Author: Aurora Barnes

The petition of the day is: E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co. v. Smiley 16-1189 Issues: (1) Whether the Fair Labor Standards Act prohibits an employer from using compensation paid to employees for non-compensable, bona fide meal breaks that it included in their regular rate of pay as a...

The petition of the day is: Brewer v. Arizona Dream Act Coalition 16-1180 Issues: (1) Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit erred in creating an immigration-specific rule under which state police power regulations that “arrang[e]” federal immigration classifications are pre-empted, even if pre-emption was not...

The petition of the day is: Donziger v. Chevron Corp. 16-1178 Issues: (1) Whether federal courts have jurisdiction to entertain pre-emptive collateral attacks on money judgments issued by foreign courts; and (2) whether the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act authorizes federal courts to issue injunctive relief to private...

The petition of the day is: Ohio v. Moore 16-1167 Issues: (1) Whether Graham v. Florida's categorical rule applies to consecutive, fixed-term prison sentences for multiple non-homicide offenses committed by a juvenile that result in a lengthy aggregate sentence; (2) if Graham's categorical rule applies to consecutive, fixed-term prison sentences for...

The petition of the day is: Flock v. Department of Transportation 16-1151 Issues: (1) Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit erred by holding, in conflict with the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the 3rd, 5th, 11th and District of Columbia Circuits, that ambiguity required for...

In its conference of June 1, 2017, the court will consider petitions involving issues such as whether a state violates the 14th Amendment by denying married same-sex couples the same right afforded to married opposite-sex couples under state law to have the name of the birth mother's spouse entered as the second parent on their child's birth certificate; and whether the petitioners are entitled to relief from the longstanding federal statute prohibiting felons from possessing firearms, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), based on their as-applied Second Amendment claim that their criminal offenses and other particular circumstances do not warrant a firearms disqualification.

The petition of the day is: Republic of Sudan v. Harrison 16-1094 Issue: Whether the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit erred by holding – in direct conflict with the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia, 5th and 7th Circuits and in the face...

The petition of the day is: Payne v. West Virginia 16-1141 Issue: Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits a warrantless search of a guest's container found inside a home or vehicle searched by officers relying on consent given by the home- or vehicle- owner, who lacked actual authority to consent...

The petitions of the day are: National Institute of Family and Life Advocates v. Becerra 16-1140 Issue: Whether the free speech clause or the free exercise clause of the First Amendment prohibits California from compelling licensed pro-life centers to post information on how to obtain a state-funded abortion and from...

The petition of the day is: 616 Croft Ave., LLC v. City of West Hollywood 16-1137 Issue(s): Whether a legislatively mandated permit condition is subject to scrutiny under the unconstitutional conditions doctrine as set out in Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management District, Dolan v. City of Tigard and Nollan v. California...