Recent Cases

• Statutory Interpretation

  FTC v. Credit Bureau Center, LLC

  Seventh Circuit Uses Methodological Stare Decisis to Reverse Substantive Precedent.

• Constitutional Law

  United States v. Schmidt

  Seventh Circuit Holds That Sentencing Judge's Consideration of Defendant's White Nationalist Views Did Not Violate the First Amendment.

• First Amendment

  Overbey v. Mayor of Baltimore

  Fourth Circuit Holds That Nondisparagement Clause in Settlement With the Government Violates the First Amendment.

• Administrative Law

  Bowers v. United States Parole Commission

  Eleventh Circuit Rules for Parole Commission in Denying Parole.

• Fair Housing Act

  Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. v. Lincoln Property Co.

  Fifth Circuit Dismisses Segregative-Effect Claims Against Private Actors.

• Civil Rights Litigation

  Bryan v. United States

  Third Circuit Holds Law Is Not Clearly Established One or Two Days After a Decision.

• Eighth Amendment

  Colorado Department of Labor & Employment v. Dami Hospitality, LLC

  Colorado Supreme Court Extends Excessive Fines Clause Protections to Corporations and Requires Ability to Pay be Considered.

• International Law

  Kashef v. BNP Paribas S.A.

  Second Circuit Holds that Acts of Genocide by Sudanese Government Are Not Afforded Act of State Doctrine Deference.