Case Summary Issue: Whether the federal government may seize private property without paying just compensation and whether the federal government may ignore reversionary property interests of landowners in its operation…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the United States may defeat the purpose of a mining patent by claiming an ownership interest in the structures that are reasonable and incident to mining…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the Second Amendment protects the right of individuals to possess functional firearms in tents within state parks? Plaintiff: Al Baker Defendant: Allen Biaggi, Director of the…
Case Summary Issue: Whether a non-Indian should be subject to the jurisdiction of a tribal court to which the U.S. Constitution does not apply for alleged tortious conduct occurring within…
Case Summary Issue: In April 2013, nine separate petitions for writ of certiorari were filed; in October 2013, the Supreme Court granted six petitions, but limited the question presented to “Whether EPA permissibly determined…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms is incorporated as against the States by the Fourteenth Amendment’s Privileges or Immunities or Due Process Clauses?…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the listing or delisting of a species may be limited to only those portions of the species’ range in which the species requires protection? Plaintiff: WildEarth…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the United States of America must respect the property rights of owners of property as to which the United States possesses an easement? Plaintiff: Anne George…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service may delist a species when previously established recovery standards have been met? Plaintiff: Defenders of Wildlife; Natural Resources Defense Council;…
Case Summary Issue: Whether federal land management agencies may change their longstanding policies by executing “sweetheart” settlement agreements with environmental groups? Plaintiff: Minard Run Oil Company; Pennsylvania Independent Oil and…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the federal government may seize private property without paying just compensation? Plaintiff: Marvin M. Brandt; Marvin M. Brandt Revocable Trust Defendant: United States of America Case…
Case Summary Issue: Whether Montana may set water quality standards that unduly burden coal-bed methane production by requiring that produced water be purer than necessary to protect existing beneficial uses…
Case Summary Issue: Whether principles of federalism limit a federal court’s authority to control a state’s educational funding system? Plaintiff: Thomas Horne, Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the Constitution’s Equal Protection Clause allows a government employer to reject the results of a civil service examination and election process, as required by the city…
Case Summary Issue: Whether Montana complied with all State environmental laws and policies when it approved new well drilling permit applications? Plaintiff: Montana Wildlife Federation; National Wildlife Federation Defendant: Montana…
Case Summary Issue: Whether Arizona may require proof positive of U.S. citizenship in order to vote in Arizona elections? Plaintiff: Maria Gonzalez, Jesus Gonzalez, Bernie Abeytia, Luciano Valencia, Debbie Lopez,…
Case Summary Issue: Whether, and, if so to what extent, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) must consider, analyze, and/or mitigate the global warming impacts of so-called greenhouse gases when…
Case Summary Issue: Whether Congress may create race-based preferences for Native Hawaiians by legislative fiat, proclaiming them a political group with which the United States has a special and unique…
Case Summary Issues: Whether the Colorado General Assembly preempted the authority of the Regents of the University of Colorado to regulate concealed handguns by passing the CCW Act and whether…
Case Summary Issue: Whether Congress may demand, based on conditions that existed more than forty years ago, that a sovereign State continue to yield to the Attorney General of the…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the federal government may seize property and/or take governmental action that significantly damages property or impairs its use? Plaintiff: Arron Marston and Judy Marston Defendant: United…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the Forest Service should be allowed to conduct timber-thinning operations consistent with good forestry management practices to prevent future forest fires? Plaintiff: Sharon J. Hapner; Alliance…
Case Summary Issue: Whether the First Amendment freedom of speech protects a union’s right to collect its dues in the most expeditious manner possible? Plaintiff: Ben Ysursa, Idaho Secretary of…
Case Summary Issue: Whether Indian tribal courts have subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate civil tort claims as an “other means” of regulating the conduct of a non-member bank owning fee-land…