Volume 582 — United States Reports

Sandoz Inc. v. Amgen Inc., 582 U.S. 1 (2017), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that Section 262(l)(2)(A) of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 is not enforceable by injunction under federal law. An applicant may provide notice under Section 262(l)(8)(A) prior to obtaining licensure.

Microsoft Corp. v. Baker, 582 U.S. 23 (2017), is a United States Supreme Court case holding that Federal courts of appeals lack jurisdiction to review a denial of class certification after plaintiffs have voluntarily dismissed their claims with prejudice.

Sessions v. Morales-Santana, 582 U.S. 47 (2017), was a United States Supreme Court case that challenged the difference in physical presence requirements in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) for unwed mothers and fathers when acquiring citizenship for a child born in a foreign country. Unwed fathers had longer physical presence requirements than unwed mothers in regards to being able to convey derivative citizenship. In an eight to zero decision, the court found that the difference in physical presence requirements violated the equal protection clause and due process. Justice Thomas wrote a concurring opinion. The case had implications for Congress's plenary power over immigration and the issue of statelessness.

Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc., 582 U.S. 79 (2017), is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States which held that a company is not a "debt collector" under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) if it purchased that debt and then attempts to collect from the debtor. It was Justice Neil Gorsuch's first written opinion since joining the Court in April 2017.

Held: The Fourth Circuit failed to accord the state court's decision the deference owed under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. For a state court's decision to be an unreasonable ap- plication of the Court's case law, the ruling must be not just wrong but “objectively unreasonable. ” Woods v. Donald, 575 U. S. 312, 316. This is “meant to be” a diffcult standard to meet.

Packingham v. North Carolina, 582 U.S. 98 (2017), is a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a North Carolina statute that prohibited registered sex offenders from using social media websites was unconstitutional because it violated the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which protects freedom of speech.

Ziglar v. Abbasi, 582 U.S. 120 (2017), is a Supreme Court of the United States case in which the Court determined, by a vote of 4–2, that non-U.S. citizens detained in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks cannot recover monetary damages from high level federal officials for the conditions of their confinement. The case was consolidated with Hastey v. Abbasi, and Ashcroft v. Abbasi. It was argued on January 18, 2017.

McWilliams v. Dunn, 582 U.S. 183 (2017), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that, when the conditions of Ake v. Oklahoma are met, the state must provide a defendant with access to a mental health expert who is sufficiently available to the defense and independent from the prosecution to effectively conduct an appropriate examination and assist in evaluation, preparation, and presentation of the defense.

Matal v. Tam, 582 U.S. 218 (2017) (previously known as Lee v. Tam) is a Supreme Court of the United States case that affirmed unanimously the judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that the provisions of the Lanham Act prohibiting registration of trademarks that may "disparage" persons, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols with the United States Patent and Trademark Office violated the First Amendment.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California, San Francisco County, 582 U.S. 255 (2017), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that California courts lacked personal jurisdiction over the defendant on claims brought by plaintiffs who are not California residents and did not suffer their alleged injury in California. It is part of a group of six cases decided since 2011 that have greatly changed the application of personal jurisdiction.

Decided June 19, 2017 An Ohio jury convicted respondent Percy Hutton of aggravated murder, attempted murder, and kidnaping. Held: The Sixth Circuit was wrong to reach the merits of Hutton's claim. First, the jury found two aggravating circumstances during the guilt phase of the trial, each of which rendered Hutton death penalty eligible.

Weaver v. Massachusetts, 582 U.S. 286 (2017), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that in the context of a public-trial violation during jury selection, where the error is neither preserved nor raised on direct review but is raised later via an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim, the defendant must demonstrate prejudice to secure a new trial.

Turner v. United States was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that evidence withheld by the prosecution is only Brady material if there is a reasonable probability that the result of the proceeding would have been different, considering the context of the entire record. If the evidence is too little, too weak, or too distant from the main evidentiary points, there is no violation.

Maslenjak v. United States, 582 U.S. 335 (2017), is a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the government cannot revoke the citizenship of a naturalized U.S. citizen based on an immaterial false statement made by the citizen in their naturalization application.

Jae Lee v. United States, 582 U.S. 357 (2017), was a Supreme Court case in which the Court held that when a criminal defendant raises Sixth Amendment ineffective assistance of counsel claims, they only need to prove by reasonable probability that they were wrongly prejudiced by their counsel to accept a plea deal rather than go to trial. The Court specified that the issue did not arise from a possibility that the outcome of Lee's conviction would've been different had he gone to trial. The case was largely decided based on the landmark case Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984).

Murr v. Wisconsin, 582 U.S. 383 (2017), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that the reviewing court was correct to analyze the lot owners' property as a single unit in assessing the effect of a governmental action challenged as a regulatory taking.

Perry v. Merit Systems Protection Board, 582 U.S. 420 (2017), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that the proper review forum when the Merit Systems Protection Board dismisses a mixed case on jurisdictional grounds is district court. A "mixed case" is a complaint brought by an employee about a serious adverse employment action that attributes the action, in whole or in part, to bias based on race, gender, age, or disability.

Trinity Lutheran Church of Columbia, Inc. v. Comer, 582 U.S. 449 (2017), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a Missouri program that denied a grant to a religious school for playground resurfacing, while providing grants to similarly situated non-religious groups, violated the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

California Public Employees' Retirement System v. ANZ Securities, Inc., 582 U.S. 497 (2017), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that the statute of limitations for a complaint under Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 is not subject to equitable tolling.

Davila v. Davis, 582 U.S. 521 (2017), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that the ineffective assistance of postconviction counsel does not provide cause to excuse the procedural default of ineffective-assistance-of-appellate-counsel claims.

Respondent Jesus Mesa, Jr., a United States Border Patrol agent, was standing on U. S. soil when he fatally shot Sergio Adrián Hernández Güereca, a 15-year-old Mexican national, who was standing on… Held: The Court of Appeals' judgment is vacated, and the case is re- manded for further proceedings. A Bivens remedy is unavailable where there are “ `special factors counselling hesitation in the absence of affrmative action by Congress.' ” Carlson v. Green, 446 U. S. 14, 18.

This article outlines cases related to LGBTQ issues that have been brought before the Supreme Court of the United States.

(16A1190). Decided June 26, 2017* Executive Order No. 13780 sets out a series of directives relating to the entry of foreign nationals into the United States. Held: The Government's petitions for certiorari are granted and its stay applications are granted in part.