U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments

A case in which the Court will decide whether the phrase “goods or services from a video tape service provider,” as used in the Video Privacy Protection Act’s definition of “consumer,” refers to all of a video tape service provider’s goods or services or only to its audiovisual goods or services.

A case in which the Court will decide whether Stinson v. United States still correctly states the rule for deference that courts must give the Commentary of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines.

A case in which the Court will decide (1) when the federal government submits a permit application to continue disposing of hazardous waste, whether that submission count as a final, reviewable government decision under federal law; and (2) before submitting that permit application, whether the federal government must first conduct the broad environmental review that federal law generally requires—even though the hazardous waste permitting process already includes its own, more limited environmental review.

A case in which the Court will decide whether a complaint alleging a fiduciary breach in ERISA underperformance cases must include allegations of a “meaningful benchmark” to survive the pleading stage.

A case in which the Court will decide (1) whether it has statutory and Article III jurisdiction to hear this case; and (2) whether federal law precludes state-law claims seeking relief for injuries allegedly caused by the effects of interstate and international greenhouse-gas emissions on the global climate.