» Effort to block second majority-Black district in Louisiana comes to Supreme Court
21/03/25 13:51 from SCOTUSblog » Cases and Controversies
In 2022, the Louisiana legislature adopted a congressional map that included only one majority-Black district among the six allotted to the state, though a third of the state’s population is Black. The map was challenged in federal court...

» Court rules for former Chicago alderman on “false statement” charges
21/03/25 11:40 from SCOTUSblog » Cases and Controversies
The Supreme Court on Friday threw out a ruling by a federal appeals court in Chicago that upheld the conviction of Patrick Daley Thompson, who served four months in a federal prison for making false statements to bank regulators about lo...

» Justices consider next steps in murder case in which prosecution admits error
20/03/25 14:34 from SCOTUSblog » Cases and Controversies
The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here.  The Supreme Court is hitting its stride in sorting through the rel...

» Former clerk tapped for fall double jeopardy argument
20/03/25 11:43 from SCOTUSblog » Cases and Controversies
The Supreme Court has tapped a former clerk to Justice Sonia Sotomayor to defend a lower court ruling in next term’s Barrett v. United States, a New York man’s challenge to his robbery convictions and sentences under two federal laws. Th...

» Supreme Court takes up challenge to Colorado ban on “conversion therapy”
10/03/25 11:10 from SCOTUSblog » Cases and Controversies
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to weigh in on the constitutionality of Colorado’s ban on “conversion therapy” – that is, the effort to “convert” someone’s sexual orientation or gender identity. That announcement came as part of a lis...

» Restitution, medical malpractice, and a capital appeal
07/03/25 00:26 from SCOTUSblog » Cases and Controversies
The Relist Watch column examines cert petitions that the Supreme Court has “relisted” for its upcoming conference. A short explanation of relists is available here. Once again this week, the Supreme Court has been busy sifting through th...

» Justices poised to reject “mishmash” standard for reopening a case
04/03/25 17:54 from SCOTUSblog » Cases and Controversies
Monday’s argument in BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman took the justices back to their law school days, with a question straight out of a traditional first-semester course in Civil Procedure. The specific topic here is the standard for reopenin...

» High court likely to block Mexico’s suit against gun makers
04/03/25 15:33 from SCOTUSblog » Cases and Controversies
The Supreme Court on Tuesday signaled that it was likely to shut down a lawsuit brought by the Mexican government, seeking to hold seven major U.S. gun makers and a gun wholesaler responsible for violence committed by Mexican drug cartel...

» Court set to reverse heightened requirement for arbitration awards under FSIA
04/03/25 02:00 from SCOTUSblog » Cases and Controversies
Monday’s argument in CC/Devas (Mauritius) Limited v. Antrix Corp. was an odd one: The justices asked no questions at all about the question on which they’d granted review, because the parties agree that the lower court’s answer to that q...

» Mexico’s suit against U.S. gun makers comes before Supreme Court
03/03/25 16:49 from SCOTUSblog » Cases and Controversies
Just two weeks after the Trump administration designated six Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, Mexico will come to the Supreme Court on Tuesday in its effort to hold U.S. gun makers liable for cartel violence committed ...