Supreme Court Decision Syllabus (SCOTUS Podcast)
We Read The Supreme Court's own Syllabus or Per Curium word for word, then maybe say hin then shut the microphone back off.
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Episodes
583 episodes
United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC (Bankruptcy Fee Remedy)
United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC Two Terms ago, in Siegel v. Fitzgerald, 596 U. S. 464, the Court held that a statute violated the Bankrup...
Campos-Chavez v. Garland (Immigration)
Campos-Chavez v. GarlandTo initiate the removal of an alien from the United States who is either “inadmissible” under 8 U. S. C. §1182 or “deportable” unde...
Garland v. Cargill (2nd Amendment)
The National Firearms Act of 1934 defines a “machinegun” as “any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigg...
FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine (Birth Control)
FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic MedicineIn 2000, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug application for mifepristone tablets marketed under t...
Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney (NLRB / Labor)
After several Starbucks employees announced plans to unionize, they invited a news crew from a local television station to visit the store after hours to promote their unionizing effort. Starbucks fired multiple employees involved with t...
Vidal v. Elster (First Amendment / Trademark)
Drawing on a 2016 Presidential primary debate exchange between thencandidate Donald Trump and Senator Marco Rubio, respondent Steve Elster sought to federally register the trademark “Trump too small” to use on shirts and hats. An examiner...
Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum (Bankruptcy)
Petitioner Truck Insurance Exchange is the primary insurer for companies that manufactured and sold products containing asbestos. Two of those companies, Kaiser Gypsum Co. and Hanson Permanente Cement (Debtors), filed for Chapter 11 bankr...
Becerra v. San Carlos Apache Tribe
The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, 25 U. S. C. §5301 et seq., enables an Indian tribe to enter into a “self-determination contract” with the Indian Health Service to assume responsibility for administering the hea...
Connelly v. United States (Tax)
Connelly v. United StatesMichael and Thomas Connelly were the sole shareholders in Crown C Supply, a small building supply corporation. The brothers entered into ...
Cantero v. Bank of America (Banking)
In Cantero v. Bank of America, the Supreme Court reviewed a Second Circuit decision that struck down a New York bank regulation, finding that the State's au...
NRA v. Vullo (First Amendment)
Petitioner National Rifle Association (NRA) sued respondent Maria Vullo—former superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS)—alleging that Vullo violated the First Amendment by coercing DFS-regulated parties to pun...
Thornell v. Jones (Ineffective Assistance)
Thornell v. Jones Respondent Danny Lee Jones was convicted of the premeditated firstdegree murders of Robert and Tisha Weaver and the attempted premeditated murde...
Coinbase v. Suski (Arbitration)
Coinbase v. Suski The dispute here involves a conflict between two contracts executed by petitioner Coinbase, Inc., operator of a cryptocurrency exchange platform, ...
Brown v. United States (Criminal)
These cases concern the application of the Armed Career Criminal Act to state drug convictions that occurred before recent technical amendments to the federal drug schedules. ACCA imposes a 15-year mandatory minimum sentence on defendants...
Alexander v. NAACP (Redistricting / Gerrymandering)
Alexander v. NAACPThe Constitution entrusts state legislatures with the primary responsibility for drawing congressional districts, and legislative redistri...
Harrow v. Department of Defense (Equitable Tolling / Jurisdictional Deadlines)
In Harrow v. Department of Defense, Stuart Harrow appealed an adverse administrative decision after the 60-day deadline -- claiming that he was unaware of th...
Smith v. Spizzirri (Arbitration)
Smith v. Spizzirri The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) sets forth procedures for enforcing arbitration agreements in federal court. Section 3 of the FAA,...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial
CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU ET AL. v. COMMUNITY FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, LTD., ET AL. The Constitution gives Congress control over the ...
Culley v. Marshall (Asset Forfeiture)
Culley v. MarshallPetitioner Halima Culley loaned her car to her son, who was later pulled over by Alabama police officers and arrested for possession of marijuan...
Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy (Copyright)
Warner Chappell Music v. NealyUnder the Copyright Act, a plaintiff must file suit “within three years after the claim accrued.” 17 U. S. C. §507(b). On one under...
Muldrow v. St. Louis (Employment Discrimination)
Muldrow v. City of St. Louis Sergeant Jatonya Clayborn Muldrow maintains that her employer, the St. Louis Police Department, transferred her from one job to anoth...
McIntosh v. United States (Criminal Forfeiture)
McIntosh v. United States Petitioner Louis McIntosh was indicted on multiple counts of Hobbs Act robbery and firearm offenses. The indictment set forth the demand th...
Rudisill v. McDonough (VA Benefits)
Petitioner James Rudisill enlisted in the United States Army in 2000 and served a total of eight years over three separate periods of military service. He became entitled to Montgomery Bill benefits as a result of his first period of serv...
DeVillier v. Texas (Inverse Condemnation)
DEVILLIER v. TEXAS CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUITArgued Jan. 16, 2024—Decided Apr. 16, 2024 Richard DeVillier and more than 120 other petitioners own property north of U. S...
Sheetz v. El Dorado County (Takings Clause)
George Sheetz was required by the County of El Dorado to pay $23,420George Sheetz tried to get a residential building permit from El Dorado County. To do so, the County made him pay a $23,420 "traffic impact fee." The fee was pa...