Supreme Court Cases Recently Granted Certiorari

The Supreme Court will decide whether a seaman injured on the job can sue to recover punitive damages when the owner of the vessel denies “maintenance and cure” payments. More...

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether convicted criminals have a constitutional right to access evidence used at trial so they can conduct new DNA testing. More...

The Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether the government must show that a defendant had actual knowledge that the means of identification he or she was using belonged to another person in More...

The Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on whether a remand order can be appealed, if the judge returned the case after declining to rule on the state-law claims when finding that the federal claim More...

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that examines the right to a speedy trial for a poor individual who is being represented by a public defender. More...

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a claim that a voluntary confession made after a suspect’s arrest on federal charges but before he appears before a magistrate must be suppressed when More...

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a conviction can stand if the defense counsel sought to exclude a juror by making a peremptory challenge, but the juror was seated anyway. More...

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide how the federal appeals courts should handle prosecutors’ violations of plea bargains when the violation was not challenged during the trial. More...

The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether an indigent defendant needs to affirmatively accept the appointment of counsel in order to invoke his Sixth Amendment protection from future police-initi More...

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from Shell Oil Co. and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. about whether the U.S. More...