Recently Decided Supreme Court Cases

The Supreme Court held that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act’s anti-alienation provision prevents the enforcement of a state law holding that a spouse’s right to the other spouse’s More...

A unanimous Supreme Court held today that employees are protected from being fired or demoted if they cooperate with an internal investigation of a supervisor who is accused of discrimination. More...

In another case testing the boundaries of Fourth Amendment jurisprudence, the Supreme Court ruled that a police officer may search a suspect during a routine traffic stop if she believes that suspe More...

The Supreme Court upheld the right of unions to charge non-members for initiatives that would benefit them. More...

The Supreme Court agreed to reinstate the murder conviction of the driver in a gang-related shooting outside a Seattle-area high school. More...

A unanimous Supreme Court ruled that Congress did not intend Title IX to prevent suits against public schools for sex discrimination. More...

A unanimous Supreme Court held that police officers may not be sued for entering a home without a search warrant immediately after an undercover informant buys drugs inside.

A closely-divided Supreme Court ruled today that evidence does not have to be suppressed when an arrest is made based on good faith reliance on faulty information. More...

The Supreme Court held today that the Sixth Amendment does not prohibit judges from imposing consecutive sentences based on facts not found by a jury. More...

A failure to report to prison that leads to a conviction for escape cannot be the basis for enhanced sentencing under the Armed Career Criminal Act, the Supreme Court held today. More...