Supreme Court Cases Recently Granted Certiorari
Justices will hear due process case on the taking of property (Feb. 23, 2009)
The Supreme Court has agreed to rule on the legal standard for a court hearing to test the forfeiture of property used in a drug crime More...
Court accepts ACCA case (Feb. 23, 2009)
The Supreme Court has agreed to clarify the status of a state conviction for felony battery as a violent crime under the federal Armed Career Criminal Act. More...
Justices take case on rights of immigrant defendants (Feb. 23, 2009)
The Supreme Court agreed today to decide whether defense lawyers must tell their immigrant clients that they face deportation if they plead guilty to serious crimes. More...
Court will rule on death sentence for Ohio neo-Nazi (Feb. 23, 2009)
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide for a second time whether a neo-Nazi convicted of murdering three men in Ohio should be sentenced to death. More...
Justices agree to hear Mojave Desert cross case (Feb. 23, 2009)
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether an 8-foot cross in the Mojave National Preserve is an unconstitutional governmental endorsement of religion. More...
Court grants case on time limit for requesting counsel (Jan. 26, 2009)
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a time limit exists to the Fifth Amendment prohibition on police questioning once a suspect invokes a request for counsel. More...
Justices take attorney-client privilege case (Jan. 26, 2009)
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a party may immediately appeal a discovery order to disclose materials said to be covered by the attorney-client privilege. More...
Court accepts habeas case involving overturned rape conviction (Jan. 26, 2009)
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the evidence underlying a defendant’s sexual assault conviction was clearly insufficient under the 1979 case Jackson v. Virginia. More...
Justices will hear case on procedural limits under the False Claims Act (Jan. 16, 2009)
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide which time limit for the filing of a notice of appeal applies where the government is a named party to the action, but declines to intervene in the action in More...
Court grants school strip search case (Jan. 16, 2009)
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a public school violated a 13-year-old Arizona girl's constitutional rights by conducting a strip search of her for ibuprofen. More...
