United States Supreme Court Certiorari Granted

Opinions Filed in November 2015

Whole Woman’s Health v. Cole

Whether state laws with the purpose of promoting health, but with the effect of reducing the availability of abortion services, place an undue burden on women seeking an abortion and are therefore unconstitutional?

Area(s) of Law:
  • Constitutional Law

Geneva College v. Burwell

Whether the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate burdens religious exercise of nonprofit organizations.

East Texas Baptist Univ. v. Burwell

Whether the process to receive an accommodation under the Affordable Care Act, which allows a non-profit religious organization to not pay for mandated coverage of contraception, relieves the substantial burden under the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act.

Area(s) of Law:
  • Constitutional Law

Geneva College v. Burwell, Zubik v. Burwell,

Whether the process to receive an accommodation under the Affordable Care Act, which allows a non-profit religious organization to not pay for mandated coverage of contraception, relieves the substantial burden under the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act.

Area(s) of Law:
  • Constitutional Law

Husky Int'l Elecs., Inc. v. Ritz

Whether "actual fraud" under the Bankruptcy Code includes instances when the debtor commits a fraudulent-transfer scheme intended to cheat a creditor.

Area(s) of Law:
  • Bankruptcy Law

Little Sisters v. Burwell, Southern Nazarene University v. Burwell

Whether the process to receive an accommodation under the Affordable Care Act, which allows a non-profit religious organization to not pay for mandated coverage of contraception, relieves the substantial burden under the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act.

Area(s) of Law:
  • Constitutional Law

Nichols v. United States

Whether under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act a sex offender who moves to foreign jurisdictions still has to register in the previous domestic jurisdiction.

Area(s) of Law:
  • Criminal Law

Priests for Life v. Dept. of Health and Human Servs, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Washington v. Burwell

Whether the process to receive an accommodation under the Affordable Care Act, which allows a non-profit religious organization to not pay for mandated coverage of contraception, relieves the substantial burden under the Religious Freedom and Restoration Act.

Area(s) of Law:
  • Constitutional Law

Roman Catholic Archbishop v. Burwell

Whether a religious non profit organization can be deemed exempt from the ACA regulatory requirement to provide contraceptives in their healthcare programs.

Area(s) of Law:
  • Constitutional Law

Simmons v. Himmelreich

Whether the court erred in ruling the Federal Torts Claims Act (FTCA) judgment bar under 28 U.S.C. 2676 prevents a lawsuit against federal officials because the very same issue was involved in an earlier lawsuit.

Area(s) of Law:
  • Tort Law

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