Supreme Court Opinions

Apr 04 2025 175 ep. 46 mins 27

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Hear the opinions from the United States Supreme Court presented in their entirety, but with citations omitted. This podcast is not affiliated with the United States Supreme Court or its staff in any way.

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Medical Marijuana, Inc. v. Horn

Apr 04 2025 69 mins

In this case, the court considered this issue: Are economic harms resulting from personal injuries properly considered injuries to “business or property by reason of” the defendant’s acts for purposes of a civil treble-damages action under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act?The case was decided on April 2, 2025.The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision authored

FDA v. Wages and White Lion Investments, LLC

Apr 02 2025 60 mins

In this case, the court considered this issue: Was the Food and Drug Administration’s orders denying respondents’ applications for authorization to market new e-cigarette products arbitrary and capricious, in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act?The case was decided on April 2, 2025The Court unanimously held that the FDA's decisions were neither arbitrary nor capri

Bondi v. Vanderstok

Mar 31 2025 72 mins

In this case, the court considered this issue: Did the ATF exceed its statutory authority in promulgating its Final Rule purporting to regulate so-called “ghost guns”?The case was decided on March 26, 2025.The Supreme Court held that the Gun Control Act of 1968 authorizes the ATF to regulate weapon parts kits and unfinished frames or receivers that can be readily converted into

United States v. Miller

Mar 31 2025 31 mins

In this case, the court considered this issue: May a bankruptcy trustee avoid a debtor’s tax payment to the United States under 11 U-S-C § 544(b) when no actual creditor could have obtained relief under the applicable state fraudulent-transfer law outside of bankruptcy?The case was decided on March 26, 2025.The Supreme Court held that Section 106(a) of the Bankruptcy Code abroga

Delligatti v. United States

Mar 25 2025 46 mins

In this case, the court considered this issue: Does a crime that requires proof of bodily injury or death, but which can be committed by failing to take action, have as an element the use, attempted use, or threatened use of physical force?The case was decided on March 21, 2025.The Supreme Court held that the knowing or intentional causation of injury or death, whether by act or om

Thompson v. United States

Mar 24 2025 17 mins

In this case, the court considered this issue: Does the prohibition in 18 U-S-C § 1014 on making a “false statement” for the purposes of influencing certain financial institutions and federal agencies include making statements that are misleading but not false?The case was decided on March 21, 2025.In Thompson v United States, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that 18 U-S-C

City and County of San Francisco v. EPA

Mar 17 2025 45 mins

In this case, the court considered this issue: Does the Clean Water Act allow the Environmental Protection Agency (or an authorized state) to impose generic prohibitions in National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits that subject permit-holders to enforcement for violating water quality standards without identifying specific limits to which their discharges must conform

Bufkin v. Collins

Mar 17 2025 54 mins

In this case, the court considered this issue: Must the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims ensure that the benefit-of-the-doubt rule in 38 U-S-C § 5107(b) was properly applied during the claims process in order to satisfy 38 U-S-C § 7261(b)(1)?The case was decided on March 5, 2025.The Supreme Court held that the Department of Veterans Affairs’ determination that evidence

Dewberry Group, Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers Inc.

Mar 12 2025 16 mins

In this case, the court considered this issue: Does an award of the “defendant's profits” under the Lanham Act allow a court to require the defendant to disgorge profits earned by legally separate, non-party corporate affiliates?The case was decided on February 26, 2025.The Supreme Court held that the Lanham Act limits recovery of profits in trademark infringement cases to

Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

Mar 12 2025 20 mins

In this case, the court considered this issue: Is a voluntary dismissal without prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41 a “final judgment, order, or proceeding” under Federal Rule 60(b)?The case was decided on February 26, 2025.The Supreme Court held that a voluntary dismissal without prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a) is a “final judgment, order