Recently Decided Supreme Court Cases
Justices reject federal preemption of drug injury lawsuits (March 4, 2009)
The Supreme Court ruled today that a musician who lost her arm after receiving an anti-nausea drug via an off-label injection method may recover under Vermont tort law despite FDA approval of th More...
Divided court makes it more difficult to challenge forest rules (March 3, 2009)
A sharply-divided Supreme Court ruled that environmental groups lack the necessary standing to overturn an entire U.S. Forest Service regulation. More...
Court holds that forced persecution doesn't prevent asylum (March 3, 2009)
The Supreme Court held today that asylum is available to a refugee who was compelled to persecute others against his will. More...
Justices rule for Utah city in religious marker case (Feb. 25, 2009)
A unanimous Supreme Court held today that a private religious group could not force a city to erect a monument honoring its faith in a public park next to an existing Ten Commandments display. More...
Court backs AT&T in antitrust suit (Feb. 25. 2009)
A unanimous Supreme Court held today that a company not obligated under antitrust law to sell to others at wholesale prices cannot be held liable for variations in its wholesale and retail price More...
Justices side with state in American Indian land case (Feb. 24, 2009)
The Supreme Court ruled today that the Interior Department erred in putting a parcel of land into trust for an American Indian tribe not recognized in the the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934. More...
Court upholds conviction in West Virginia guns case (Feb. 24, 2009)
The Supreme Court today held that a federal law prohibiting the possession of firearms by anyone convicted of a “misdemeanor crime of domestic violence” would also prohibit someone convicted of More...
Justices back Idaho’s ban on payroll deductions for union PACs (Feb. 24, 2009)
A divided Supreme Court ruled today that state’s ban on political payroll deductions, as applied to local governmental units, does not infringe the unions’ First Amendment rights. More...
Court: supervising district attorneys possess absolute immunity (Jan. 26, 2009)
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled today that supervising federal prosecutors are entitled to absolute immunity against charges that they failed to satisfactorily share information regarding the testimon More...
Justices OK tariffs on cheap imported uranium (Jan. 26, 2009)
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled today that imported low enriched uranium processed outside the United States is subject to anti-dumping laws, the first time the justices have agreed to review a case i More...
