2025 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States

The Roberts Court in June 2022.

The 2025 term of the Supreme Court of the United States is set to begin on October 6, 2025.

Cases

Certiorari granted

Main article: List of pending United States Supreme Court cases

In January 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari to its first case, Bowe V. United States, in its forthcoming term.[1][2] In June 2025, a "software malfunction" forced the Supreme Court to issue orders early.[3]

As of July 3, 2025, the Supreme Court has granted certiorari to thirty total cases for its forthcoming term.[1]

Cases granted certiorari
Case name Docket number Summary Granted Reference
Bowe V. United States 24-5438 Focuses on incarcerated rights. Michael Bowe sought to bring a second-or-successive motion to challenge his federal conviction based on the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Davis (2019). January 17, 2025 [1][2]
Barrett v. United States (2025) 24-5774 Regarding the Double Jeopardy Clause of the Fifth Amendment. March 3, 2025 [1][4][5]
Chiles v. Salazar 24-539 Regards the constitutionality of Colorado's ban on conversion therapy for minors by licensed mental health professionals. March 10, 2025 [1][6]
Berk v. Choy 24-440 Concerns whether a state law providing that a complaint must be dismissed unless it is accompanied by an expert affidavit may be applied in federal court. March 10, 2025 [1][7]
Ellingburg v. United States 24-482 Concerns the constitutionality of the Mandatory Restitution Act as a possible ex post facto law. April 7, 2025 [8][1]
Villarreal v. Texas 24-557 Concerns the applicability of the Sixth Amendment in allowing a defendant and their lawyer to meet but preventing them from discussing their testimony. April 7, 2025 [8][1]
Postal Service v. Konan 24-351 Plaintiff claims that she and her tenants did not receive mail because U.S. Postal Service employees intentionally did not deliver it to a designated address arises out of "the loss" or "miscarriage" of letters or postal matter under the Federal Tort Claims Act. April 21, 2025 [1][9]
Hain Celestial Group, Inc. v. Palmquist 24-724 Alleging that Whole Foods Market improperly joined to defeat diversity jurisdiction. April 28, 2025 [1][10]
Fernandez v. United States 24-556 Whether a combination of “extraordinary and compelling reasons” that may warrant a discretionary sentence reduction under the First Step Act can include reasons that may also be alleged as grounds for vacatur of a sentence under habeas corpus. May 27, 2025 [1][11]
Bost v. Illinois State Board of Elections 24-568 Concerns the legal standing of federal candidates in challenging regulations governing federal elections. June 2, 2025 [12][1]
Case v. Montana 24-624 Concerns the basis of probable cause. June 2, 2025 [12][1]
GEO Group v. Menocal 24-758 Concerns the applicability of collateral order doctrine within claims of sovereign immunity. June 2, 2025 [12][1]
Hencely v. Fluor Corporation 24-924 Concerns the applicability of the Federal Tort Claims Act in state tort claims. June 2, 2025 [12][1]
Coney Island Auto Parts Unlimited v. Burton 24-808 Concerns the time necessary to set aside a void default judgment in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. June 6, 2025 [1]
Rutherford v. United States[a] 24-860 Concerns the authority of the United States Sentencing Commission in reducing sentences later altered in law. June 6, 2025 [1]
Hamm v. Smith 24-872 Concerns the use of intelligence quotient tests to determine eligibility for the death penalty. June 6, 2025 [13][1]
Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish 24-813 Plaquemines Parish argues that Chevron's activities contributed to significant pollution and extreme coastal land loss. June 16, 2025 [1][14]
First Choice Women's Resource v. Platkin 24-781 First Choice sued Platkin after the attorney general issued a subpoena seeking internal records, including the names of its doctors and donors as part of an investigation into potentially unlawful practices. June 16, 2025 [1][15]
Landor v. Louisiana Dept. of Corrections 23-1197 Whether an individual may sue a government official in individual capacity for damages for violations of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act. June 23, 2025 [1][16]
M & K Employee Solutions, LLC v. Trustees of the IAM Pension Fund 23-1209 Whether 29 U.S.C. § 1391's instruction to compute withdrawal liability "as of the end of the plan year" requires the plan to base the computation on the actuarial assumptions most recently adopted before the end of the year, or allows the plan to use different actuarial assumptions that were adopted after, but based on information available as of, the end of the year. June 30, 2025 [1][17]
Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment 24-171 Regards the liability of an internet service providers for its subscribers engaging in copyright infringement. June 30, 2025 [1]
FS Credit Opportunities Corp. V. Saba Capital Master Fund, LTD. 24-345 Whether private parties have an implied right of action to enforce the Investment Company Act of 1940. June 30, 2025 [1][18]
NRSC v. FEC 24-621 Regards the constitutionality of federal limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with their candidates. June 30, 2025 [1][19]
Urias-Orellana v. Bondo, Att'y Gen. 24-777 Whether a federal court of appeals must defer to the Board of Immigration Appeals' judgment that a given set of undisputed facts does not demonstrate mistreatment severe enough to constitute "persecution" under the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965. June 30, 2025 [1][20]
Enbridge Energy v. Nessel 24-783 Alleges violations of the public-trust doctrine, common-law public nuisance, and the Michigan Environmental Protection Act June 30, 2025 [1][21]
Rico v. United States 24-1056 Regards the fugitive-tolling doctrine. June 30, 2025 [1][22]

Certiorari denied

Significant cases that were denied certiorari include:

Notes

  1. ^ Consolidated with Carter v. United States.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab "SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES GRANTED & NOTED LIST OCTOBER TERM 2025 CASES FOR ARGUMENT" (PDF). SupremeCourt.gov. July 3, 2025. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Bowe v. United States". MacArthur Justice. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  3. ^ Stern & Spoto 2025.
  4. ^ Amy Howe (2025-03-03). "Justices take up double jeopardy case". SCOTUSBlog. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
  5. ^ "Williams & Connolly Partner Tapped to Argue Double Jeopardy Case". 2025-03-19. Archived from the original on 2025-03-22. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
  6. ^ "PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI" (PDF). Supreme Court of the United States. 2024-11-08. Retrieved 2025-03-10.
  7. ^ "Berk v. Choy". SCOTUS Blog. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  8. ^ a b Howe 2025a.
  9. ^ "United States Postal Service v. Konan". SCOUTS Blog. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  10. ^ "Hain Celestial Group, Inc. v. Palmquist". Oyez. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  11. ^ "Fernandez v. United States". SCOTUS Blog. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  12. ^ a b c d e Howe 2025b.
  13. ^ Groppe 2025.
  14. ^ Gerald "Jess" Waltman, III (April 7, 2025). "Landmark Verdict in Plaquemines Parish v. Chevron USA, Inc". Gordon Arata Montgomery Barnett. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  15. ^ Brendan Pierson (June 16, 2025). "US Supreme Court to hear dispute involving anti-abortion crisis pregnancy center". Reuters. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  16. ^ "Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections and Public Safety". SCOTUS Blog. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  17. ^ "M & K Employee Solutions, LLC v. Trustees of the IAM National Pension Fund". SCOTUS Blog. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  18. ^ Michael K. Isenman; Jennifer Burns Luz; James O. Fleckner; Charles A. Brown; Brianna Jordan; Isabel Marin (July 14, 2025). "Supreme Court to Resolve Circuit Split Over Existence of Implied Private Right of Action Under Section 47(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940". Goodwin Law. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
  19. ^ Kalvis Golde (2025-03-26). "In lawsuit originally filed by J.D. Vance, GOP asks court to overrule limit on campaign spending". SCOTUSBlog. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
  20. ^ "Urias-Orellana v. Bondi". SCOTUS Blog. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
  21. ^ "Enbridge Energy, LP v. Nessel". Oyez. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
  22. ^ Amy Howe (2025-06-30). "Court adds seven new cases to the 2025-26 term". SCOTUSBlog. Retrieved 2025-07-02.
  23. ^ a b Liptak 2025.
  24. ^ Fritze 2025.
  25. ^ "Peterson v. Staples Inc. Human Resources". UniCourt. June 12, 2024. Retrieved July 15, 2025.
  26. ^ "Peterson v. Staples Inc. Human Resources, No. 24-8041 (10th Cir. 2025)". Justia U.S. Law. January 17, 2025. Retrieved July 15, 2025.

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