Term recap
October Term 2014 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 2014, as we tracked it in real time: merits decisions with the Reporter's one-line holdings, cert-stage statements, and emergency applications.
The term's first merits decision came down October 6, 2014 and the last on June 29, 2015. The busiest single day was May 18, 2015 with 6 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
October 2014 · 1 decision
November 2014 · 3 decisions
December 2014 · 5 decisions
January 2015 · 11 decisions
- Jesinoski v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.
- Whitfield v. United States
- Jennings v. Stephens
- T-Mobile South, LLC v. City of Roswell
- Christeson v. Roper
- Holt v. Hobbs
- Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc.
- Department of Homeland Security v. MacLean
- Gelboim v. Bank of America Corp.
- Hana Financial, Inc. v. Hana Bank
- M&G Polymers United States, LLC v. Tackett
February 2015 · 3 decisions
March 2015 · 12 decisions
- Direct Marketing Assn. v. Brohl
- Alabama Dept. of Revenue v. CSX Transp., Inc.
- Department of Transportation v. Association of American Railroads
- Kansas v. Nebraska
- Perez v. Mortgage Bankers Assn.
- B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc.
- Omnicare, Inc. v. Laborers Dist. Council Constr. Industry Pension Fund
- Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama
- Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc.
- Grady v. North Carolina
- Woods v. Donald
- Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc.
April 2015 · 5 decisions
May 2015 · 10 decisions
- Bullard v. Blue Hills Bank
- City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan
- Coleman v. Tollefson
- Comptroller of Treasury of Md. v. Wynne
- Harris v. Viegelahn
- Henderson v. United States
- Tibble v. Edison Int'l
- Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Inc. v. United States Ex Rel. Carter
- Commil United States, LLC v. Cisco Sys., Inc.
- Wellness Int'l Network, Ltd. v. Sharif
June 2015 · 27 decisions
- Taylor v. Barkes
- Mellouli v. Lynch
- Elonis v. United States
- Equal Emp't Opportunity Comm'n v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc.
- Bank of America, N. A. v. Caulkett
- Zivotofsky v. Kerry
- Reyes Mata v. Lynch
- Kerry v. Din
- Baker Botts L.L.P. v. ASARCO LLC
- Walker v. Texas Div., Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc.
- Reed v. Town of Gilbert
- Ohio v. Clark
- McFadden v. United States
- Davis v. Ayala
- Brumfield v. Cain
- Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC
- City of L. A. v. Patel
- Kingsley v. Hendrickson
- Horne v. Department of Agriculture
- King v. Burwell
- Texas Dept. of Housing and Community Affairs v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc.
- Obergefell v. Hodges
- Johnson v. United States
- Michigan v. EPA
- Glossip v. Gross
- Michigan v. Envtl. Prot. Agency
- Arizona State Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Comm'n
📜 Cert-stage statements
Statements by individual Justices respecting or dissenting from the grant or denial of certiorari, not decisions of the Court.
- North Carolina v. League of Women Voters of North Carolina
- Frank v. Walker
- Jones v. United States
- Veasey v. Perry
- Volkman v. United States
- Whitman v. United States
- Maricopa County v. Lopez-Valenzuela
- Joseph v. United States
- Redd v. Chappell
- Kalamazoo County Road Comm'n v. Deleon
- Warner v. Gross
- Plumley v. Austin
- Strange v. Searcy
- Bower v. Texas
- County of Maricopa v. Lopez-Valenzuela
- Jackson v. City and County of San Francisco
- Hittson v. Chatman
- Carlton v. United States
- Joyner v. Barnes
- Jordan v. Fisher
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