW: 130 F.4th 42 CERT. GRANTED 1/9/2026 QUESTION PRESENTED: Under 8 U.S.C. 1182(a), various categories of aliens, including those who have committed or been convicted of certain crimes, are "ineligible to be admitted to the United States" and subject to removal. 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2); see 8 U.S.C. 1229a....

FCC v. AT&T | 04/21/26 | Docket #: 25-406 25-406 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION V. AT&T DECISION BELOW: 149 F.4th 491 CONSOLIDATED WITH 25-567 FOR ONE HOUR ORAL ARGUMENT. CERT. GRANTED 1/9/2026 QUESTION PRESENTED: The Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. 151 et seq ., empowers the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to assess monetary forfeiture penalties for certain violations of the Act...

T. M. v. Univ. of MD Medical Sys. Corp. | 04/20/26 | Docket #: 25-197 25-197 T.M. V. UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL SYSTEM CORPORATION DECISION BELOW: 139 F.4th 344 CERT. GRANTED 12/5/2025 QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether the Rooker-Feldman doctrine can be triggered by a state-court decision that remains subject to further review in state court. LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 24-1707

Sripetch v. SEC | 04/20/26 | Docket #: 25-466 25-466 SRIPETCH V. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION DECISION BELOW: 154 F.4th 980 CERT. GRANTED 1/9/2026 QUESTION PRESENTED: This case presents a clear and acknowledged conflict over an exceptionally important question regarding the SEC's civil-enforcement power. In Liu v. SEC, 591 U.S. 71 (2020), this Court held the SEC may seek equitable "disgorgem...

Trump, President of U.S. v. Barbara | 04/01/26 | Docket #: 25-365 25-365 TRUMP V. BARBARA DECISION BELOW: CERT. GRANTED 12/5/2025 QUESTION PRESENTED: The Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provides that those "born * * * in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof," are U.S. citizens. U.S. Const. Amend. XIV, § 1. The Clause was adopted to confer citizenship on the new...

Pitchford v. Cain | 03/31/26 | Docket #: 24-7351 24-7351 PITCHFORD V. CAIN DECISION BELOW: 126 F.4th 422 LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 23-70009 QUESTION PRESENTED: District Attorney Doug Evans convicted Terry Pitchford, aged 18 years at the time of the crime, of capital murder and secured a death verdict in the Grenada Circuit Court before Judge Joseph Loper on February 9, 2006, with the entirety of ju...

Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties | 03/30/26 | Docket #: 25-83 25-83 JULES V. ANDRE BALAZS PROPERTIES DECISION BELOW: 2025 WL 1201914 CERT. GRANTED 12/5/2025 QUESTION PRESENTED: Under Sections 9 and 10 of the Federal Arbitration Act, a party may apply to confirm or vacate an arbitration award. But federal courts have limited jurisdiction over Section 9 and 10 applications. In Badgerow v. Walters ,...

Abouammo v. United States | 03/30/26 | Docket #: 25-5146 25-5146 ABOUAMMO V. UNITED STATES DECISION BELOW: 122 F.4th 1072 GRANTED LIMITED TO QUESTION 1 PRESENTED BY THE PETITION. CERT. GRANTED 12/5/2025 QUESTION PRESENTED: As part of an investigation into a scheme to disclose nonpublic Twitter account information to foreign actors, San Francisco-based FBI agents visited Petitioner Ahmad Abouammo a...

Flowers Foods, Inc. v. Brock | 03/25/26 | Docket #: 24-935 24-935 FLOWER FOODS, INC. V. BROCK DECISION BELOW: 121 F.4th 753 CERT. GRANTED 10/20/2025 QUESTION PRESENTED: Are workers who deliver locally goods that travel in interstate commerce-but who do not transport the goods across borders nor interact with vehicles that cross borders-"transportation workers" "engaged in foreign or interstate com...

Noem, Sec. of Homeland v. Al Otro Lado | 03/24/26 | Docket #: 25-5 25-5 NOEM V. AL OTRO LADO DECISION BELOW: 138 F.4th 1102 CERT. GRANTED 11/17/2025 QUESTION PRESENTED: The Immigration and Nationality Act, 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq . , provides that an alien who "arrives in the United States" may apply for asylum and must be inspected by an immigration officer. 8 U.S.C. 1158(b)(1)(A), 1225(a)(1) and (3...

Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, Inc. | 03/24/26 | Docket #: 25-6 25-6 KEATHLEY V. BUDDY AYERS CONSTRUCTION, INC. DECISION BELOW: 2025 WL 673434 CERT. GRANTED 10/20/2025 QUESTION PRESENTED: Judicial estoppel is an equitable doctrine designed '"to protect the integrity of the judicial process' by 'prohibiting parties from deliberately changing positions"' to gain an unfair advantage. New Hamps...

Watson v. RNC | 03/23/26 | Docket #: 24-1260 24-1260 WATSON V. REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE DECISION BELOW: 120 F.4th 200 CERT. GRANTED 11/10/2025 QUESTION PRESENTED: The federal election-day statutes-2 U.S.C. § 7, 2 U.S.C. § 1, and 3 U.S.C. § 1-set the Tuesday after the first Monday in November in certain years as the "election" day for federal offices. Like all other States, Mississippi require...

Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC | 03/04/26 | Docket #: 24-1238 24-1238 MONTGOMERY V. CARIBE TRANSPORT II, LLC DECISION BELOW: 124 F.4th 1053 CERT. GRANTED 10/3/2025 QUESTION PRESENTED: The common law permits a cause of action for negligent selection. For example, a person injured in a truck crash has a cause of action against someone that negligently selected the truck driver to transport p...

Hunter v. United States | 03/03/26 | Docket #: 24-1063 24-1063 HUNTER V. UNITED STATES DECISION BELOW: 2025 WL 5003582 CERT. GRANTED 10/10/2025 QUESTION PRESENTED: This Court has recognized that "no appeal waiver serves as an absolute bar to all appellate claims." Garza v. Idaho , 586 U.S. 232, 238 (2019). But the Court has "ma[de] no statement ... on what particular exceptions [to appeal waivers]...

United States v. Hemani | 03/02/26 | Docket #: 24-1234 24-1234 UNITED STATES V. HEMANI DECISION BELOW: 2025 WL 354982 CERT. GRANTED 10/20/2025 QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(3), the federal statute that prohibits the possession of firearms by a person who "is an unlawful user of or addicted to any controlled substance," violates the Second Amendment as applied to respondent. LOWER CO...

Pung v. Isabella County | 02/25/26 | Docket #: 25-95 25-95 PUNG V. ISABELLA COUNTY, MICHIGAN DECISION BELOW: 2025 WL 318222 CERT. GRANTED 10/3/2025 QUESTION PRESENTED: Isabella County confiscated the Pung Estate's private home for approximately $2,200 in taxes and fees (that were never actually owed). The lower courts used the artificially depressed auction sale price rather than the property's fa...

Enbridge Energy, LP v. Nessel | 02/24/26 | Docket #: 24-783 24-783 ENBRIDGE ENERGY, LP V. NESSEL DECISION BELOW: 104 F.4th 958 CERT. GRANTED 6/30/2025 QUESTION PRESENTED: Whether district courts have the authority to excuse the thirty-day procedural time limit for removal in 28 U.S.C. § 1446(b)(1). LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: 23-1671

Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Corporación Cimex, S.A. | 02/23/26 | Docket #: 24-699 24-699 EXXON MOBIL CORP. V. CORPORACION CIMEX DECISION BELOW: 111 F.4th 12 CERT. GRANTED 10/3/2025 QUESTION PRESENTED: In 1960, the Cuban government confiscated the property of American nationals and transferred it to state-owned enterprises. After years without a diplomatic resolution, Congress enacted the Helms-Burton Act...

Havana Docks Corp. v. Royal Caribbean Cruises | 02/23/26 | Docket #: 24-983 24-983 HAVANA DOCKS CORP. V. ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES DECISION BELOW: 119 F.4th 1276 CERT. GRANTED 10/3/2025 QUESTION PRESENTED: The LIBERTAD Act is an essential pillar of United States foreign policy toward Cuba's hostile and anti-American regime. Title III of that Act creates a private right of action for United States na...

Trump, President of U.S. v. Cook | 01/21/26 | Docket #: 25A312 25A312 TRUMP V. COOK DECISION BELOW: 2025 WL 2654786 THE APPLICATION FOR STAY PRESENTED TO THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND BY HIM REFERRED TO THE COURT IS DEFERRED PENDING ORAL ARGUMENT IN JANUARY 2026. JURISDICTION NOTED 10/1/2025 QUESTION PRESENTED: LOWER COURT CASE NUMBER: