Supreme Court Report: Bartenwerfer v. Buckley, 21-908
Volume 29, Issue 13 This Report summarizes opinions issued on April 28 and May 2, 2022 (Part I); and cases granted review on April 25 and May 2, 2022 (Part II). Case Granted Review: Bartenwerfer v. Buckley, 21-908 Bartenwerfer v. Buckley, 21-908. The Court will consider whether a debtor may discharge in bankruptcy a debt…
Supreme Court Report: Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 21-1168
Volume 29, Issue 13 This Report summarizes opinions issued on April 28 and May 2, 2022 (Part I); and cases granted review on April 25 and May 2, 2022 (Part II). Case Granted Review: Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 21-1168 Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co., 21-1168. The Court will consider “[w]hether the Due…
Supreme Court Report: Health and Hospital Corp. of Marion County v. Talevski, 21-806
Volume 29, Issue 13 This Report summarizes opinions issued on April 28 and May 2, 2022 (Part I); and cases granted review on April 25 and May 2, 2022 (Part II). Case Granted Review: Health and Hospital Corp. of Marion County v. Talevski, 21-806 Health and Hospital Corp. of Marion County v. Talevski, 21-806. The…
Supreme Court Report: Reed v. Goertz, 21-442
Volume 29, Issue 13 This Report summarizes opinions issued on April 28 and May 2, 2022 (Part I); and cases granted review on April 25 and May 2, 2022 (Part II). Case Granted Review: Reed v. Goertz, 21-442 Reed v. Goertz, 21-442. In Skinner v. Switzer, 562 U.S. 521 (2011), the Court held that a…
Supreme Court Report: Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C., 20-219
Volume 29, Issue 13 This Report summarizes opinions issued on April 28 and May 2, 2022 (Part I); and cases granted review on April 25 and May 2, 2022 (Part II). Opinion: Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C., 20-219 Cummings v. Premier Rehab Keller, P.L.L.C., 20-219. In a 6-3 decision, the Court held that emotional…
Supreme Court Report: Shurtleff v. City of Boston, Mass., 20-1800
Volume 29, Issue 13 This Report summarizes opinions issued on April 28 and May 2, 2022 (Part I); and cases granted review on April 25 and May 2, 2022 (Part II). Opinion: Shurtleff v. City of Boston, Mass., 20-1800 Shurtleff v. City of Boston, Mass., 20-1800. The Court unanimously held that the City of Boston…
Supreme Court Report: City of Austin, Texas v. Reagan National Advertising of Austin, LLC, 20-1029
May 4, 2022 Volume 29, Issue 12 This Report summarizes opinions issued on April 21, 2022 (Part I). Opinion: City of Austin, Texas v. Reagan National Advertising of Austin, LLC, 20-1029 In a 6-3 decision, the Court held that a city code provision distinguishing between on- and off-premises signs is content neutral and not subject…
Supreme Court Report: United States v. Vaello Madero, 20-303
May 4, 2022 Volume 29, Issue 12 This Report summarizes opinions issued on April 21, 2022 (Part I). Opinion: United States v. Vaello Madero, 20-303 In an 8-1 decision, the Court reversed the First Circuit and held that Congress’s refusal “to make Supplemental Security Income benefits available to residents of Puerto Rico to the same…
Supreme Court Report: Cassirer v. Thyssen Bornemisza Collection Foundation, 20-1566
May 4, 2022 Volume 29, Issue 12 This Report summarizes opinions issued on April 21, 2022 (Part I). Opinion: Cassirer v. Thyssen Bornemisza Collection Foundation, 20-1566 The Court unanimously held that the substantive law in a case brought under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA) raising non-federal claims should be decided by the…
Supreme Court Report: Boechler v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service, 20-1472
May 4, 2022 Volume 29, Issue 12 This Report summarizes opinions issued on April 21, 2022 (Part I). Opinion: Boechler v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service, 20-1472 The Court unanimously held that the deadline to petition the Tax Court for review of a collection due process determination is not jurisdictional, and can be equitably tolled…
