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Miller</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">KJ</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">604/2</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">20</td> <td style="text-align: center;">3/26/25</td> <td style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;">23-852</td> <td><a href='/opinions/24pdf/23-852_c07d.pdf' target='_blank' title="ATF's 2022 Rule interpreting the Gun Control Act of 1968 to cover certain products that can readily be converted into an operational firearm or a functional frame or receiver, see 27 CFR §§478.11, 478.12(c), is not facially inconsistent with the Act.">Bondi v. Vanderstok</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">NG</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">604/2</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">19</td> <td style="text-align: center;">3/21/25</td> <td style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;">23-825</td> <td><a href='/opinions/24pdf/23-825_q713.pdf' target='_blank' title="The knowing or intentional causation of injury or death, whether by act or omission, necessarily involves the “use” of “physical force” against another person within the meaning of 18 U. S. C. §924(c)(3)(A).">Delligatti v. United States</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">T</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">604/2</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">18</td> <td style="text-align: center;">3/21/25</td> <td style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;">23-1095</td> <td><a href='/opinions/24pdf/23-1095_8mjp.pdf' target='_blank' title="Title 18 U. S. C. §1014, which prohibits “knowingly mak[ing] any false statement,” does not criminalize statements that are misleading but not false.">Thompson v. United States</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">R</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">604/2</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">17</td> <td style="text-align: center;">3/05/25</td> <td style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;">23-713</td> <td><a href='/opinions/24pdf/23-713_jifl.pdf' target='_blank' title="The Department of Veterans Affairs’ determination that the evidence regarding a service-related disability claim is in “approximate balance” pursuant to the “benefit-of-the-doubt rule,” 38 U. S. C. §5107(b), is a predominantly factual determination reviewed only for clear error.">Bufkin v. Collins</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">T</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">604/1</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">16</td> <td style="text-align: center;">3/04/25</td> <td style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;">23-753</td> <td><a href='/opinions/24pdf/23-753_f2bh.pdf' target='_blank' title="The challenged end-result permitting provisions—which make the permittee responsible for the quality of the water in the body of water into which the permittee discharges pollutants—exceed the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority under the Clean Water Act.">City and County of San Francisco v. EPA</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">A</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">604/1</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">15</td> <td style="text-align: center;">2/26/25</td> <td style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;">23-900</td> <td><a href='/opinions/24pdf/23-900_19m1.pdf' target='_blank' title="In awarding the “defendant’s profits” to the prevailing plaintiff in a trademark infringement suit under the Lanham Act, 15 U. S. C. §1117(a), a court can award only profits ascribable to the “defendant” itself.">Dewberry Group, Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers Inc.</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">EK</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">604/1</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">14</td> <td style="text-align: center;">2/26/25</td> <td style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;">23-971</td> <td><a href='/opinions/24pdf/23-971_l6gn.pdf' target='_blank' title="A case voluntarily dismissed without prejudice under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a) counts as a “final proceeding” under Rule 60(b).">Waetzig v. Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">A</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">604/1</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">13</td> <td style="text-align: center;">2/25/25</td> <td style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;">22-7466</td> <td><a href='/opinions/24pdf/22-7466new_6479.pdf' target='_blank' title="The Court has jurisdiction to review the judgment of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals; the prosecution violated its constitutional obligation to correct false testimony under Napue v. Illinois, 360 U. S. 264.">Glossip v. Oklahoma</a><br /><br /> <b>Revisions</b>: <a href='/opinions/24pdf/22-7466diff_k5fl.pdf' target='_blank'>2/25/25</a><br /> </td> <td style="text-align: center;">SS</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">604/1</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">12</td> <td style="text-align: center;">2/25/25</td> <td style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;">23-621</td> <td><a href='/opinions/24pdf/23-621_5ifl.pdf' target='_blank' title="Plaintiffs who gained only preliminary injunctive relief before this action became moot do not qualify as “prevailing part[ies]” eligible for attorney’s fees under 42 U. S. C. §1988(b) because no court conclusively resolved their claims by granting enduring relief on the merits that altered the legal relationship between the parties.">Lackey v. Stinnie</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">R</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">604/1</span></td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> </div> <div id="ctl00_ctl00_MainEditable_mainContent_pnlMore" class="pnlmore"> <div class="card" style="margin: 0 !important;"> <div class="card-heading"> <h4 class="card-title"> <a class="accordion-toggle" data-toggle="collapse" data-parent="#accordion" href='#cellMore'> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-plus" style="font-size:small;"></span> More</a> </h4> </div> <div id="cellMore" class="card-body collapse"> <div class="alt-table-responsive"> <table class="table table-bordered" style="text-align: left;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr> <th style="text-align: center;" width="20" scope="col">R-</th> <th style="text-align: center;" width="60" scope="col">Date</th> <th style="text-align: center;" width="60" scope="col">Docket</th> <th style="text-align: center;" width="460" scope="col">Name</th> <th style="text-align: center;" width="20" scope="col">J.