United States Supreme Court - May 2015 Opinion Summaries

Wellness Int’l Network, Ltd. v. Sharif

Bankruptcy Law, Judges & Judiciary
In a Chapter 7 bankruptcy case involving a debtor's purported alter ego and Stern claim, the Seventh Circuit's judgment is reversed and remanded where...

Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Carter

Government Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a qui tam action under the False Claims Act (FCA), alleging that defense contractors and related entities had fraudulently billed the Government...

Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a case alleging direct and induced infringement of a patent for a method of implementing short-range wireless networks, the Federal Circuit's...

Henderson v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure
A court-ordered transfer of a felon's lawfully owned firearms from Government custody to a third party is not barred by 18 U.S.C. section 922(g) if...

City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a case involving an individual who was arrested after she threatened to kill her social worker and police officers, alleging violations of Title II...

Comptroller of Treasury of Maryland v. Wynne

Constitutional Law, Tax Law
Maryland's personal income tax scheme, which consists of a "state" income tax and a "county" income tax, violates the dormant Commerce Clause of the...

Coleman v. Tollefson

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a fourth lawsuit brought by an in forma pauperis prisoner, which was dismissed under 28 U.S.C. section 1915(a), a special "three strikes" provision...

Tibble v. Edison Int'l

ERISA
In an ERISA action alleging breach of fiduciary duty connected with the addition of certain mutual funds to a 401(k) plan, the Ninth Circuit Court of...

Harris v. Viegelahn

Bankruptcy Law
A debtor who converts to Chapter 7 is entitled to return of any postpetition wages not yet distributed by the Chapter 13 trustee. The 5th Circuit...

Bullard v. Blue Hills Bank

A bankruptcy court's order denying confirmation of a Chapter 13 debtor's proposed repayment plan is not a final order that the debtor can immediately...