Supreme Court of the United States, 2022

The Court denied certiorari without addressing the merits. Justice Breyer, in a statement respecting the denial joined by no other Justice, recognized procedural obstacles to review but reiterated his concern that prolonged death-row confinement raises serious constitutional questions.

Justice Barrett, joined by Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Thomas, Alito, and Kavanaugh, held that federal courts lack jurisdiction to review factual findings made in proceedings concerning discretionary relief under 8 U.S.C.

Justice Barrett, writing for a unanimous Court, held that the 30-day deadline in 26 U. S. C. §6330(d)(1) for seeking Tax Court review of a collection due process determination is nonjurisdictional and subject to equitable tolling.

Justice Sotomayor, joined by Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Breyer, Kagan, and Kavanaugh, held that Austin’s distinction between on-premises and off-premises signs is facially content neutral.

Justice Kavanaugh's opinion for the Court held that Congress's exclusion of Puerto Rico residents from Supplemental Security Income does not violate the Fifth Amendment's equal-protection guarantee.

Justice Gorsuch, joined by Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Thomas, Alito, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, held that a federal court may grant habeas relief on a claim adjudicated on the merits in state court only if the prisoner satisfies both Brecht’s prejudice standard and AEDPA’s requirements.

Justice Kagan wrote for a unanimous Court that, in an FSIA suit raising non-federal claims, courts must use the choice-of-law rule applicable to comparable litigation against a private party.

The Court denied certiorari without addressing the merits of Love’s claim that a racially biased juror participated in his capital trial. Justice Sotomayor, joined by Justices Breyer and Kagan, dissented from the denial of summary vacatur.

Justice Kavanaugh, joined by Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Barrett, held that favorable termination for a Fourth Amendment malicious-prosecution claim under §1983 requires only that the criminal prosecution ended without a conviction, not an affirmative indication of innocence.

Justice Kagan, writing for eight Justices, held that Vaden’s look-through approach to federal jurisdiction under Section 4 of the Federal Arbitration Act does not apply to applications to confirm or vacate arbitration awards under Sections 9 and 10.

Chief Justice Roberts, writing for eight Justices, held that Ramirez was likely to prevail on his RLUIPA challenges to Texas’s categorical prohibitions on audible prayer and religious touch during his execution, and that the remaining preliminary-injunction factors favored relief.

Justice Gorsuch, writing for a unanimous Court, held that Wilson had no actionable First Amendment retaliation claim arising from his fellow elected trustees’ purely verbal censure concerning his official conduct.

The Court denied certiorari without deciding whether the ministerial exception barred a professor’s employment claims against Gordon College. Justice Alito, joined by Justices Thomas, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, concurred in the denial in a statement questioning the Massachusetts court’s distinction between explicitly…

Justice Breyer, joined by Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, Kavanaugh, and Barrett, held that the copyright-registration safe harbor in 17 U.S.C. §411(b)(1)(A) excuses inaccuracies resulting from a lack of legal knowledge as well as factual knowledge.

The Court denied certiorari without deciding the merits. Justice Sotomayor, writing alone in a statement respecting the denial, agreed that the petition did not satisfy the Court’s criteria for review but raised serious constitutional concerns about New York’s continued imprisonment of people unable to find housing…

Justice Sotomayor delivered the unanimous opinion of the participating Justices, holding that the availability of prudent investment options does not excuse a retirement-plan fiduciary’s allegedly imprudent inclusion or retention of other options.

Justice Sotomayor, writing for eight Justices, held that Hemphill adequately presented his Confrontation Clause claim to the state courts and that admitting an unavailable witness’s plea allocution to correct an allegedly misleading defense violated that Clause.

The Court denied the petition for a writ of mandamus without explanation. Justice Breyer, joined by Justices Sotomayor and Kagan, dissented, arguing that the Fifth Circuit disregarded the Court’s prior mandate by retaining the case and certifying questions to the Texas Supreme Court rather than promptly remanding to…

Justice Sotomayor, writing for eight Justices, held that admitting unconfronted testimonial hearsay to correct an allegedly misleading defense presentation violated the Confrontation Clause.

Justice Barrett, writing for eight Justices, held that civil-service pension payments for employment as a dual-status military technician do not qualify for the Social Security Act’s exception for payments based wholly on service as a member of a uniformed service.

In a per curiam opinion, the Court granted the Government’s applications to stay two preliminary injunctions against the COVID–19 vaccination requirement for staff at facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid.