Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC
Court allows negligent-hiring claims against freight brokers, ruling safety exception lets injured people sue brokers and making it easier for such lawsuits to proceed against brokers who hire unsafe carriers.
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Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties
Court affirms that when a federal court stayed a lawsuit for arbitration, it may still confirm or vacate the arbitration award, allowing the same federal court to decide award disputes and affecting litigants who filed in federal court.
Danco Laboratories, LLC v. Louisiana
Order lets FDA’s 2023 rule allowing mail distribution of mifepristone remain in effect while appeals proceed, making it easier for people in states like Louisiana to receive the drug.
Guerrero v. Busby
Court allows Texas to carry out a scheduled execution tonight, lifting a federal appeals court’s temporary stay despite evidence that the prisoner may be intellectually disabled.
Allen v. Caster
Alabama redistricting: Court cancels lower court’s block on the 2023 congressional map and sends cases back to reconsider under the Court’s new Voting Rights Act interpretation, risking election confusion.
Callais v. Louisiana
Court allows immediate release of judgment, shortening the usual 32-day wait and enabling Louisiana to pause a midstream primary while officials rush to redraw a congressional map found unconstitutional.
Louisiana v. Callais
Louisiana’s new congressional map struck down as an unconstitutional racial gerrymander; Court says Voting Rights Act did not require a second majority‑Black district and limits race‑based districting.
First Choice Women's Resource Centers, Inc. v. Davenport
Ruling allows a religious nonprofit to sue over a state subpoena for donor identities, reversing lower courts and enabling federal review that protects donor privacy and nonprofit associational freedom.
Hencely v. Fluor Corp.
Court limits wartime preemption and allows an injured soldier’s state-law suit against a military contractor after a base suicide bombing, finding such tort claims are not automatically blocked when the military did not authorize the contractor’s actions.
Enbridge Energy, LP v. Nessel
Court barred equitable tolling of the 30‑day federal removal deadline, affirming remand of a late pipeline company’s case and making late transfers from state court harder for defendants nationwide.
Castro v. Guevara
Child-abduction case under the Hague Convention: Court denies review, leaving the lower court’s return order in place and affecting the child’s immediate cross-border custody and travel status.
Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish
Court allows oil companies to move Louisiana coastal pollution suits to federal court, ruling wartime crude-oil production can relate to government refining contracts and permit federal removal.
Chiles v. Salazar Revisions: 3/31/26
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.
Skinner v. Louisiana
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.
Rico v. United States
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
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
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
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
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
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.