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30 August 2018

United States Supreme Court holds a warrant is required to obtain cell phone location data; holds it has appellate jurisdiction over the courts martial system and rejects a challenge to court martial conviction based on dual office holding by a military appellate judge; rejects a double jeopardy challenge to a felon in possession conviction; rejects antitrust challenge to credit card antisteering provisions; rejects most of a challenge to Texas redistricting plan; rejects challenge to entry ban on certain countries; holds certain crisis pregnancy center disclosures violated the centers’ free speech rights; remands water rights dispute between Georgia and Florida for further proceedings; and overrules precedent to hold compulsory nonmember union fair share fees for public employees are unconstitutional.


by William Gaskill

20 July 2018

United States Supreme Court held plaintiffs in Wisconsin gerrymandering case lacked standing; held Ohio’s procedure to remove inactive voters complies with federal law; allows states to require out of state merchants to collect sales tax; held defective notice did not stop the physical presence clock for immigration purposes; and held the appointment process for SEC administrative law judges was unconstitutional.


by William Gaskill

29 June 2018

United States Supreme Court holds foreign sales damages are available in certain patent infringement cases; holds stock options are not taxable money compensation for railroad retirement purposes; reverses a racial gerrymandering order in part; summarily reverses grant of habeas relief; and summarily remands qualified immunity case or further analysis.


by William Gaskill

22 June 2018

United States Supreme Court holds plain error relief should ordinarily be granted for guideline miscalculations; affirms denial of a preliminary injunction is a gerrymandering case; holds a sentence reduction explanation was adequate; and reinstates a First Amendment retaliatory arrest claim.


by William Gaskill

15 June 2018

United States Supreme Court holds Minnesota’s ban on campaign buttons and attire unconstitutional; unsuccessful application for class certification does not toll limitations period for future class action suits, holds foreign government statements about the meaning of their laws are not entailed to dispositive effect; and holds statutes which revoke spousal designation as life insurance beneficiaries does not violate the contracts clause when applied retroactively.


by William Gaskill

8 June 2018

United States Supreme Court upholds class arbitration bans in employment contracts.


by William Gaskill

7 June 2018

United States Supreme Court reverses in the same sex wedding cake case; holds certain plea agreements make defendants eligible for sentence reductions while mandatory minimum sentences do not; and holds false statements about a single asset can make certain debts nondischargeable in bankruptcy.


by William Gaskill

1 June 2018

United States Supreme Court holds no in rem exception to tribal sovereign immunity; holds automobile exception does not apply within a house’s curtilage; and holds certain criminal restitution unavailable when based on private investigations or civil actions.


by William Gaskill

18 May 2018

United States Supreme Court holds no liability for foreign corporation under alien tort statute; affirms denial of motion to suppress intercepted phone calls; holds challenges to pretrial shackling in court was moot; holds persons lawfully driving rental cars can bring 4th Amendment challenges to searches of the car; holds capital defendants must authorize confessions of guilt at trail; and holds federal ban on states authorizing sports betting unconstitutional.


by William Gaskill

25 April 2018

United States Supreme Court rejects constitutional challenge to administrative patent challenges and holds all administrative challenges to a patent’s validity raised in the petition must be decided by the patent board.


by William Gaskill

19 April 2018

United States Supreme Court holds no statutory right to periodic bail hearings for immigration detainees.


by William Gaskill

18 April 2018

United States Supreme Court holds immigration aggravated felony residual clause is unconstitutionally vague and holds federal habeas courts should look though state summary affirmances to determine the reasoning in the state case.


by William Gaskill

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