Supreme Court (6/15/22) - 5 decisions, 1 DIG, no abortion, no guns

Viking River Cruises, Inc. v Moriana

I won’t go into this other than it regards arbitration. The lineup is interesting.

ALITO, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which BREYER, SOTOMAYOR, KAGAN, and GORSUCH, JJ., joined, in which ROBERTS, C. J., joined as to Parts I and III, and in which KAVANAUGH and BARRETT, JJ., joined as to Part III. SOTOMAYOR, J., filed a concurring opinion. BARRETT, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which KAVANAUGH, J., joined, and in which ROBERTS, C. J, joined as to all but the footnote. THOMAS, J., filed a dissenting opinion.

Golan v Saada

Child abduction case, unanimous by Sotomayor.

Ysleta del Sur Pueblo, et al v Texas

Indian gaming, another interesting lineup.

GORSUCH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which BREYER, SOTOMAYOR, KAGAN, and BARRETT, JJ., joined. ROBERTS, C. J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which THOMAS, ALITO, and KAVANAUGH, JJ., joined.

American Hospital Association v Becerra unanimous by Kavanaugh.

They ruled the Department of Health and Human Services acted unlawfully with its drug reimbursement rule.

George v McDonough

BARRETT, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ROBERTS, C. J., and THOMAS, ALITO, KAGAN, and KAVANAUGH, JJ., joined. SOTOMAYOR, J., filed a dissenting opinion. GORSUCH, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which BREYER, J., joined, and in which SOTOMAYOR, J., joined as to all but Part II–C.

The Petitioner may not relitigate his denied VA claim.

Arizona, et al v City and County of San Francisco

Per curiam

Dismissed as improvidently granted.

Right now, the next scheduled opinion day is Tuesday, June 21st, due to Monday being a Federal holiday. We will likely get additional opinion days that week.