Can Exxon sue Cuban state companies in U.S. courts? The Court will decide in Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Corporación Cimex whether the Helms-Burton Act strips foreign sovereign immunity or if the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act still applies.

The Supreme Court heard oral argument in Trump v. Barbara, a case asking whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Citizenship Clause guarantees birthright citizenship to children born in the U.S. to parents without lawful status. A ruling is expected by late June.

The Supreme Court heard argument in Cisco Systems Inc v Doe I, a case asking whether the Alien Tort Statute permits aiding-and-abetting claims and, if so, what mental state plaintiffs must prove. Our analysis breaks down the key issues argued before the Court.

The Court heard argument in Monsanto Company v. John L. Durnell, asking whether federal pesticide law blocks state failure-to-warn suits when the EPA has repeatedly rejected the warning at issue and any label change requires EPA approval.

Danco Laboratories has filed an emergency stay application with the Supreme Court in Danco Laboratories, LLC v. Louisiana, et al., the ongoing dispute over mifepristone access. SCOTUSGate has the details.

The Supreme Court has deferred a stay application in Mullin v. Dahlia Doe, a case involving Temporary Protected Status, and consolidated it with a second related case. No question has been identified yet.

17 states have filed an amicus brief supporting a First Amendment challenge to the New Jersey State Bar Association's policy of reserving leadership positions for specific minority groups in Saadeh v. New Jersey State Bar Association.

A stay of removal application in Pedro Zarate Pina et al. v. Pamela Bondi, Attorney General has been filed and referred to Justice Thomas. SCOTUSGate has the details.

Steven Ward is asking the Supreme Court to emergency stay his D.C. eviction in Ward v. NYT Owner, LLC, arguing the case lacked mandatory registration under D.C. Code 16-1501 at the time it was filed, which he says is a jurisdictional defect.

The Court declined to hear Johnson v. United States, leaving a circuit split unresolved on whether police need a warrant to use a drug-sniffing dog in an apartment building's common areas. The Fourth Amendment question remains unsettled.

New cert petition in Barnes v. United States asks whether a guilty plea cuts off a defendant's right to argue on appeal that the admitted conduct doesn't actually fit the charged offense as a matter of law.

Duncan v. Bonta is headed toward conference. The case asks whether California's ban on magazines holding more than 10 rounds violates the Second Amendment, and whether forcing owners to surrender lawfully owned property without compensation violates the Takings Clause.

Verizon is asking the Supreme Court to decide whether the FCC can impose monetary penalties for data protection failures without a jury trial, raising Seventh Amendment and Article III questions about agency enforcement power.

James Hitchcock is seeking a stay of execution from Justice Thomas in Hitchcock v. Florida. SCOTUSGate has the details on the application.

The federal government has filed its brief in Cotter Corporation v. Nikki Steiner Mazzocchio, where the Court is being asked whether federal nuclear safety regulations preempt state tort standards of care. The case heads toward conference.

The Court declined to hear Broadnax v. Texas, leaving open whether using a Black defendant's rap lyrics at capital sentencing to argue dangerousness to a nearly all-white jury violates due process and equal protection.

The Court has asked the Solicitor General to weigh in on John Doe et al. v. Kathy Hochul et al., a case asking whether state laws that conflict with Title VII's religious accommodation rules can excuse employers from complying with federal law.

The Court heard oral argument in United States v. Hemani, testing whether the federal ban on gun possession by unlawful drug users survives Second Amendment scrutiny under the historical tradition framework from Bruen. Our analysis breaks down what the justices signaled.

SCOTUS will take up Okello T. Chatrie v. United States, deciding whether geofence warrants violate the Fourth Amendment and whether evidence obtained from them must be excluded. The case could reshape how police use location data from tech companies.

The Court will consider whether a generic drugmaker can be liable for induced infringement when its label carves out a patented use but its marketing references the branded drug. Hikma v. Amarin could reshape how skinny labels work in patent litigation.

New cert petition asks whether employers must prove an accommodation would actually cause undue hardship under Title VII, or just that they reasonably believed it would. Petersen v. Snohomish Regional Fire and Rescue could reshape how religious accommodation claims are litigated.

Norfolk Southern is back at the Supreme Court challenging Pennsylvania's registration-based jurisdiction. The case asks whether forcing out-of-state companies to consent to general jurisdiction as a condition of doing business in a state violates the Constitution.

Gator's Custom Guns v. Washington has now been relisted 14 times at conference. The Court still hasn't acted on whether large-capacity magazines qualify as "Arms" protected under the Second Amendment's plain text.

Calvin Gary Walker v. Texas is before Justice Alito on an emergency stay application in a Texas habeas case. SCOTUSGate has the details on what Walker is asking for and what comes next.

Aparna Vashisht-Rota has asked Justice Kagan for an emergency stay in Vashisht-Rota v. Howell Management Services, a bankruptcy discharge dispute now before the Supreme Court as Application No. 25A1166.

