| Case name |
Docket no. |
Date decided |
|---|
| Kernan v. Cuero |
16–1468 |
November 6, 2017 |
| Dunn v. Madison |
17–193 |
November 6, 2017 |
| Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Serv. |
16–658 |
November 8, 2017 |
| Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(5)(C)'s limitation on extensions of time to file a notice of appeal is a court-made rule and not jurisdictional. |
| In re United States |
17–801 |
December 20, 2017 |
| Tharpe v. Sellers |
17–6075 |
January 8, 2018 |
| District of Columbia v. Wesby |
15–1485 |
January 22, 2018 |
| Artis v. District of Columbia |
16–460 |
January 22, 2018 |
| The limitations period for state claims filed in federal court is suspended while such claims are pending in federal court and for 30 days after dismissal by the federal court. |
| Nat'l Ass'n of Manufacturers v. Dept of Defense |
16–299 |
January 22, 2018 |
| Challenges to the Environmental Protection Agency's Waters of the United States Rule must be filed in federal district courts. |
| CNH Industrial N.V. v. Reese |
17–515 |
February 20, 2018 |
| When a collective bargaining agreement contains a durational clause, the clause cannot be found to be ambiguous based only on a presumption that such agreements provide lifetime vesting of healthcare benefits for retirees. |
| Montana v. Wyoming |
Orig/ 137, Orig |
February 20, 2018 |
| Digital Realty Tr., Inc. v. Somers |
16–1276 |
February 21, 2018 |
| "Whistleblower" status and associated protections as defined by Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank only apply in cases where the whistleblower has reported malfeasance directly to the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
| Class v. United States |
16–424 |
February 21, 2018 |
| A guilty plea, by itself, does not bar a federal criminal defendant from challenging the constitutionality of his statute of conviction on direct appeal. |
| Rubin v. Islamic Republic of Iran |
16–534 |
February 21, 2018 |
| Section 1610(g) of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act does not provide a freestanding basis for parties holding a judgment under § 1605A to attach and execute against the property of a foreign state; rather, for § 1610(g) to apply, the immunity of the property at issue must be rescinded under a separate provision within § 1610. Seventh Circuit affirmed. |
| Murphy v. Smith |
16–1067 |
February 21, 2018 |
| An incarcerated person who is awarded attorney's fees in connection to their successful civil rights case must contribute up to 25% of their own winnings to paying that award. |
| Patchak v. Zinke |
16–498 |
February 27, 2018 |
| Jennings v. Rodriguez |
15–1204 |
February 27, 2018 |
| Detained immigrants do not have a statutory right to periodic bond hearings. |
| Merit Management Group, LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc. |
16–784 |
February 27, 2018 |
| The only relevant transfer for purposes of the Bankruptcy Code's Section 546(e) safe harbor is the transfer that the trustee seeks to avoid. |
| U.S. Bank N.A. v. Village at Lakeridge, LLC |
15–1509 |
March 5, 2018 |
| Clear error is the proper standard for review of a determination that a purchaser was not a non-statutory insider for purposes of approving a cramdown plan of reorganization. |
| Texas v. New Mexico |
Orig./ 141, Orig. |
March 5, 2018 |
| Cyan, Inc. v. Beaver Cnty. Employees Retirement Fund |
15–1439 |
March 20, 2018 |
| The Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 did not strip state courts of jurisdiction to adjudicate class actions alleging only 1933 Securities Act violations; nor did it authorize removing such suits from state to federal court. |