| Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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18-776
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Guerrero-Lasprilla v. Barr
Order |
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Jun. 25, 2019 | ||
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18-1015
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Ovalles v. Barr
Order |
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Jun. 25, 2019 | ||
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18-916
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Dex Media Inc. v. Click-To-Call
Order |
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Jun. 25, 2019 | ||
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18-1023
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Maine Community Health Options v. U.S.
Order |
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Jun. 25, 2019 | ||
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18-1028
|
Moda Health Plan Inc. v. U.S.
Order |
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Jun. 25, 2019 | ||
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18-1038
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Land of Lincoln Mutual Health v. U.S.
Order |
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Jun. 25, 2019 | ||
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18-1150
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Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org Inc.
Order |
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Jun. 25, 2019 | ||
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18-6943
|
Banister v. Davis
Order |
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Jun. 25, 2019 | ||
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18-266
|
Dutra Group v. Batterton
Mariner may not recover punitive damages on unseaworthy claim; punitive damages are not a traditional remedy for unseaworthiness. |
Maritime Law |
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S. Alito | Jun. 25, 2019 |
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18-302
|
Iancu v. Brunetti
Lanham Act's 'immoral or scandalous' bar to trademark registration under Section 1052(a) was viewpoint-based and unconstitutional under the First Amendment. |
Constitutional Law |
|
E. Kagan | Jun. 25, 2019 |
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18-481
|
Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media
Commercial or financial information customarily and actually treated as private by its owner and imparted under assurance of privacy is 'confidential' under the Freedom of Information Act's Exemption 4. |
statutory_interpretation |
|
N. Gorsuch | Jun. 25, 2019 |
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18-431
|
U.S. v. Davis
Under 18 U.S.C. Section 924(c)(3)(B), the residual clause defining 'crime of violence' in federal criminal prosecution for using a firearm during commission of the underlying crime, is unconstitutionally vague. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
N. Gorsuch | Jun. 25, 2019 |
|
B278271
|
Eisen v. Tavangarian
Under California law, a landowner has no right to an unobstructed view, which includes any obstructions that may be caused by new improvements to neighboring property. |
Real Property |
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D. Perluss | Jun. 25, 2019 |
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A154235
|
Modification: Timlick v. National Enterprise Systems, Inc.
Trial court erred in dismissing entire putative class action because defendant voluntarily gave special treatment to named plaintiff only, resulting in the elimination of her standing to maintain putative class action. |
Civil Procedure |
|
C. Fujisaki | Jun. 25, 2019 |
|
S147335
|
People v. Mitchell
Trial court properly refused to instruct jury pursuant to CALJIC No. 8.73.1; in calling victim 'devil' defendant may have been referring to victim's horn tattoos, not because he was hallucinating. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
|
G. Liu | Jun. 25, 2019 |
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S221958
|
People v. Canizales
Kill zone instruction was improper because evidence was insufficient to support a reasonable inference that defendants intended to create a zone of fatal harm around a primary target. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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T. Cantil-Sakauye | Jun. 25, 2019 |
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17-16760
|
Center for Biological Diversity v. Ilano
Designation of landscape-scale areas under Healthy Forests Restoration Act does not trigger National Environmental Policy Act analysis; thus, summary judgment in favor of defendant affirmed. |
Environmental Law |
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J. Nguyen | Jun. 25, 2019 |
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17-6086
|
Gundy v. United States
34 U.S.C. Section 20913(d), requiring the Attorney General apply the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act's requirements to pre-Act offenders as soon as possible, was not an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority. |
statutory_interpretation |
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E. Kagan | Jun. 24, 2019 |
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18-1334
|
Financial Oversight Bd. v. Aurelius Investment
Order |
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Jun. 24, 2019 | ||
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18-1475
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Aurelius Investment v. Puerto Rico
Order |
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Jun. 24, 2019 | ||
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18-1496
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Official Committee of Debtors v. Aurelius Investment
Order |
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Jun. 24, 2019 | ||
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18-1514
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U.S. v. Aurelius Investment
Order |
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Jun. 24, 2019 | ||
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18-1521
|
Utier v. Financial Oversight Bd.
Order |
|
Jun. 24, 2019 | ||
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18-485
|
McDonough v. Smith
The statute of limitations for fabricated evidence claim under Section 1983 began to run when the criminal proceedings against plaintiff terminated in his favor. |
Constitutional Law |
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S. Sotomayor | Jun. 24, 2019 |
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17-1717
|
American Legion v. American Humanist Assn.
The Bladensburg Cross did not violate establishment clause of the First Amendment because the cross became a symbol of fallen World War I soldiers' sacrifice. |
Constitutional Law |
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S. Alito | Jun. 24, 2019 |
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17-1705
|
PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton Harris Chiropractic, Inc.
The extent to which a 2006 Federal Communications Commission order interpreting the term 'unsolicited advertisement' binds lower courts may depend on the resolution of two preliminary questions; thus, matter remanded. |
Civil Procedure |
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S. Breyer | Jun. 24, 2019 |
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17-647
|
Knick v. Township of Scott
State-litigation requirement under 'Williamson County Regional Planning Comm'n v. Hamilton Bank of Johnson City' imposes an unjustifiable burden on takings plaintiffs, conflicts with the rest of takings jurisprudence, and must be overruled. |
Constitutional Law |
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J. Roberts | Jun. 24, 2019 |
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17-9560
|
Rehaif v. U.S.
Under U.S.C. Section 922(g) and Section 924(a)(2) the Government must prove that the defendant knowingly possessed a firearm and knew of his unlawful or illegal immigrant status. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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S. Breyer | Jun. 24, 2019 |
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18-457
|
North Carolina Dept. of Revenue v. Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust
Beneficiaries' residence could not, consistent with due process, serve as the sole basis for State's tax on trust income; thus, tax violated due process. |
Constitutional Law |
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S. Sotomayor | Jun. 24, 2019 |
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17-9572
|
Flowers v. Mississippi
Trial court committed clear error by concluding the State's peremptory challenge of a black prospective juror was not motivated in substantial part by discriminatory intent. |
Criminal Law and Procedure |
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B. Kavanaugh | Jun. 24, 2019 |