SCOTUS will hear St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, a case over whether Colorado can bar a Catholic preschool from a state funding program because it follows Catholic teachings on admission and conduct. Cert granted this term.

An emergency stay application has been filed with Justice Alito in Broadnax v. Texas, seeking to halt the execution of James Garfield Broadnax. SCOTUSGate has the details on the application.

SCOTUS declined to hear Priscilla Villarreal v. Isidro R. Alaniz, but Sotomayor dissented, arguing the Court should have taken up whether arresting a journalist for asking officials questions and publishing their answers violates the First Amendment.

New emergency application asks whether IDEA's stay-put provision is a mandatory self-executing injunction or whether courts retain discretion to balance equities. Shawanda Solomon v. Anna Independent School District tests the reach of Honig v. Doe.

The Supreme Court will consider whether the FCC's power to impose and enforce monetary fines runs afoul of the Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial and Article III. The case, Federal Communications Commission v. AT&T, Inc., could reshape how the agency penalizes companies.

Trump v. Carroll has now been distributed for conference seven times with no action from the Court. Our latest analysis looks at what the repeated relisting may signal and what questions the justices would face if they grant cert.

SCOTUS has been asked to decide whether federal courts can hear First Amendment challenges to state investigatory demands when a group claims its rights are being chilled. First Choice Women's Resource Centers v. Davenport, No. 24-781, is awaiting a decision on cert.

Rocklin Unified School District v. Public Employment Relations Board asks the Court to decide whether a state labor board can invalidate a school policy requiring parents to be notified when their child seeks to socially transition their gender.

The Littlejohn v. School Board of Leon County petition has been rescheduled again. The case asks whether public schools violate parental rights by secretly facilitating a child's gender transition without notifying parents.

Triumph Foods LLC et al v Andrea J Campbell brings a new challenge to Massachusetts' pork production law. The case asks whether the state law is preempted by federal meat inspection rules and whether it violates the dormant Commerce Clause.

SCOTUS declined to hear Timothy Barton v. Securities and Exchange Commission, leaving in place rulings from parallel criminal and civil enforcement actions the government brought against Barton over alleged securities law violations tied to real estate development loans.

A coalition of states and labor groups has filed briefs supporting TPS holders in Trump v. Miot at the Supreme Court. The case could affect hundreds of thousands of people currently protected under Temporary Protected Status.

The Supreme Court declined to hear Schoenthal v. Raoul, leaving in place Illinois' ban on carrying firearms on public transit. The Second Amendment challenge to the law will not be reviewed this term.

The Court is considering whether employees at federally funded schools can sue under Title IX for sex discrimination at work. Thomas Crowther et al. v. Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia asks whether that private right of action exists.

The Court declined to hear Amber Lavigne v. Great Salt Bay Community School Board, a case where a mother alleged her child's school secretly socially transitioned her 13-year-old without parental consent. A Twombly pleading standard split goes unresolved.

The Court declined to hear Upsolve Inc et al v Letitia James, leaving intact New York's unauthorized practice of law rules as applied to Upsolve's free legal advice service. The First Amendment question on content-neutrality remains unresolved.

New cert petition asks whether the government owes compensation when it damages private property under its police power. The circuits are split 3-3, and Hadley v. City of South Bend, Indiana asks the Court to resolve it.

New cert petition asks whether the government must pay when police destroy an innocent person's property while chasing a fugitive. Pena v. City of Los Angeles raises whether the Takings Clause requires compensation or if "public necessity" blocks recovery.

Charles L. Burton, Jr. v. John Q. Hamm has ended at the Supreme Court after the death penalty stay application was withdrawn. Burton had sought to halt his execution in Alabama.

The Supreme Court has declined to hear Alicia Stroble v. Oklahoma Tax Commission, leaving open whether Oklahoma can tax income earned by a Muscogee Nation citizen living and working on the Muscogee Reservation after McGirt v. Oklahoma confirmed its Indian country status.

The Court heard argument in National Republican Senatorial Committee v. Federal Election Commission, testing whether Congress can cap how much political parties spend on ads made in coordination with their own candidates.

Samuel Ronan et al. v. Frank LaRose is an Ohio ballot access dispute that has reached Justice Kavanaugh. SCOTUSGate has the details on what's being asked of the Court.

The Court will consider whether the Helms-Burton Act alone is enough to sue Cuban state entities in U.S. courts, or whether plaintiffs must also clear the separate hurdles of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. Exxon Mobil Corporation v. Corporación Cimex, S.A. No. 24-699.

New cert petition asks SCOTUS to review how the Second Circuit applied Central Hudson to a New York law banning dietary supplement sales to minors. The case is Council For Responsible Nutrition v. Letitia James, No. 25-1145.

The Supreme Court will decide whether federal law blocks state climate lawsuits in Suncor Energy (U.S.A.) Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County. Boulder County sued oil companies under state law for climate-related harms. The question is whether federal law forecloses those claims.