United States Supreme Court - June 2016 Opinion Summaries

US v. Texas

Immigration Law, Constitutional Law
The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.

Dollar General Corp. v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

Constitutional Law, Indian Law, Judges & Judiciary
The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.

Mathis v. US

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Sentence for being a felon in possession of a firearm, that was enhanced under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) due to defendant's five prior Iowa...

Birchfield v. North Dakota

Evidence, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In consolidated cases involving three plaintiffs who were arrested on drunk-driving charges and brought Fourth Amendment challenges to their...

Fisher v. University of Tex. at Austin

Civil Rights, Education Law, Constitutional Law
In a suit brought by a plaintiff who was not in the top 10% of her high school class and was denied admission to the University of Texas at Austin's...

Taylor v. US

Evidence, Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction under the Hobbs Act of affecting commerce or attempting to do so through robbery, for defendant's participation in two home invasions...

Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee

Intellectual Property, Patent, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law
In a case alleging the Patent and Trademark Office improperly instituted inter partes review, pursuant to the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, 35...

Utah v. Strieff

Evidence, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a case in which a criminal defendant was detained, determined to have an outstanding warrant, then searched, the Utah Supreme Court's judgment...

Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro

Labor & Employment Law, Constitutional Law
In a suit brought by automobile service advisors alleging that an auto dealership violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by failing to pay them...

US v. Bryant

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Indian Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a case in which defendant was convicted of domestic assault in Indian country by a habitual offender, 18 U.S.C. section 117(a), the Ninth Circuit's...