</th> <th style="text-align: center;" width="100" scope="col">Citation</th> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">11</td> <td style="text-align: center;">2/21/25</td> <td style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;">23-191</td> <td><a href='/opinions/24pdf/23-191_q8l1.pdf' target='_blank' title="Where a state court’s application of a state exhaustion requirement in effect immunizes state officials from 42 U. S. C. §1983 claims challenging delays in the administrative process, state courts may not deny those claims on failure-to-exhaust grounds.">Williams v. Reed</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">BK</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">604/1</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">10</td> <td style="text-align: center;">2/21/25</td> <td style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;">23-1127</td> <td><a href='/opinions/24pdf/23-1127_k53l.pdf' target='_blank' title="The E-Rate reimbursement requests at issue are “claims” under the False Claims Act because the Government “provided” (at a minimum) a “portion” of the money applied for by transferring more than $100 million from the Treasury into the Fund. 31 U. S. C. §3729(b)(2)(A)(ii)(I).">Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Heath</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">EK</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">604/1</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">9</td> <td style="text-align: center;">2/21/25</td> <td style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;">23-867</td> <td><a href='/opinions/24pdf/23-867_5h26.pdf' target='_blank' title="An allegation that a foreign sovereign liquidated expropriated property, commingled the proceeds with other funds, and then used some of those commingled funds for commercial activities in the United States cannot alone satisfy the commercial nexus requirement of the expropriation exception in the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976.">Hungary v. Simon</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">SS</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">604/1</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">8</td> <td style="text-align: center;">1/21/25</td> <td style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;">23-6573</td> <td><a href='/opinions/24pdf/23-6573new_e1p3.pdf' target='_blank' title="At the time of the decision of the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals, clearly established federal law provided that the erroneous admission of unduly prejudicial evidence could render a criminal trial fundamentally unfair in violation of due process, see Payne v. Tennessee, 501 U. S. 808, 825 (1991); the judgment below is vacated and the case is remanded for further proceedings.">Andrew v. White</a><br /><br /> <b>Revisions</b>: <a href='/opinions/24pdf/23-6573diff_1bo2.pdf' target='_blank'>2/26/25</a><br /> </td> <td style="text-align: center;">PC</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">604/1</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">7</td> <td style="text-align: center;">1/17/25</td> <td style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;">24-656</td> <td><a href='/opinions/24pdf/24-656_new_3dq3.pdf' target='_blank' title="The challenged provisions of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, 138 Stat. 955, do not violate petitioners’ First Amendment rights.">TikTok Inc. v. Garland</a><br /><br /> <b>Revisions</b>: <a href='/opinions/24pdf/24-656diff_d1of.pdf' target='_blank'>1/17/25</a><br /> </td> <td style="text-align: center;">PC</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">604/1</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">6</td> <td style="text-align: center;">1/15/25</td> <td style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;">23-217</td> <td><a href='/opinions/24pdf/604us1r06_5ifl.pdf' target='_blank' title="The preponderance-of-the-evidence standard applies when an employer seeks to demonstrate that an employee is exempt from the minimum-wage and overtime-pay provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.">E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Carrera</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">BK</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">604 U.S. 45</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">5</td> <td style="text-align: center;">1/15/25</td> <td style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;">23-677</td> <td><a href='/opinions/24pdf/604us1r05_db8e.pdf' target='_blank' title="When a plaintiff amends her complaint to delete the federal-law claims that enabled removal to federal court, leaving only state-law claims behind, the federal court loses supplemental jurisdiction over the state claims, and the case must be remanded to state court.">Royal Canin U. S. A. v. Wullschleger</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">EK</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">604 U.S. 22</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">4</td> <td style="text-align: center;">12/11/24</td> <td style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;">23-970</td> <td><a href='/opinions/24pdf/604us1r04_c1ne.pdf' target='_blank' title="Certiorari dismissed as improvidently granted.">NVIDIA v. E. Ohman J:or Fonder AB</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">PC</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">604 U.S. 20</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">3</td> <td style="text-align: center;">12/10/24</td> <td style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;">23-583</td> <td><a href='/opinions/24pdf/604us1r03_3f14.pdf' target='_blank' title="Revocation of an approved visa petition under 8 U. S. C. §1155 based on a sham-marriage determination by the Secretary of Homeland Security is the kind of discretionary decision that falls within the purview of §1252(a)(2)(B)(ii), which strips federal courts of jurisdiction to review certain actions “in the discretion of ” the agency.">Bouarfa v. Mayorkas</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">KJ</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">604 U.S. 6</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">2</td> <td style="text-align: center;">11/22/24</td> <td style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;">23-980</td> <td><a href='/opinions/24pdf/604us1r02_j4ek.pdf' target='_blank' title="Certiorari dismissed as improvidently granted.">Facebook, Inc. v. Amalgamated Bank</a></td> <td style="text-align: center;">PC</td> <td style="text-align: center;"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">604 U.S. 4</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center;">1</td> <td style="text-align: center;">11/4/24</td> <td style="text-align: center; white-space: nowrap;">23-167</td> <td><a href='/opinions/24pdf/604us1r01_2dq3.pdf' target='_blank' title="The judgment is vacated and the case is remanded to the Eleventh Circuit to clarify the basis for its decision affirming the District Court’s judgment that Smith is ineligible for the death penalty due to intellectual disability.">Hamm v. 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