The Court issued four significant decisions this morning:

• Harrington v. Purdue Pharma L.P. (No. 23-124), holding (5-4, with an interesting “horseshoe” alignment) that the Bankruptcy Code does not authorize nonconsensual releases of claims against nondebtors, thereby scuttling a bankruptcy plan that would have released claims against the Sackler family in exchange for their return of approximately $6 billion to Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy

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Read More Vidal v. Elster (No. 22-704) and Chiaverini v. City of Napoleon, Ohio (No. 23-50)

While we await the Court’s issuance of more decisions on Wednesday, we have four recaps of cases decided in the last week or so:

• Moore v. United States (No. 22-800), in which a 7-2 Court held that a one-time repatriation tax was not an unconstitutional “direct” tax.
• Diaz v. United States (No. 23-14), which held (this time 6-3) that an expert’s opinion that

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Read More Moore v. United States (No. 22-800), Diaz v. United States (No. 23-14), Gonzalez v. Trevino (No. 22-1025), Campos-Chaves v. Garland (No. 22-674)

This morning, the Court announced five decisions, all of which are heavily divided, at least as to the analysis:

• United States v. Rahimi (No. 22-915), an 8-1 decision written by the Chief Justice, holding that the Second Amendment allows the government to prohibit a person who has been found to pose a credible threat to the physical safety of another from possessing a firearm.

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Read More Office of the United States Trustee v. John Q. Hammons Fall 2006, LLC (No. 22-1238)