Mayorkas v. Innovation Law Lab

  • June 21, 2021
Issue(s): (1) Whether the Department of Homeland Security policy known as the Migrant Protection Protocols is a lawful implementation of the statutory authority conferred by 8 U.S.C. 1225(b)(2)(C); (2) whether MPP…
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Cargill, Inc. v. Doe I

  • June 17, 2021
Holding: To plead facts sufficient to support a domestic application of the Alien Tort Statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1350, plaintiffs must allege more domestic conduct than general corporate activity. Judgment: Reversed and…
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Yellen v. Collins

  • June 13, 2021
Holding: Because the Federal Housing Finance Agency did not exceed its authority under the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 as a conservator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,…
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Alaska v. Wright

  • May 26, 2021
Holding: The requirement under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a) that a habeas petitioner be “in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court” is not met if the state judgment is simply…
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Mays v. Hines

  • March 29, 2021
Holding: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit erred in revisiting on federal habeas review the decision of a Tennessee court supported by ample evidence that did not…
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Biden v. Sierra Club

  • February 3, 2021
Issues: (1) Whether respondents have a cognizable cause of action to obtain a review of the acting secretary of defense’s compliance with a proviso in Section 8005 of the Department…
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Arkansas v. Gresham

  • February 1, 2021
Issue(s): Whether the approval by the secretary of health and human services of the Arkansas Works Amendment was lawful.
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Terry v. U.S.

  • January 23, 2021
Holding: A sentence reduction under the First Step Act is available only if an offender’s prior conviction of a crack cocaine offense triggered a mandatory minimum sentence.
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