Search and explore US Supreme Court opinions with plain-language summaries and AI-assisted analysis.
Contains all cases from 1900-01-08 to 2026-03-31
All Supreme Court opinions, most recent first.
Ruling blocks Colorado from enforcing its ban on talk-based 'conversion therapy' against a licensed counselor, finding the law censors viewpoint and requires stricter constitutional review before limiting therapists' speech with minors.
Court declines to review a murder conviction despite similar undisclosed evidence that freed his co-defendant, leaving a man serving life while a Justice criticizes withheld evidence and urges relief.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
