Supreme Court Announcements/Decisions

BREAKING: Supreme Court denies Alabama’s request to proceed with the execution of Jeffery Lee. Justices Thomas, Alito, and Gorsuch would grant the request.

JUST IN - Supreme Court to release one or more opinions in argued cases on Thursday June 18, at 10amET.

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Here is the third and final opinion of the day from the Supreme Court. Case - Abouammo v. United States. Authored by - Justice Kagan Joined by - Unanimous Court Holding - A defendant charged with violating §1519 must be tried in the district where the falsification occurred; he cannot be tried in a different district where the investigation was located because no “conduct constituting the offense” happened there. Dissent - None. Link to opinion - https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-5146_e29f.pdf

Here is the second opinion of the day from the Supreme Court. Case - FS Credit Opportunities Corp. v. Saba Capital Master Fund, LTD. Authored by - Justice Jackson Joined by - Chief Justice Roberts, Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh Holding - Section 47(b) of the ICA does not impliedly empower private parties to sue for rescission of contracts that allegedly violate the Act. Dissent - Justice Jackson, joined by Justice Sotomayor and Justice Kagan. Link to opinion - https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-345_i42k.pdf

Here is the first opinion of the day from the Supreme Court. Case - Keathly v. Buddy Ayer’s Construction, Inc. Authored by - Justice Jackson Joined by - Unanimous Court Holding - To determine whether an omission of a claim in the bankruptcy context was inadvertent or mistaken for purposes of judicial estoppel, courts should look to the totality of the circumstances surrounding the omission; the Fifth Circuit erred by artificially narrowing its inquiry to whether the debtor had knowledge of the underlying facts or a potential motive to conceal the claim. Dissent - None. Link to opinion - https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-6_d1o2.pdf

JUST IN - Supreme Court to release one or more opinions in argued cases on Thursday June 11, at 10amET.

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Here is the third and final opinion of the day from the Supreme Court. Case - FCC v. AT&T. Authored by - Chief Justice Roberts Joined by - Justices Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett and Jackson. Holding - Because forfeiture orders issued under §503(b)(4) do not definitively resolve the parties’ legal obligations, and the FCC’s factual findings in its forfeiture proceedings are not conclusive, it does not violate the Seventh Amendment for the Commission to issue forfeiture orders without the involvement of a jury. Dissent - Justice Thomas dissented. Link to opinion - https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-406_nmip.pdf

Here is the second opinion of the day from the Supreme Court. Case - Sripetch v. SEC Authored by - Justice Gorsuch Joined by - Unanimous Court. Justice Thomas concurred. Holding - A showing of pecuniary loss to investors is not required before the SEC may obtain a disgorgement award. Dissent - None. Link to opinion - https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25-466_5i26.pdf

Here is the first opinion of the day from the Supreme Court. Case - Hikma Pharmaceuticals v. Amarin Pharma. Authored by - Justice Jackson Joined by - Unanimous Court Holding - Amarin has failed to state a claim for active inducement in viola- tion of §271(b), so its complaint cannot withstand Hikma’s motion to dismiss. The central question is whether Amarin plausibly alleged that Hikma actively encouraged infringing use, not merely whether doctors could plausibly read the alleged statements as instructions to infringe. Dissent - None. Link to opinion - https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-889_5i36.pdf

BREAKING: Supreme Court allows Alabama to use its 6R-1D congressional map for the 2026 midterms, in an apparent 6-3 decision. Justice Sotomayor dissents, joined by Justice Kagan and Jackson. Link: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/25a1314_7m58.pdf

NEWS - Justice Barrett’s home was targeted in an apparent “swatting incident” late Wednesday evening. Because every Supreme Court Justice is assigned a 24-7 security detail provided by the Supreme Court Police Personnel, authorities coordinated with the specific detail and no additional resources were dispatched for the matter.

JUST IN - Supreme Court to release one or more opinions in argued cases on Thursday June 4, at 10amET.

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Here is the fourth and final opinion of the day from the Supreme Court. Case - Flowers Foods. V. Brock Authored by - Justice Gorsuch Joined by - Unanimous Court. Holding - A worker who transports goods on an intrastate leg of an interstate journey can qualify for §1’s exemption without crossing state lines or interacting with vehicles that do Dissent - none. Link to opinion - https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-935_k53m.pdf

Here is the third opinion of the day from the Supreme Court. Case - Pitchford v. Cain Authored by - Justice Kavanaugh Joined by - Chief Justice Roberts, Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson. Holding - The Mississippi Supreme Court unreasonably applied the clearly established Batson precedents and unreasonably determined that Pitchford waived his opportunity to rebut the prosecutor’s asserted race-neutral reasons for the peremptory strikes of four black prospective jurors. Dissent - Justice Gorsuch, joined by Justices Thomas, Alito, and Barrett. Link to opinion - https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-7351_jiel.pdf

Here is the second opinion of the day from the Supreme Court. Case: Rutherford v. United States. Authored by - Justice Barrett Joined by - Chief Justice Roberts, Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh. Holding - When Congress declines to make a sentencing amendment retroactive—as with the change to §924(c)—the resulting sentencing disparity cannot serve as an “extraordinary and compelling” reason that warrants a sentence reduction under 18 U. S. C. §3582(c)(1)(A)(i). Dissent - Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justices Kagan and Jackson. Link to opinion - https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-820_97be.pdf

Here is the first opinion of the day from the Supreme Court. Case - Fernandez v. United States. Authored by - Justice Barrett Joined by - Chief Justice Roberts, Justices Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh. Justices Sotomayor and Kagan concur in the judgment. Holding - A prisoner who collaterally attacks the validity of his conviction must proceed through 28 U. S. C. §2255, not 18 U. S. C. §3582; the supposed invalidity of a conviction is not among the “extraordinary and compelling reasons” that justify compassionate release. Dissent - Justice Jackson Link to opinion - https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25pdf/24-556_8m58.pdf

JUST IN - Supreme Court to release one or more opinions in argued cases on Thursday May 28, at 10amET.