Supreme Court Opinions Read

In episode 13 of the Supreme Court Opinions Read podcast, we read the Supreme Court's opinion in Lackey v Stinnie . At issue in this case, the meaning of the phrase "prevailing party" in Section 1988, a fee shifting statute. Link to read the opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/604us1r12_8njq.pdf Linktree: https://linktr.ee/supremecourtopinionsread

In episode 12 of the Supreme Court Opinions Read podcast, we read the Supreme Court's opinion in Doe v Dynamic Physical Therapy. At issue in this case, whether Louisiana courts erred in applying a state immunity statute to bar a federal claim. Link to read the opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-180_8m59.pdf Linktree: https://linktr.ee/supremecourtopinionsread

In episode 11 of the Supreme Court Opinions Read podcast, we read the Supreme Court's opinion in Clark v Sweeny . At issue in this case, whether the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit violated the principle of party presentation by ordering a new trial on the basis of a different claim than the one brought before it. Link to read the opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-52_...

In episode 10 of the Supreme Court Opinions Read podcast, we read the Supreme Court's opinion in Pitts v Mississippi . At issue in this case, whether Mississippi violated a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to face a child witness by failing to make case-specific determinations of necessity before placing a barrier between him and the witness. Link to read the opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov...

In episode 9 of the Supreme Court Opinions Read podcast, we read the Supreme Court's opinion in Williams v Reed . At issue in this case, whether a state's administrative process exhaustion requirement barring Section 1983 claims challenging unlawful delays to the same administrative process violates federal law. Link to read the opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/604us1r11_2b8e.p...

In episode 8 of the Supreme Court Opinions Read podcast, we read the Supreme Court's opinion in Wisconsin Bell Inc. v United States ex rel. Heath . At issue in this case, whether a request for reimbursement from the Universal Service Fund constitutes a "claim" under the False Claims Act. Link to read the opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/604us1r10_mlio.pdf Linkree: https://linkt...

In episode 7 of the Supreme Court Opinions Read podcast, we read the Supreme Court's opinion in Republic of Hungary v Simon . At issue in this case, whether alleging expropriated money was commingled with unrelated money in an account, which was then used for commercial acctivity in the United States is sufficient to satisfy the commercial nexus requirement in the FSIA's expropriation exception to...

In episode 6 of the Supreme Court Opinions Read podcast, we read the Supreme Court's opinion in Andrew v White . At issue in this case, whether it is clearly established in federal law, for purposes of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, that the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment prohibits introduction of irrelevant evidence at trial that is so prejudicial as to render the tr...

In episode 5 of the Supreme Court Opinions Read podcast, we read the opinion in TikTok Inc. v Garland . At issue in this case, whether a law (colloquially referred to as the "TikTok ban") conditioning US operations of the TikTok platform on qualified divestiture by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, violates the First Amendment. The challenge was brought by both TikTok Inc. and a number of US...

In episode 4 of the Supreme Court Opinions Read podcast, we read the Supreme Court's opinion in EMD Sales Inc. v Carrera . At issue in this case, the appropriate standard of proof for proving exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act. Link to read the opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/604us1r06_5ifl.pdf Linktree: https://linktr.ee/supremecourtopinionsread

In episode 3 of the Supreme Court Opinions Read podcast, we read Royal Canin USA v Wullschleger . At issue in this case, whether federal courts retain supplemental jurisdiction over state law claims in a civil action after the federal law claims giving rise to that jurisdiciton are amended out of the complaint. Link to read the opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/604us1r05_db8e.pd...

In episode 2 of the Supreme Court Opinions Read podcast, we begin our trek through the Supreme Court's 2024 term opinions with Bouarfa v Mayorkas. At issue in this case, whether United States Citizenship and Immigration Services' revocations of previously granted visa petitions under Section 1155 (in this case based on a sham marriage determination) are subject to judicial review. Link to read the...

We kick off the pilot episode of the Supreme Court Opinions Read podcast appropriately with the opinion in Marbury v Madison (1803), in which the Supreme Court formally recognized and set out the foundations of its power of judicial review. Link to read opinion: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/5/137/

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