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This is a list of cases before the United States Supreme Court that the Court has agreed to hear and has not yet decided. [1] [2] [3] Future argument dates are in parentheses; arguments in these cases have been scheduled, but have not, and potentially may not, take place.
Greenbelt Cooperative Publishing Association, Inc. v. Bresler, 398 U.S. 6 (1970), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that using the word "blackmail" in a newspaper article "was no more than rhetorical hyperbole" and that finding such usage as libel "would subvert the most fundamental meaning of a free press" guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States ...
In United States v.Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative, 532 U.S. 483 (2001), the United States Supreme Court rejected the common-law medical necessity defense to crimes enacted under the federal Controlled Substances Act of 1970, [1] regardless of their legal status under the laws of states such as California that recognize a medical use for marijuana. [2]
The Supreme Court revived a civil rights claim brought by a Texas woman who served on a small-town council and was arrested following her criticisms of a senior official.
An original criminal contempt order by Travis County state District Judge Jan Soifer was upheld by the Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision in March, but the subsequent 10-day sentence was again ...
[7] Both the District Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in favor of the Inclusive Communities Project, holding that disparate impact claims are cognizable under the Fair Housing Act. [8] The Texas Department of Housing and Community then appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States. [9]
Gonzalez was arrested in 2019 for allegedly stealing a government document soon after taking office as city council member. [ U.S. Supreme Court hears Texas case on politically motivated arrests ]
DeVillier v. Texas, 601 U.S. 285 (2024), was a case that the Supreme Court of the United States decided on April 16, 2024. [1] [2] The case dealt with the Supreme Court's takings clause jurisprudence. Because the case touched on whether or not the 5th Amendment is self-executing, the case had implications for Trump v.