As we near the end of June, the Supreme Court is still undecided on 18 different cases.

From Howe on the Court. The Supreme Court will issue decisions on Thursday, June 22, and Friday, June 23. With the release of five opinions last week, the justices now have 18 cases left to decide, on topics ranging from the consideration of race in college admissions to LGBTQ rights and election law. Here is a full list, along with short summaries, of the remaining cases:

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1. Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina (argued Oct. 31, 2022): Students for Fair Admissions, the group bringing the lawsuit, contends that UNC violates the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause, which bars racial discrimination by government entities, by considering race in its admissions process when it does not need to do so to achieve a diverse student body. …
2. Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College (argued Oct. 31, 2022): This is a lawsuit brought by Students for Fair Admissions, the same group that filed the lawsuit against UNC, alleging that Harvard violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which bars entities that receive federal funding from discriminating based on race, because Asian American applicants are less likely to be admitted …
3. Jones v. Hendrix (argued Nov. 1, 2022): This is a case filed by a federal inmate, Marcus Jones, who in 2000 was convicted of being a felon in possession of a firearm and was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison. … The question before the court is whether and how Jones can now challenge his detention when federal habeas corpus laws generally prohibit inmates from filing more than one petition for habeas corpus.
4. Mallory v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co. (argued Nov. 8, 2022): This case is a major dispute over personal jurisdiction – that is, a court’s power to hear a lawsuit against a defendant. The question before the court is whether a Pennsylvania court can hear a lawsuit brought against a Virginia-based railroad company by a Virginia man who worked for the railroad in Virginia and Ohio. …
5. United States v. Texas (argued Nov. 29, 2022): Texas and Louisiana brought this challenge to a Biden administration policy that prioritizes certain groups of unauthorized immigrants – suspected terrorists, people who have committed crimes, and those caught recently at the border – for deportation. …
6. 303 Creative v. Elenis (argued Dec. 5, 2022): In this case, the justices are grappling with the tension between legal protections for LGBTQ people and the rights of business owners who are opposed to same-sex marriage. …
7. Moore v. Harper (argued Dec. 7, 2022): In this major election case, a group of Republican legislators from North Carolina argue that the “independent state legislature” theory – the idea that the Constitution’s elections clause gives state legislatures nearly unfettered authority to regulate federal elections, without interference from state courts – barred the North Carolina Supreme Court from setting aside a congressional map adopted by the state’s legislature. …
8. Biden v. Nebraska (argued Feb. 28, 2023): One of two challenges to the Biden administration’s student-debt relief plan, this case was filed by six states with Republican attorneys general. …
9. Department of Education v. Brown (argued Feb. 28, 2023): The second challenge to the debt relief program comes from two individual student-loan borrowers. …
10. Arizona v. Navajo Nation (argued Mar. 20, 2023): Rights to the water of the main stem of the Colorado River are at the center of this dispute between the Navajo Nation, on the one hand, and the United States (which controls tribal water rights) and three states – Arizona, Colorado, and Nevada – on the other. …
11. Coinbase v. Bielski (argued Mar. 21, 2023): The latest of the court’s many arbitration cases, this case arose from two disputes with Coinbase, a cryptocurrency exchange. … The question before the Supreme Court is whether that litigation should move forward while the court of appeals decides whether arbitration is required.
12. Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic Int’l (argued Mar. 21, 2023): Under the Lanham Act, an individual who “uses in commerce” a trademark that she does not own in a manner that is likely to cause consumer confusion can face civil liability. The question before the justices in this case is whether and when the Lanham Act applies to trademark infringement that occurs outside the United States.
13. United States v. Hansen (argued Mar. 27, 2023): The defendant in this case, Helaman Hansen, ran an “adult adoption” scheme … Hansen was convicted on fraud charges, but he was also convicted of violating a federal law that makes it a crime to encourage or induce unlawful immigration. In this case, the justices are considering whether such a law violates the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech.
14. Samia v. United States (argued Mar. 29, 2023): … In this case, the justices are considering whether Adam Samia’s Sixth Amendment right was violated in a murder-for-hire case by the introduction of a co-defendant’s confession that identified Samia as the person who pulled the trigger, but which replaced Samia’s name with neutral terms such as the “other person.”
15. Pugin v. Garland (argued April 17, 2023): In a pair of immigration cases argued together, the justices are considering whether a criminal offense that does not interfere with an existing investigation or judicial proceeding – for example, being an accessory after the fact or discouraging a witness from reporting a crime – qualifies as an “offense relating to obstruction of justice” …
16. Groff v. DeJoy (argued April 18, 2023): In the case of an evangelical Christian who declined to work as a postal carrier on Sundays, the justices are considering how far employers must go to accommodate the religious practices of their employers. …
17. Counterman v. Colorado (argued April 19, 2023): “True threats” are not protected by the First Amendment. The question before the justices is how courts should determine what constitutes a “true threat.” …
18. Yegiazaryan v. Smagin (argued April 25, 2023): In this international racketeering dispute involving two Russian citizens, the justices are considering whether a foreign plaintiff whose only injury was to intangible property – such as a court judgment – has suffered the kind of “domestic” injury required to bring a claim under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

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