The High Court Report

FCC v. AT&T, Inc., consolidated with Verizon Communications Inc. v. FCC | Case Nos. 25-406 & 25-567 | Docket Links: Here and Here Question Presented: Whether the Communications Act violates the Seventh Amendment and Article III by authorizing the FCC to order payment of monetary penalties for failing to safeguard customer data, without guaranteeing carriers a jury trial. Overview: A Missou...

Sripetch v. Securities and Exchange Commission | Case No. 25-466 | Docket Link: Here Question Presented: Whether the SEC may seek disgorgement without proving investors suffered pecuniary harm. Overview: Federal securities enforcement showdown asks whether the SEC must prove actual investor money losses before courts order fraudsters to surrender profits — reshaping a $6.1 billion annual enforceme...

Chiles v. Salazar | Case No. 24-539 | Argued: 10/7/25 | Decided: 3/31/26 | Docket Link: Here Question Presented: Whether the First Amendment permits Colorado to ban licensed talk therapists from expressing viewpoints that attempt to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity. Overview: Colorado's conversion therapy ban prohibited licensed counselors from saying anything designed to cha...

Chiles v. Salazar | Case No. 24-539 | Argued: 10/7/25 | Decided: 3/31/26 | Docket Link: Here Question Presented: Whether the First Amendment permits Colorado to ban licensed talk therapists from expressing viewpoints that attempt to change a minor's sexual orientation or gender identity. Overview: Colorado's conversion therapy ban prohibited licensed counselors from saying anything designed to cha...

Trump v. Barbara | Case No. 25-365 | Docket Link: Here | Argument: 4/1/26 Question Presented: Does the Executive Order denying birthright citizenship to children of undocumented or temporary-visa mothers comply with the Fourteenth Amendment's Citizenship Clause? Overview: President Trump's Executive Order attempts to redefine birthright citizenship, challenging 150 years of constitutional understa...

Pitchford v. Cain | Case No. 24-7351 | Argued: 3/31/26 | Decided: 5/28/26 | Docket Link: Here Overview: A Mississippi prosecutor struck four of five eligible Black jurors at a death penalty trial, a trial court skipped the required third step of the racial-discrimination inquiry, and the Mississippi Supreme Court then called it a waiver. The Supreme Court reverses. Question Presented: Whether Miss...

Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties | Case No. 25-83 | Docket Link: Here | Argument: 3/30/26 Overview: A former hotel security guard lost his arbitration entirely, then argued the federal court he originally chose lacked power to confirm the award — forcing the Court to resolve when federal courts retain post-arbitration jurisdiction. Question Presented: When a federal court pauses a lawsuit for arbi...

Abouammo v. United States | Case No. 25-5146 | Docket Link: Here | Argument: 3/30/36 Question Presented: Whether venue lies in a district where no offense conduct occurred, so long as the statute's intent element contemplates effects that could occur there. Overview: Ahmad Abouammo created a fake invoice in his Seattle home during an FBI interview, then emailed it to San Francisco agents. The Cour...

Rico v. United States | Case No. 24-1056 | Argument: 11/3/25 | Decided: 3/25/26 Link to Docket: Here . Question Presented: Whether the Sentencing Reform Act authorizes courts to automatically extend a defendant's supervised release term when the defendant absconds. Overview: Federal courts split on whether a defendant's disappearance during supervised release automatically pushes back the expirati...

Rico v. United States | Case No. 24-1056 | Argument: 11/3/25 | Decided: 3/25/26 Link to Docket: Here . Question Presented: Whether the Sentencing Reform Act authorizes courts to automatically extend a defendant's supervised release term when the defendant absconds. Overview: Federal courts split on whether a defendant's disappearance during supervised release automatically pushes back the expirati...

Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment | Argument Date: 12/1/25 | Date Decided: 3/25/26 Docket Link: Here Question Presented: Whether an internet service provider bears contributory copyright liability for continuing to serve subscribers it knows infringe copyrights. Overview: Major copyright owners sought to hold Cox Communications liable for its subscribers' music piracy after Cox...

Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment | Argument Date: 12/1/25 | Date Decided: 3/25/26 Question Presented: Whether an internet service provider bears contributory copyright liability for continuing to serve subscribers it knows infringe copyrights. Overview: Major copyright owners sought to hold Cox Communications liable for its subscribers' music piracy after Cox received over 163,...

Flower Foods, Inc. v. Brock | Case No. 24-935 | Docket Link: Here | Argued: 3/25/26 Question Presented: Whether last-mile delivery drivers who never cross state lines qualify as transportation workers "engaged in interstate commerce" under FAA Section 1. Overview: Flowers Foods required its Colorado bread delivery driver, Angelo Brock, to arbitrate wage disputes. Brock never crossed a state line....

