NEW: Supreme Court will release one or more opinions in argued cases on Thursday May 29 at 10amET.

Happy Thursday Everyone!

We are back with another opinion day on our hands, the justices will convene at 10amET to deliver one or more opinions in argued cases this term.

As we come closer to June, being that June 1st is this Sunday, the final stretch of opinions will be coming up. This means the more controversial cases, including ones argued even just a few weeks ago will all be up for release. In layman’s terms, the likelihood of a controversial opinion being released increases every opinion day from here on out.

As is the routine, as soon as the opinion is available on the website, we will provide it here for all to see.

- Case: Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County

- Authored by: Justice Kavanaugh

- Joined by: Unanimous Court.

- Holding:The D. C. Circuit failed to afford the Board the substantial judicial deference required in NEPA cases and incorrectly interpreted NEPA to require the Board to consider the environmental effects of upstream and downstream projects that are separate in time or place from the
Uinta Basin Railway.

- Dissent: None

- Link to opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-975_m648.pdf

That is the only opinion of the day from the Supreme Court. Have a great day everyone!!

JUST IN: Supreme Court will have another opinion day next Thursday June 5, at 10amET.

BREAKING: Supreme Court allows Trump administration to deport over 500k illegal immigrants who are currently on a Biden-era immigration parole program. Justice Jackson and Justice Sotomayor dissented. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a1079_p86b.pdf

Happy Thursday Everyone!

It’s another opinion day, and it’s finally June! This means we’ve officially hit the “anything up for grabs” period of opinion season. In layman’s terms, any opinion, whether controversial or not, could be released at any given opinion day, the odds increase every week for each case not released.

We will see you back here at 10amET for the first (and hopefully not the last) opinion of the day.

- Case: Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services

- Holding:The Sixth Circuit’s “background circumstances” rule—which requires members of a majority group to satisfy a heightened evidentiary standard to prevail on a Title VII claim—cannot be squared with the text of Title VII or the Court’s precedents.

- Case: Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos

- Holding: : Because Mexico’s complaint does not plausibly allege that the defendant gun manufacturers aided and abetted gun dealers’ unlawful sales of firearms to Mexican traffickers, PLCAA bars the lawsuit.

- Case: Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Comm’n.

- Holding: The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s application of §108.02(15)(h)(2) to petitioners violates the First Amendment.

- Case: CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd. v. Antrix Corp.

- Holding: Personal jurisdiction exists under the FSIA when an immunity exception applies and service is proper. The FSIA does not require proof of “minimum contacts” over and above the contacts already required by the Act’s enumerated exceptions to foreign sovereign immunity.

- Case: BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman

- Holding: Relief under Rule 60(b)(6) requires extraordinary circumstances, and this standard does not become less demanding when the movant seeks to reopen a case to amend a complaint. A party must first satisfy Rule 60(b) before Rule 15(a)’s liberal amendment standard can apply.

Sorry for the late posting, the channel was not allowing us to post for an extended period of time, reason unknown. That's all for today!

JUST IN: Supreme Court will have an opinion day Thursday June 12, at 10amET.

BREAKING: Supreme Court allows DOGE to access social security records, in a 6-3 ruling with Justice Jackson and Sotomayor dissenting. Justice Kagan dissented but did not write. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24a1063_6j37.pdf

Happy Thursday SCOTUS fans!

It’s yet again, another opinion day at the Supreme Court in the month of June. As stated last week, all cases are up for grabs now that we’re in the final stretch of the Supreme Court term, when the justices plan to release all their opinions before they rise for summer recess.

Of course, barring any technical difficulties, we will be right back here at 10 AM ET as soon as the opinions are announced!

- Case: Rivers v. Guerrero

- Authored by: Justice Jackson

- Joined by: Unanimous Court

- Holding: Once a district court enters its judgment with respect to a first filed habeas petition, a second-in-time filing qualifies as a “second or successive application” properly subject to the requirements of §2244(b).

- Dissent: None.

- Link to opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-1345_g3bh.pdf

- Case: Commissioner v. Zuch

- Authored by: Justice Barrett

- Joined by: Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Thomas, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh, and Jackson

- Holding: The Tax Court lacks jurisdiction under §6330 to resolve disputes between a taxpayer and the IRS when the IRS is no longer pursuing a levy.

- Dissent: Justice Gorsuch

- Link to opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-416_l5gm.pdf

- Case: Martin v. United States

- Authored by: Justice Gorsuch

- Joined by: Unanimous Court

- Holding: The law enforcement proviso in §2680(h) overrides only the intentional-tort exception in that subsection, not the discretionary-function exception or other exceptions throughout §2680.

- Dissent: None.

- Link to opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-362_mjn0.pdf

- Case: Parrish v. United States

- Authored by: Justice Sotomayor

- Joined by: Chief Justice Roberts, Justice Thomas, Alito, Kagan, Kavanaugh, Barrett, and Jackson.

- Holding: A litigant who files a notice of appeal after the original appeal deadline but before the court grants reopening need not file a second notice after reopening. The original notice relates forward to the date reopening is granted.

- Dissent: Justice Gorsuch

- Link to opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-275_k6gc.pdf

- Case: Soto v. United States

- Authored by: Justice Thomas

- Joined by: Unanimous Court

- Holding: The CRSC statute confers authority to settle CRSC claims and thus displaces the Barring Act’s settlement procedures and limitations period.

- Dissent: None.

- Link to opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-320_m648.pdf

- Case: A. J. T. v. Osseo Area Schools, Independent School Dist. No. 279

- Authored by: Chief Justice Roberts

- Joined by: Unanimous Court

- Holding: Schoolchildren bringing ADA and Rehabilitation Act claims related to their education are not required to make a heightened showing of “bad faith or gross misjudgment” but instead are subject to the same standards that apply in other disability discrimination contexts.

- Dissent: None.

- Link to opinion: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/24-249_a86c.pdf

That is the final opinion of the day, just like last Thursday, the Court released six opinion, SIX. Sounds like the Court is kicking it into gear during the final stretch of opinion days. Come back later this afternoon to find out if next Thursday will be an opinion day. Until then, that's all for today!

JUST IN: Supreme Court will have another opinion day Wednesday June 18, at 10amET.

Supreme Court has added this Friday as another opinion day this week. Same times both days, we will be here with you as the opinions are announced.