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Supreme Court decisions on February 25, 2026

2 merits decisions.

U.S. Supreme Court

February 25, 2026

Geo Group, Inc. v. Menocal

Because the Court’s decision in Yearsley v. W. A. Ross Constr. Co., 309 U. S. 18 (1940), provides federal contractors a potential merits defense rather than an immunity from suit, a pretrial order denying Yearsley protection is not immediately appealable.

Docket 24-758Elena Kagan

U.S. Supreme Court

February 25, 2026

Villarreal v. Texas

A trial court’s qualified conferral order that prohibits only discussion of the defendant’s testimony for its own sake during a midtestimony overnight recess permissibly balances the defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel against the burden of offering unaltered trial testimony and does not violate the Constitution.

Docket 24-557Ketanji Brown Jackson