Noem v. Al Otro Lado | Case No. 25-5 | Docket Link: Here | Oral Argument: 3/24/26 Question Presented: Whether noncitizens stopped on Mexican soil "arrive in the United States" triggering mandatory inspection and asylum-processing requirements. Overview: Border control challenge determines whether immigration officers can block asylum seekers at ports of entry before statutory protections attach, o...

Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, Inc. | Case No. 25-6 | Docket Link: Here | Argument: 3/24/26 Overview: Fifth Circuit's mechanical judicial estoppel rule bars claims entirely when bankruptcy filers fail to timely disclose lawsuits, creating circuit split over whether courts must consider all circumstances or presume bad faith from potential motive alone. Question Presented: Whether courts can...

Watson v. Republican National Committee (RNC) | Case No. 24-1260 | Docket Link: Here | Argument: 3/23/26 Question Presented: Whether federal election-day statutes preempt state laws allowing ballots cast by election day to arrive after that day. Overview: Mississippi allows mail ballots postmarked by election day to count if received within five business days after. Republicans challenge this unde...

Olivier v. City of Brandon | Sidewalk Sermon Suit over Section 1983 | Argument Date: 12/3/25 | Date Decided: 3/20/26 In Olivier versus City of Brandon, Mississippi, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that a person previously convicted under a law can still sue in federal court to stop that law's future enforcement. Justice Kagan wrote for the full Court. No concurrences. No dissents. Link to Dock...

Trump v. Barbara | Case No. 25-365 | Docket Link: Here | Argument: 4/1/26 Question Presented: Does the Executive Order denying birthright citizenship to children of undocumented or temporary-visa mothers comply with the Fourteenth Amendment's Citizenship Clause? Overview: President Trump's Executive Order attempts to redefine birthright citizenship, challenging 150 years of constitutional understa...

Pitchford v. Cain | Case No. 24-7351 | Docket Link: Here | Argument: 3/31/26 Overview: Death row inmate Terry Pitchford argues prosecutor Doug Evans deliberately excluded Black jurors in his 2006 capital murder trial and that no court ever fairly examined that claim because Mississippi's courts called it forfeited. Question Presented: Whether Mississippi's courts unreasonably declared forfeited a...

Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties | Case No. 25-83 | Docket Link: Here | Argument: 3/30/26 Overview: A former hotel security guard lost his arbitration entirely, then argued the federal court he originally chose lacked power to confirm the award — forcing the Court to resolve when federal courts retain post-arbitration jurisdiction. Question Presented: When a federal court pauses a lawsuit for arbi...

Abouammo v. United States | Case No. 25-5146 | Docket Link: Here | Argument: 3/30/36 Question Presented: Whether venue lies in a district where no offense conduct occurred, so long as the statute's intent element contemplates effects that could occur there. Overview: Ahmad Abouammo created a fake invoice in his Seattle home during an FBI interview, then emailed it to San Francisco agents. The Cour...

Flower Foods, Inc. v. Brock | Case No. 24-935 | Docket Link: Here | Argument: 3/25/26 Question Presented: Whether last-mile delivery drivers who never cross state lines qualify as transportation workers "engaged in interstate commerce" under FAA Section 1. Overview: Flowers Foods required its Colorado bread delivery driver, Angelo Brock, to arbitrate wage disputes. Brock never crossed a state line...

Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, Inc. | Case No. 25-6 | Docket Link: Here | Argument: 3/24/26 Overview: Fifth Circuit's mechanical judicial estoppel rule bars claims entirely when bankruptcy filers fail to timely disclose lawsuits, creating circuit split over whether courts must consider all circumstances or presume bad faith from potential motive alone. Question Presented: Whether courts can...

Noem v. Al Otro Lado | Case No. 25-5 | Docket Link: Here | Oral Argument: 3/24/26 Question Presented: Whether noncitizens stopped on Mexican soil "arrive in the United States" triggering mandatory inspection and asylum-processing requirements. Overview: Border control challenge determines whether immigration officers can block asylum seekers at ports of entry before statutory protections attach, o...

Watson v. Republican National Committee | Case No. 24-1260 | Docket Link: Here | Oral Argument: 3/23/26 Question Presented: Whether federal election-day statutes preempt state laws allowing ballots cast by election day to arrive after that day. Overview: Mississippi allows mail ballots postmarked by election day to count if received within five business days after. Republicans challenge this under...