Supreme Court Cases Recently Granted Certiorari
Court will review FOIA case involving U.S. Navy (June 28, 2010)
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the Navy has to disclose the locations and potential blast ranges of military weapons stored on a small island in Puget Sound. More...
Court takes veteran's disability case (June 28, 2010)
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a veteran's notice of appeal can be filed late if there is sufficient reason. More...
Justices to weigh third-party liability under Securities Exchange Act (June 28, 2010)
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a service provider can be held primarily liable in a private securities fraud suit for aiding and participating in another company's misstatements. More...
Court takes new ERISA case (June 28, 2010)
The Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on what "showing" is required to entitle participants of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to recover benefits where there has been an allege More...
Justices to hear appeal of employer sanctions law (June 28, 2010)
The Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on a challenge to an Arizona law penalizing employers who hire undocumented migrants. More...
Court to review AEDPA habeas issue (June 21, 2010)
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a state law barring a prisoner from collaterally attacking his conviction is adequate to support a procedural bar to filing a habeas corpus petition. More...
Justices take sovereign immunity dispute (June 21, 2010)
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the 11th Amendment prohibits a state agency from going to federal court to sue officials of the same state. More...
Court grants case about raising interest rates on credit cardholders (June 21, 2010)
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether a creditor seeking to raise the interest rate on a credit card where the cardholder defaulted must provide the cardholder with a change in terms notice. More...
Justices take investors case against drug company (June 14, 2010)
The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the Securities Exchange Act requires a drug company to disclose all reports of "adverse events" linked to a particular drug to its shareholders. More...
Court to rule on whether to reinstate death penalty (June 14, 2010)
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether to reinstate the death penalty against a convicted double murderer. More...
