Jimmy Hoover

Washington, D.C.

Supreme Court Reporter at National Law Journal

Supreme Court Reporter at The National Law Journal. @TheNLJ. Previously @Law360. Tips, greetings: [email protected]

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BREAKING: Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter Dies At 85

6 days ago | law360.com | Jimmy Hoover |Katie Buehler

By Jimmy Hoover and Katie Buehler · May 9, 2025, 9:27 AM EDT Retired Justice David H. Souter, who served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1990 to 2009, has died at 85, the court announced Friday. ... Want to continue reading?
BREAKING: Justice David Souter, Liberal Republican Appointee, Dies

6 days ago | law360.com | Jimmy Hoover |Katie Buehler

By Jimmy Hoover and Katie Buehler ( May 9, 2025, 9:27 AM EDT) -- Retired Justice David H. Souter, who served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1990 to 2009, has died at 85, the court announced Friday. ... Law360 is on it, so you are, too. A Law360 subscription puts you at the center of fast-moving legal issues, trends and developments so you can act with speed and confidence.
Retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter Dies At 85

6 days ago | law360.co.uk | Jimmy Hoover |Katie Buehler

ADVERTISEMENT Don't want ads? Subscribe or login now. By Jimmy Hoover and Katie Buehler ( May 9, 2025, 9:27 AM EDT) -- Retired Justice David H. Souter, who served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1990 to 2009, has died at 85, the court announced Friday. ...
Supreme Court Lifts Court Order Blocking Trans Military Ban

1 week ago | law.com | Jimmy Hoover

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday reinstated President Donald Trump's renewed ban on transgender service members in the military after the Trump administration complained that a district judge "improperly second-guessed" the Pentagon in blocking the policy. In an unsigned order, the court paused a lower court's order blocking Trump's ban on trans service members until a U.S. appeals court can weigh in on the legality of the president's directive.
Supreme Court Asks for Solicitor General's Take on Exxon's Cuban Revolution Lawsuit

1 week ago | law.com | Jimmy Hoover

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday called for the Trump administration's views on whether to hear Exxon Mobil's bid to revive its lawsuit over the nationalization of Cuba’s oil industry following the country’s communist revolution. The court invited U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer to file a brief "expressing the views of the United States," a common procedure when litigants bring cases to the court involving matters of international affairs.
'Our Case Law Has Changed': Charter School Case Highlights Court's Aggressive Religious Liberty Campaign

2 weeks ago | law.com | Jimmy Hoover

Welcome to Supreme Court Brief. My name is Jimmy Hoover. I have been the Supreme Court correspondent for the National Law Journal and Law.com since 2023. In this newsletter, I provide avid high court watchers with the latest news and analysis of the court.
Supreme Court Appears Open to Allowing Religious Public Charter Schools

2 weeks ago | law.com | Jimmy Hoover

An eight-member U.S. Supreme Court seemed to lean slightly in favor of allowing the nation's first religious public charter school on Wednesday, with the potential swing voter—Chief Justice John Roberts Jr.—appearing skeptical of excluding religious schools from qualifying as taxpayer-funded charter schools. Still, the court emerged from Wednesday's oral arguments closely divided over whether excluding a Catholic online school from Oklahoma's public charter system violates the First Amendment.
‘That Is So Ridiculous’: Justices Balk at Arguments in Mistaken FBI Raid Case

2 weeks ago | law.com | Jimmy Hoover

Welcome to Supreme Court Brief. My name is Jimmy Hoover. I have been the Supreme Court correspondent for the National Law Journal and Law.com since 2023. In this newsletter, I provide avid high court watchers with the latest news and analysis of the court. The Supreme Court handed down one ruling on Tuesday morning in the case Advocate Christ Medical Center v.
Justices Try to Sort Through Procedural Mess During Arguments Over Class Actions

2 weeks ago | law.com | Jimmy Hoover

The U.S. Supreme Court took up a case back in January that promised to beat back a rising tide of class actions swamping corporate defendants. After oral arguments Tuesday, it seems that at least some of the justices have some regrets. "Isn't it an advisory opinion?" asked Justice Sonia Sotomayor, expressing concern about issuing a hypothetical ruling on the merits in the case due to underlying procedural issues.
Supreme Court Rules Against Higher Reimbursements for Hospitals Serving Poor Patients

2 weeks ago | law.com | Jimmy Hoover

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a challenge from a group of more than 200 hospitals to how the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services calculates Medicare reimbursement rates for treating low-income patients who are senior or disabled. In a 7-2 ruling, the justices approved of the way HHS has calculated the reimbursement rates for hospitals with a “disproportionate share” of patients eligible for certain welfare benefits.