Term recap
October Term 2024 in review
Every writing the Court issued during October Term 2024, 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 4, 2024 and the last on June 30, 2025. The busiest single day was June 5, 2025 with 6 decisions.
Merits decisions, month by month
November 2024 · 2 decisions
December 2024 · 2 decisions
January 2025 · 4 decisions
February 2025 · 7 decisions
March 2025 · 7 decisions
April 2025 · 6 decisions
May 2025 · 4 decisions
June 2025 · 32 decisions
- Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. v. Estados Unidos Mexicanos
- Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings v. Davis
- Catholic Charities Bureau, Inc. v. Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Comm'n.
- CC/Devas (Mauritius) Ltd. v. Antrix Corp.
- BLOM Bank SAL v. Honickman
- Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services
- Soto v. United States
- Rivers v. Guerrero
- Parrish v. United States
- Martin v. United States
- Commissioner v. Zuch
- A. J. T. v. Osseo Area Schools, Independent School Dist. No. 279
- United States v. Skrmetti
- Perttu v. Richards
- Oklahoma v. EPA
- NRC v. Texas
- EPA v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, L.L.C.
- Stanley v. City of Sanford
- McLaughlin Chiropractic Associates, Inc. v. McKesson Corp.
- Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization
- FDA v. R. J. Reynolds Vapor Co.
- Esteras v. United States
- Diamond Alternative Energy, LLC v. EPA
- Riley v. Bondi
- Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic
- Hewitt v. United States
- Gutierrez v. Saenz
- Mahmoud v. Taylor
- Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, Inc.
- Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton
- FCC v. Consumers' Research
- Goldey v. Fields
📜 Cert-stage statements
Statements by individual Justices respecting or dissenting from the grant or denial of certiorari, not decisions of the Court.
- Baker v. City of McKinney
- Wilson v. Hawaii
- Parents Protecting Our Children v. Eau Claire Area School District
- Boston Parent Coalition for Academic Excellence Corp. v. The School Committee
- Davis v. Smith
- Woodward v. California
- Rimlawi v. United States
- Pina v. Dominguez
- Gonzalez v. United States
- Coalition Life v. Carbondale
- Carter v. United States
- Speech First, Inc. v. Whitten
- Hittle v. City of Stockton
- Franklin v. New York
- Shockley v. Vandergriff
- L. M. v. Middleborough
- Apache Stronghold v. United States
- Snope v. Brown
- Nicholson v. W. L. York, Inc.
- Chambers-Smith v. Ayers
- Louisiana v. Callais
- Wiggins v. United States
- MacRae v. Mattos
- GHP Management Corp. v. City of Los Angeles
- Black v. Tennessee
- Montana v. Planned Parenthood of Montana
⚡ Emergency applications
Rulings on emergency applications and single-Justice in-chambers opinions.
- West Virginia v. EPA
- Roberson v. Texas
- Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, Inc. v. National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Assn.
- Republican National Committee v. Genser
- McHenry v. Texas Top Cop Shop, Inc.
- Bessent v. Dellinger
- Department of State v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition
- Hoffman v. Westcott
- Department of Education v. California
- Trump v. J. G. G.
- Noem v. Abrego Garcia
- A.A.R.P. v. Trump
- A.A.R.P. v. Trump
- Libby v. Fecteau
- Trump v. Wilcox
- Noem v. Doe
- Doe v. Seattle Police Dept.
- SSA v. AFSCME
- DHS v. D.V.D.
- Trump v. CASA, Inc.
- Department of Homeland Security v. D.V.D.
- Trump v. American Federation of Government Employees
- McMahon v. New York
- McMahon v. New York
- Trump v. Boyle
- NetChoice v. Fitch
- National Institutes of Health v. American Public Health Assn.
- Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo
- Trump v. Slaughter
- Department of State v. AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition
- Noem v. National TPS Alliance
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