Civil Rights
13 cases in this category
Chiles v. Salazar
The Supreme Court issued a decision in Chiles v. Salazar. A detailed summary is being prepared.
Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment
The Supreme Court issued a decision in Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment. A detailed summary is being prepared.
Rico v. United States
The Supreme Court issued a decision in Rico v. United States. A detailed summary is being prepared.
Villarreal v. Alaniz
The Supreme Court issued a decision in Villarreal v. Alaniz. A detailed summary is being prepared.
Olivier v. City of Brandon
The Supreme Court issued a decision in Olivier v. City of Brandon. A detailed summary is being prepared.
Burnett v. United States
The Supreme Court issued a decision in Burnett v. United States. A detailed summary is being prepared.
Mirabelli v. Bonta
The Supreme Court addressed an emergency application in Mirabelli v. Bonta, a case related to California state law. The Court issued a brief order without full briefing or oral argument, as is typical for emergency applications on the Court's shadow docket.
Johnson v. High Desert State Prison
The Supreme Court denied certiorari in Johnson v. High Desert State Prison, declining to hear a case about whether the poorest prisoners can split the $350 federal court filing fee when filing joint lawsuits. Federal law allows multiple plaintiffs to share the filing fee, but lower courts have split on whether prisoners proceeding in forma pauperis (as indigent litigants) can do the same.
Howell v. Circuit Court of Indiana
The Supreme Court denied Danny Howell's petition for certiorari and barred him from filing future petitions in non-criminal matters without paying the full docketing fee, finding he had "repeatedly abused" the Court's process. The Court also denied his motion to proceed in forma pauperis (without paying fees).
Berk v. Choy
The Supreme Court decided Berk v. Choy, addressing whether a Delaware state law requiring a medical expert's "affidavit of merit" to accompany medical malpractice lawsuits must be followed in federal court. Harold Berk sued Dr. Wilson Choy and Beebe Medical Center in federal court for medical malpractice under Delaware law but failed to provide the required affidavit. Berk argued that Delaware's affidavit requirement is displaced by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
United States v. Skrmetti
The Court upheld Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming medical treatments for transgender minors, ruling that the law does not discriminate based on sex under the Equal Protection Clause. The majority found that because the law applies equally to all minors regardless of their biological sex, it does not trigger heightened constitutional scrutiny.
Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services
The Court ruled that members of historically majority groups (such as straight or white employees) do not face a higher bar when bringing workplace discrimination claims under Title VII. Marlean Ames, a heterosexual woman, claimed she was demoted and denied a transfer in favor of gay employees at the Ohio Department of Youth Services.
City of Grants Pass v. Johnson
The Court ruled that cities can enforce laws against camping on public property, even when homeless people have nowhere else to go. Grants Pass, Oregon had fined homeless residents for sleeping outside. The Ninth Circuit had said this violated the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.