Contains all cases from 1900-01-08 to 2026-03-25
All Supreme Court opinions, most recent first.
Rico v. United States
2026-03-25
Court blocks automatic extension of supervised release when people abscond, preventing judges from extending terms beyond what was ordered and limiting post-release punishment without new legal authority.
Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment
2026-03-25
Court limits copyright secondary liability, reverses billion-dollar verdict against an internet provider, making it harder for music companies to hold ISPs responsible without proof of intent or tailored services.
Reed v. Goertz
2026-03-23
Denial leaves death-row prisoner blocked from DNA testing of the murder belt, allowing execution to proceed and keeping Texas’s evidence-handling ban in place.
Villarreal v. Alaniz
2026-03-23
Court declines review of a case where a community journalist was arrested for asking police sources for information, leaving a lower-court qualified-immunity ruling intact and denying the reporter a remedy.
Olivier v. City of Brandon
2026-03-20
Street preacher may seek an injunction blocking a city’s protest-area rule; Court allows a forward-looking First Amendment challenge despite his earlier conviction, permitting suits to prevent future enforcement.
Burnett v. United States
2026-03-09
Court refused to review a man’s claim that judge-found supervised-release violations can push total prison time past the statutory maximum, leaving the lower-court result that added extra prison without a jury in place.
Urias-Orellana v. Bondi
2026-03-04
Courts must use a deferential ‘substantial-evidence’ review (meaning only overwhelming evidence will overturn the agency) when immigration officials decide if an asylum seeker’s facts amount to persecution, making appeals harder for some applicants.
Galette v. New Jersey Transit Corp.
2026-03-04
Court rules New Jersey Transit is not an arm of the State and allows crash victims’ lawsuits to proceed, making it easier to sue transit agencies in other States’ courts.
Johnson v. High Desert State Prison
2026-03-02
Court declines to hear a challenge over whether indigent prisoners can split the $350 federal filing fee, leaving the appeals court’s rule that each incarcerated plaintiff must pay $350 in place for this case.
Malliotakis v. Williams
2026-03-02
Federal Court pauses New York trial court’s order forcing a new congressional district, staying redrawing and keeping the current map in place while state appeals and possible Supreme Court review proceed.
Mirabelli v. Bonta
2026-03-02
Court vacates appeals-court stay for parents and lets a district-court injunction requiring schools to notify and follow parents’ directions about students’ gender treatment stand during appeal.
Villarreal v. Texas
2026-02-25
Court allows judges to limit defendant-lawyer talks about a testifying defendant’s ongoing testimony during overnight trial recesses, upholding orders that bar coaching while still permitting strategy and plea discussions.
Postal Service v. Konan
2026-02-24
Ruling lets the Government keep immunity for intentional withholding of mail, blocking many lawsuits by people seeking damages when postal workers refuse to deliver their mail.
Hain Celestial Group, Inc. v. Palmquist
2026-02-24
Federal appeals court ruling affirmed: a district court’s wrong dismissal of a local retailer did not create federal jurisdiction, vacating the federal verdict and sending the baby-food poisoning suit back to state court.
Trotter v. Florida
2026-02-24
Denial lets Florida proceed with a scheduled execution while Justice Sotomayor warns about possible use of expired drugs and secrecy in the State’s lethal-injection process.
Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump
2026-02-20
Emergency trade powers rejected: Court holds IEEPA does not let the President impose tariffs, limiting use of emergency tariff tools and affecting businesses, States, and international deals tied to those duties.
Berk v. Choy
2026-01-20
Court prevents Delaware’s law requiring expert affidavits in malpractice suits from being enforced in federal court, making it easier for patients to file and pursue negligence claims in federal court.
Ellingburg v. United States
2026-01-20
Court holds that mandatory federal restitution under the MVRA is criminal punishment, reversing the appeals court and allowing people sentenced under the law for pre‑1996 crimes to challenge restitution.
Howell v. Circuit Court of Indiana
2026-01-20
Court denies free filing request, dismisses petition, and bars an indigent incarcerated man from future noncriminal filings unless he pays the $300 fee and follows filing rules.
Barrett v. United States
2026-01-14
Federal gun-death ruling limits prosecutors: Court blocks separate convictions under two gun-death provisions and says one fatal firearm act can produce only one conviction, narrowing punishment in such cases.