United States Supreme Court (6 summaries)
Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media
Under Exemption 4 of the Freedom of Information Act, commercial and financial information that is 鈥渃ustomarily and actually treated as private by its owner and provided to the government under an assurance of [express or implied] privacy鈥 is deemed confidential.
Area(s) of Law:- Corporations
McDonough v. Smith
The statute of limitations for a claim brought under 42 U.S.C. 搂1983, alleging the use of fabricated evidence, begins to run when criminal proceedings against a defendant are terminated in his or her favor.
Area(s) of Law:- Civil Rights 搂 1983
Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill
An intervening party to a litigation must, in its own right, meet all the elements of standing to appeal a decision which the primary party does not wish to challenge.
Area(s) of Law:- Civil Procedure
Taggart v. Lorenzen, Executor of the Estate Of Brown
A court may hold a creditor in civil contempt for violating a discharge order where there is not a 鈥榝air ground of doubt鈥 as to whether the creditor鈥檚 conduct might be lawful under the discharge order.
Area(s) of Law:- Bankruptcy Law
Smith v. Berryhill, Acting Commissioner of Social Security
A dismissal for untimeliness by the Social Security Administration鈥檚 Appeals Council is a 鈥渇inal decision . . . made after a hearing鈥 for purposes of allowing judicial review under 42 U.S.C. 搂405(g).
Area(s) of Law:- Administrative Law
Herrera v. Wyoming
Wyoming鈥檚 statehood did not abrogate an 1868 treaty between the United States and the Crow Indian Tribe regarding tribal members鈥 rights to hunt on "unoccupied lands" and Bighorn National Forest is not categorically "occupied."
Area(s) of Law:- Indian Law
United States Supreme Court Certiorari Granted (4 summaries)
Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, Inc.
Whether the government edicts doctrine extends to鈥撯揳nd thus renders uncopyrightable鈥撯搘orks that lack the force of law, such as the annotations in the Official Code of Georgia Annotated.
Area(s) of Law:- Copyright
Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma
鈥淲hether the three-year limitations period in Section 413(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. 1113(2), which runs from 鈥渢he earliest date on which the plaintiff had actual knowledge of the breach or violation,鈥 bars suit where all of the relevant information was disclosed to the plaintiff by the defendants more than three years before the plaintiff filed the complaint, but the plaintiff chose not to read or could not recall having read the information.鈥
Area(s) of Law:- ERISA
Monasky v. Taglieri
1) Whether a district court鈥檚 determination of habitual residence under the Hague Convention should be reviewed de novo, as seven circuits have held, under a deferential version of de novo review, as the First Circuit has held, or under clear-error review, as the Fourth and Sixth Circuits have held. 2) Where an infant is too young to acclimate to her surroundings, whether a subjective agreement between the infant鈥檚 parents is necessary to establish her habitual residence under the Hague Convention.
Area(s) of Law:- Family Law
Citgo Asphalt Refining v. Frescati Shipping Co.
Whether under federal maritime law a safe berth clause in a voyage charter contract is a guarantee of a ship鈥檚 safety, as the Third Circuit below and the Second Circuit have held, or a duty of due diligence, as the Fifth Circuit has held.
Area(s) of Law:- Admiralty