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May 31, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Ian Blodger |Nicholas Bullard |Brock Huebner
The Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions today:Cantero v. Bank of America, N.A., No. 22-529: This case addresses the standard for determining when state laws that regulate national banks are preempted. Borrowers obtained home mortgage loans from Bank of America. Their mortgage contracts required the borrowers to make monthly deposits into escrow accounts.
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May 29, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Ian Blodger |Nicholas Bullard |Brock Huebner
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in one case:San Francisco v. EPA, No. 23-753: This case involves interpretation of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA) and its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program. Under that program, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and authorized states may issue permits for discharge of certain pollutants subject to conditions.
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May 24, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Ian Blodger |Nicholas Bullard |Brock Huebner
The Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions today:Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, No. 22-807: This case concerns the interplay between allegations of racial and partisan gerrymandering when challenging a state’s Congressional district maps. A three-judge federal panel struck down the map the South Carolina Republican state legislature proposed after the 2020 Census.
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May 17, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Ian Blodger |Nicholas Bullard |Brock Huebner
The Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions today:CFPB v. Community Financial Services Association of America, Limited, No. 22-448: This case involves a constitutional challenge to the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or “Bureau”), a consumer watchdog and financial regulator created by Congress in 2010 in the wake of the financial crisis.
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May 10, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Ian Blodger |Nicholas Bullard |Brock Huebner
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States issued two opinions:Culley v. Marshall, No. 22-585: This case addresses the due process rights that apply to civil forfeiture proceedings. Petitioners in this case each loaned their vehicles to third parties—a son and a friend—and those vehicles were later seized by police in Alabama after the third parties were arrested. Alabama law permits such civil forfeiture incident to arrest as long as the State “promptly” initiates a forfeiture case.
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Ian Blodger |Nicholas Bullard |Brock Huebner
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in four cases:Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn, No. 23-365: This case involves interpretation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). RICO permits a plaintiff “injured in his business or property by reason of” the defendant’s racketeering activity to sue for treble damages and attorneys’ fees. 18 U.S.C. § 1964(c).
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Apr 23, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Ian Blodger |Nicholas Bullard |Brock Huebner
Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in two cases:Garland v. VanDerStok, No. 23-852: This administrative law and statutory interpretation case concerns the federal government’s ability to regulate “ghost guns” via the Gun Control Act of 1968 (the “1968 Act”). The Fifth Circuit struck down a 2022 U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms regulation after concluding that the 1968 Act’s plain meaning of “firearm” did not include kits to assemble firearms.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Ian Blodger |Nicholas Bullard |Brock Huebner
The Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions on Tuesday, April 16:Rudisill v. McDonough, No. 22-888: This case concerns the interaction between two federal statutes providing up to 36 months of educational benefits to veterans: the Montgomery GI Bill Act of 1984, for military service between 1985 and 2030 (“Montgomery GI Bill”), and the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008, for service after September 11, 2001 (“Post-9/11 GI Bill”).
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Apr 15, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Ian Blodger |Nicholas Bullard |Brock Huebner
The Supreme Court of the United States issued three decisions today:Sheetz v. County of El Dorado, No. 22-1074: This case involves the “unconstitutional conditions doctrine,” set forth in Nollan v. Cal. Coastal Comm’n, 483 U.S. 825 (1987), and Dolan v. City of Tigard, 512 U.S. 374 (1994).
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Ian Blodger |Nicholas Bullard |Brock Huebner
On March 19, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions:FBI v. Fikre, 22-1178: This case addresses when the “voluntary cessation of a challenged practice” renders a lawsuit moot. Yonas Fikre, a U.S. citizen, alleged he was unlawfully placed on the federal No Fly List after he refused to serve as an FBI informant against members of his religious community.
