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  1. October Term 2025 · Docket 24-783

    Can Federal Courts Excuse a Missed Deadline for Moving a Case to Federal Court?

    Enbridge Energy missed the 30-day deadline for moving its pipeline dispute from Michigan state court to federal court. The company asks the Supreme Court to let federal courts use equitable powers to excuse that delay. Michigan's attorney general says Congress set a mandatory deadline that courts cannot override.

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    Enbridge Energy, LP v. Nessel
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  2. October Term 2025 · Docket 24-983

    Does Paying Cuba to Use Seized Docks Count as Trafficking in Confiscated Property?

    Havana Docks built docks in Cuba. The Cuban government seized them in 1960 without payment. Royal Caribbean later paid Cuba to use those docks. The dispute is whether that payment constitutes trafficking in confiscated property.

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    Havana Docks Corp. v. Royal Caribbean Cruises
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  3. October Term 2025 · Docket 25A312

    Can the President Remove a Federal Reserve Governor for Pre-Office Conduct?

    President Trump removed Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve. A district court blocked the removal. The core question is whether pre-office conduct can count as cause for removal.

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    Trump, President of U.S. v. Cook
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  4. October Term 2025 · Docket 23-1209

    Can a pension actuary select assumptions after the measurement date?

    M & K Employee Solutions argues that ERISA's timing rule fixes withdrawal liability as of the prior year's end. The IAM Pension Fund's trustees contend the statute allows actuaries to choose assumptions later.

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    M & K Employee Solutions v. Trustees of the IAM Pension Fund
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  5. October Term 2025 · Docket 24-1046

    Can Hawaii ban gun carry on private property open to the public unless owners give consent?

    Hawaii makes it a crime to carry a licensed firearm onto private property open to the public without the owner's express permission. Gun rights groups say the rule guts the constitutional right to public carry. The state says property owners' right to exclude controls. The Supreme Court heard the dispute in Wolford v. Lopez.

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    Wolford v. Lopez
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  6. October Term 2025 · Docket 24-1021

    Should NJ Transit Count as a State Agency or a Private Business?

    The dispute is whether New Jersey's statewide public transportation system should be treated as a state agency. A locality, or a private business, which determines what legal protections and liabilities apply to it.

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    Galette v. NJ Transit Corp.
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  7. October Term 2025 · Docket 24-38

    Does Idaho's Ban on Transgender Athletes in Girls' Sports Violate Equal Protection?

    The Supreme Court is weighing whether Idaho's law.Which bars students identified as male at birth from playing on girls' sports teams. Treats athletes unequally based on sex or fits within states' authority to keep teams separated by sex.

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    Little v. Hecox
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  8. October Term 2025 · Docket 24-43

    Can West Virginia Keep Transgender Girls Off Girls' School Sports Teams?

    The state's law bars students assigned male at birth from girls' school sports. A student challenged it, and the Supreme Court must decide how the dispute should be resolved.

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    West Virginia v. B. P. J.
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  9. October Term 2025 · Docket 24-813

    Does Refining Wartime Gasoline for the Government Let a Company Move a Lawsuit to Federal Court?

    Chevron USA says it acted for the federal government when it refined wartime gasoline, so it wants a Louisiana parish's lawsuit moved to federal court. Plaquemines Parish says the lawsuit targets ordinary business conduct and belongs in state court. The Supreme Court must decide how broadly the federal-officer removal statute reaches such cases.

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    Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish
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  10. October Term 2025 · Docket 24-345

    Does Section 47(b) of the Investment Company Act create a private right to sue?

    FS Credit Opportunities Corp. says the statute's text does not clearly authorize investors to sue over fee arrangements. Saba Capital Master Fund says the statute's own words support such a suit. The Supreme Court must decide how to read Section 47(b).

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    FS Credit Opportunities Corp. v. Saba Capital Master Fund
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  11. October Term 2025 · Docket 24-872

    Can Alabama Execute Joseph Smith After Courts Found His IQ Scores Below the State's Threshold?

    Alabama seeks to execute Joseph Smith for a murder committed nearly 30 years ago. Courts found his IQ scores fall under 70. The dispute is whether Alabama's intellectual disability standard still lets the state carry out that death sentence.

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    Hamm v. Smith
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  12. October Term 2025 · Docket 24-621

    Can Congress Limit Spending That Political Parties Coordinate With Senate Candidates?

    The National Republican Senatorial Committee challenges federal rules that cap party spending coordinated with candidates, arguing the limits burden core political speech. The Federal Election Commission defends the rules as a way to stop donors from routing large contributions to candidates through party committees. The Supreme Court heard argument but has not decided the case.

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    NRSC v. FEC
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  13. October Term 2025 · Docket 25-332

    Can the President Fire an FTC Commissioner Without Showing Cause?

    The Trump administration argues the Constitution lets a president remove FTC Commissioner Gwynne Slaughter without cause. Slaughter says a federal law protecting her job controls. The Supreme Court must decide how far Congress can go in limiting the president's removal power.

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    Trump, President of United States v. Slaughter
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  14. October Term 2025 · Docket 24-993

    Can a Preacher Convicted Under a City Ordinance Still Sue to Stop Future Prosecutions?

    Gabriel Olivier was arrested for preaching in a Brandon, Mississippi park and convicted under a city ordinance. He now asks the Supreme Court whether he can sue under federal civil rights law to block future prosecutions under that ordinance, even though his conviction stands.

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    Olivier v. City of Brandon
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  15. October Term 2025 · Docket 24-781

    Can a nonprofit block a subpoena for its donor lists before enforcement?

    First Choice wants to block a state subpoena for its donor lists before enforcement. The state says the organization lacks standing to challenge it.

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    First Choice Women's Resource Centers v. Platkin
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  16. October Term 2025 · Docket 24-171

    Should a broadband provider be liable for its users' copyright infringement?

    Sony Music Entertainment argues Cox should be liable for its users' copyright infringement. Cox says it provides basic internet infrastructure and should not bear that responsibility.

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    Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment
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  17. October Term 2025 · Docket 24-556

    Can Courts Reduce Prison Sentences for Claims of Trial Errors Under the Compassionate Release Law?

    The Supreme Court must decide whether a federal law allowing sentence reductions for extraordinary and compelling reasons covers prisoners who argue their convictions or sentences were legally flawed. Or whether those claims belong elsewhere.

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    Fernandez v. United States
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  18. October Term 2025 · Docket 24-820

    Can Judges Grant Compassionate Release Because They Disagree With Mandatory Minimum Sentences?

    Two prisoners ask judges to shorten their sentences, arguing that long mandatory minimums are unjust. The government says Congress limits what judges may weigh. The Supreme Court must decide whether judges' general disapproval of mandatory minimums can support compassionate release.

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    Rutherford v. United States
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  19. October Term 2025 · Docket 23-1197

    Can prisoners sue state officials for RLUIPA violations?

    The dispute centers on whether RLUIPA allows individual damages suits against state officials.

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    Landor v. LA DOC
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