Term recap
October Term 2018 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 2018, 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 November 6, 2018 and the last on June 27, 2019. The busiest single day was May 28, 2019 with 4 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
November 2018 · 2 decisions
December 2018 · 1 decision
January 2019 · 7 decisions
February 2019 · 8 decisions
March 2019 · 11 decisions
- Rimini Street, Inc. v. Oracle USA, Inc.
- Fourth Estate Pub. Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC
- BNSF R. Co. v. Loos
- Washington State Dept. of Licensing v. Cougar Den, Inc.
- Nielsen v. Preap
- Air & Liquid Systems Corp. v. DeVries
- Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP
- Frank v. Gaos
- Sturgeon v. Frost
- Republic of Sudan v. Harrison
- Lorenzo v. SEC. & Exch. Comm'n
April 2019 · 5 decisions
May 2019 · 10 decisions
- Apple, Inc. v. Pepper
- Cochise Consultancy, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Hunt
- Franchise Tax Bd. of Cal. v. Hyatt
- Herrera v. Wyoming
- Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. v. Albrecht
- Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC
- Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc.
- Home Depot U. S. A., Inc. v. Jackson
- Nieves v. Bartlett
- Smith v. Berryhill
June 2019 · 29 decisions
- Mont v. United States
- Azar v. Allina Health Services
- Fort Bend County v. Davis
- Taggart v. Lorenzen
- Parker Drilling Management Services, Ltd. v. Newton
- Quarles v. United States
- Return Mail, Inc. v. U.S. Postal Serv.
- Gamble v. United States
- Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck
- Virginia House of Delegates v. Bethune-Hill
- Virginia Uranium, Inc. v. Warren
- American Legion v. American Humanist Assn.
- Gundy v. United States
- McDonough v. Smith
- PDR Network, LLC v. Carlton Harris Chiropractic, Inc.
- Rehaif v. United States
- Flowers v. Mississippi
- Knick v. Township of Scott
- North Carolina Dept. of Revenue v. Kimberley Rice Kaestner 1992 Family Trust
- Dutra Group v. Batterton
- Food Marketing Institute v. Argus Leader Media
- Iancu v. Brunetti
- United States v. Davis
- Kisor v. Wilkie
- Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Assn. v. Thomas
- United States v. Haymond
- Department of Commerce v. New York
- Mitchell v. Wisconsin
- Rucho v. Common Cause
📜 Cert-stage statements
Statements by individual Justices respecting or dissenting from the grant or denial of certiorari, not decisions of the Court.
- Apodaca v. Raemisch
- Brakebill v. Jaeger
- Zagorski v. Parker
- Brown v. United States
- In Re Department of Commerce
- Townes v. Alabama
- Zagorski v. Haslam
- Reynolds v. Florida
- Stuart v. Alabama
- Miller v. Parker
- Gee v. Planned Parenthood of Gulf Coast, Inc.
- Lance v. Sellers
- Hester v. United States
- White v. Kentucky
- Kennedy v. Bremerton School Dist.
- June Medical Services, L.L.C. v. Gee
- Dunn v. Ray
- Schock v. United States
- McKee v. Cosby
- Morris County Bd. of Chosen Freeholders v. Freedom From Religion Foundation
- Tharpe v. Ford
- Murphy v. Collier
- Dunn v. Price
- Abdur'rahman v. Parker
- Dahne v. Richey
- Price v. Dunn
- Myers v. United States
- Murphy v. Collier
- Daniel v. United States
- Santos v. United States
- Price v. Dunn
- Al-Alwi v. Trump
- Harris v. West Alabama Women's Center
- McGee v. McFadden
- Trump v. Sierra Club
- Bowles v. Florida
- Crutsinger v. Davis
- Barr v. East Bay Sanctuary Covenant
- Sparks v. Davis
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