Wisc Central railroad v US (Retirement taxing)

Court says government can’t tax stock options for railroad workers.

SD v Wayfair (internet purchase taxing)

Court reverses quill and allows states to collect taxes on internet sales.

Benisek v Lamone

Denial of preliminary injunction...well past its requested time table

Chavez Menza v US (sentence reductions)

Court determines a limited explanation of a “disproportionate” sentence reduction (vs the guidelines reduction) is appropriate.

Rosales-Mireles v US (Guidelines Errors)

Vacate of sentence based on incorectly calculated guidelines range

Gill v Whitford (Gerrymandering)

Court upholds an obvious statewide political gerrymander, for plaintiffs failure to show that they were actually harmed.

Lozman v Riviera beach (1st - retaliation)

First amendment retaliation, under narrow circumstances in this case.

Animal science products v Hebei Welcome (deference to foreign governments)

Court rules “bound to defer” should not be the standard of deference for submissions of foreign government agencies to US Courts.

MN Voters aly. v Mansky

Court strikes down MN law on political apperal inside the polling places (limited to a problem with wording ambiguity)

Husted v Randolph institute (removal from voter rolls)

Ohio’s way of determining if a voter has moved or died, and subsequent removal of said person from their voting rolls is lawful.

China Agritech v Resh

More fun with “tolling”

Sveen v Melin (Contracts / Divorce)

Court upholds Minnesota law about life insurance bennificiary designation revocation upon divorce

Washington v US (Indigenous peoples' Treaties)

Court affirms the below judgement because of a 4/4 Split.

Azar v Garza (Abortion/Moot)

Court in part moots an abortion debate.

Lamar v Appling (“statement respecting”)

Court decides what “statement respecting” means in re the bankruptcy code.

Koons v US (sentencing reductions)

Hughes v US (type c sentincing reductions)

Court rules type C sentencing agreements can be considered for modification after a retroactive sentincing guidelines reduction.

Masterpiece Cake v Colo Civil rights Commission

1st Amendment free exercise over-rules civil rights of a gay couple in this specific instance - due to the colorado civil rights commission’s obvious hostility to a religious belief.

Lagos v US (Victims Restitution Act)

Restitution under MVRA 1996 may not include investigations a victim does itself.

Collins v Virginia (4A curtilage)

Supreme court refuses to grant 4th autombile exception to an officer who encroaches upon a home’s curtilage for a search.

Epic sys v Lewis (Arbitration & NLRB Unfair labor practices).

Upholding Arbitration agreements

Skagit tribe v Lundgren (Late argument rejection)

The court rejects an argument made for the first time during the appeals process.

US v Sanchez-Gomez (Moot)

Case is moot because nothing could be decided because petitioners cases are over.

Byrd v US (4th Amendment)

Rental car contract violations do not eliminate 4th amendment privacy expectations

Dahda v US (Wiretap warrants)

Just because a judge tried to overstep his jurisdictional limits, does not mean that the evidence gathererd inside of his jurisdiction is inadmissable.