Oral Arguments - The Supreme Court of the United States

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

Monsanto Co. v. Durnell - Date Argued: 04/27/26

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

Chatrie v. United State - Date Argued: 04/27/26

Facts The 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 progr...

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 reach...

Facts Ongkaruck 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 tota...

Background & Facts The 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...

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 Summary The 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 birthr...

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 Summary The 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...

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 Summary The 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 ent...

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 Summary The 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 ob...

Case Summary: i said In 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 Summary The 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 Natur...

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 Summary The 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. T...

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 Summary The 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...

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 Summary The 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...

Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, Inc.

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. Mon...

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...

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 marijua...

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...

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 Strait...

Case Summary: Gemini said On 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...

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 usufr...

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 application...