May 25, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtKwong Hai Chew: A Returning Permanent Resident Was Entitled to Due ProcessFiled decision PDF
May 25, 2026CA Supreme CourtHohenshelt: Late Arbitration Fees Do Not Always End ArbitrationFiled decision PDF
May 25, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtHelvering v. Horst: Giving Away Interest Coupons Did Not Shift the TaxFiled decision PDF
May 24, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtReno v. Flores: Juvenile Immigration Custody Rules Survived a Facial ChallengeFiled decision PDF
May 24, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtNew York Central v. White: Workers’ Compensation Could Replace Fault LitigationFiled decision PDF
May 24, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtStaub: A Biased Supervisor Can Cause Liability Through an Independent DecisionmakerFiled decision PDF
May 24, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtWelch v. Helvering: A Helpful Business Payment Was Not Necessarily OrdinaryFiled decision PDF
May 23, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtYamataya: Deportation Cannot Be Arbitrary After EntryFiled decision PDF
May 22, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtMaslenjak: Denaturalization Requires a Causal Link Between the Illegal Act and CitizenshipFiled decision PDF
May 22, 2026WCABTodd: Nonoverlapping Disabilities Are Added When Calculating SIBTF LiabilityFiled decision PDF
May 22, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtTeal: A Favorable Bottom Line Does Not Excuse a Discriminatory Promotion BarrierFiled decision PDF
May 22, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtClifford: A Short-Term Family Trust Left the Grantor Taxable When Control Barely ChangedFiled decision PDF
May 21, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtPlasencia: A Returning Permanent Resident Was Entitled to Due Process at the Border HearingFiled decision PDF
May 21, 2026WCABBenson: Successive Injuries Generally Require Separate Causation-Based Disability AwardsFiled decision PDF
May 21, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtPatterson: A Promotion Plaintiff May Prove Pretext Without Showing Superior QualificationsFiled decision PDF
May 21, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtCorliss: Revocable-Trust Income Remained Taxable to the Grantor Who Controlled ItFiled decision PDF
May 20, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtFiallo: Courts Apply Narrow Review to Congress’s Family-Based Immigration ClassificationsFiled decision PDF
May 20, 2026WCABTapia: A Medical Lien Claimant Must Prove Its Charges Were ReasonableFiled decision PDF
May 20, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtAlbemarle Paper: Title VII Backpay and Employment Tests Must Serve the Statute’s Remedial PurposeFiled decision PDF
May 20, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtCourt Holding: Shareholders Could Not Recast a Negotiated Corporate Sale to Shift the TaxFiled decision PDF
May 19, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtChadha: Congress Could Not Cancel an Immigration Suspension Through a One-House VetoFiled decision PDF
May 19, 2026WCABBoughner: A Record-Based Attack Did Not Overcome the 2005 Rating Schedule’s Presumed ValidityFiled decision PDF
May 19, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtGriggs: Neutral Employment Tests Must Measure the Job When They Exclude Protected GroupsFiled decision PDF
May 19, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtFrank Lyon: A Genuine Sale-Leaseback With Business Substance Was Respected for Tax PurposesFiled decision PDF
May 18, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtRios-Pineda: Eligibility Did Not Require the BIA to Reopen for Suspension of DeportationFiled decision PDF
May 18, 2026WCABCosta: The 2005 Permanent-Disability Schedule Was Rebuttable, Not InvalidFiled decision PDF
May 18, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtBrown: Title VII Supplies the Exclusive Federal Remedy for Federal Employment DiscriminationFiled decision PDF
May 18, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtJohn Kelley: Debt-or-Equity Classification Depends on the Instrument and Its CircumstancesFiled decision PDF
May 17, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtFleuti: An Innocent, Casual, Brief Excursion Was Not an Intended DepartureFiled decision PDF
May 17, 2026WCABWillette: An Unrepresented Worker Must Use the Panel-QME Path After URFiled decision PDF
May 17, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtYoung: Pregnancy-Accommodation Claims Turn on Comparable Work LimitationsFiled decision PDF
May 17, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtGeneres: Business-Bad-Debt Treatment Requires a Dominant Business MotiveFiled decision PDF
May 16, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtJong Ha Wang: The BIA Could Construe ‘Extreme Hardship’ NarrowlyFiled decision PDF
May 16, 2026WCABSandhagen: Missing Utilization-Review Deadlines Excludes the UR ReportFiled decision PDF
May 16, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtAikens: After a Full Trial, Decide Discrimination—Not the Prima Facie ChecklistFiled decision PDF
May 16, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtHort: A Lease-Cancellation Payment Was Ordinary Income, Not Return of CapitalFiled decision PDF
May 15, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtFoti: Judicial Review of a Final Deportation Order Reaches the Denial of SuspensionFiled decision PDF
May 15, 2026WCABMilbauer: Establish the Employer’s Legal Identity and Bring UEF Into the Case EarlyFiled decision PDF
May 15, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtSwierkiewicz: An Employment Complaint Need Not Plead a Prima Facie CaseFiled decision PDF
May 15, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtKnetsch: A Circular Annuity Transaction Did Not Create Deductible InterestFiled decision PDF
May 14, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtFong Haw Tan: Deportation Statutes Must Be Read Narrowly When Liberty Is at StakeFiled decision PDF
May 14, 2026WCABGomez: CIGA Liability Depends on Other Coverage Across the Injury RecordFiled decision PDF
May 14, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtFurnco: The Prima Facie Framework Creates an Inference, Not a Hiring MandateFiled decision PDF
May 14, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtNational Carbide: A Controlled Subsidiary Is Not Automatically the Parent’s Tax AgentFiled decision PDF
May 13, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtSt. Cyr: Habeas Review Remained Available for a Plea Entered Before IIRIRAFiled decision PDF
May 13, 2026WCABRivera and Crump: The Section 4650 Penalty Does Not Attach to Lump-Sum ProceedsFiled decision PDF
May 13, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtBurlington Northern: Retaliation Reaches Actions That Could Deter a Reasonable WorkerFiled decision PDF
May 13, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtLucas v. Earl: A Contract Cannot Shift Tax on Salary Away From the EarnerFiled decision PDF
May 12, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtAguirre-Aguirre: The BIA Must Receive Chevron Deference on the Serious-Crime BarFiled decision PDF
May 12, 2026WCABHershman: Section 5814 Penalties Could Be Covered Claims Against CIGAFiled decision PDF
May 12, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtCrawford: Answering Questions in an Internal Investigation Can Be Protected OppositionFiled decision PDF
May 12, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtGregory: Formal Reorganization Steps Did Not Control Without Business SubstanceFiled decision PDF
May 11, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtDescamps: An Indivisible Statute Does Not Permit a Record-Based Elements RewriteFiled decision PDF
May 11, 2026WCABJimenez: Seasonal Workers May Require Two Temporary-Disability RatesFiled decision PDF
May 11, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtSmith: The ADEA Permits a Narrow Disparate-Impact ClaimFiled decision PDF
May 11, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtWelch: Ordinary and Necessary Does Not Mean Every Helpful Business PaymentFiled decision PDF
May 10, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtDin: A Visa Denial and the Citizen Spouse’s Due-Process ClaimFiled decision PDF
May 10, 2026WCABPhillips: Death-Benefit Payments Track the Applicable Temporary-Disability RateFiled decision PDF
May 10, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtCline: The ADEA Does Not Create Reverse Age-Discrimination ClaimsFiled decision PDF
May 10, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtCarlton: Modest Retroactive Tax Legislation Satisfied Due ProcessFiled decision PDF
May 9, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtMata: Courts Retain Jurisdiction Over Denials of Statutory ReopeningFiled decision PDF
May 9, 2026WCABDavis: The Treating-Physician Presumption Could First Be Raised at TrialFiled decision PDF
May 9, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtBob Jones University: Tax-Exempt Status Requires Consistency With Fundamental Public PolicyFiled decision PDF
May 8, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtMorales-Santana: Citizenship Transmission Rules Cannot Prefer Unwed MothersFiled decision PDF
May 8, 2026WCABColdiron: Administrators Must Identify the Entity Actually Liable for CompensationFiled decision PDF
May 8, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtGomez-Perez: Federal Employees May Bring ADEA Retaliation ClaimsFiled decision PDF
May 8, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtThor Power Tool: Financial Accounting Does Not Control Tax Inventory Write-DownsFiled decision PDF
May 7, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtVentura: Courts Must Let the Immigration Agency Decide New Issues FirstFiled decision PDF
May 7, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtArbaugh: Title VII’s Employee Threshold Is Not JurisdictionalFiled decision PDF
May 7, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtIdaho Power: Construction-Related Depreciation Must Be CapitalizedFiled decision PDF
May 6, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtSanchez: TPS Does Not Convert an Unlawful Entry into an AdmissionFiled decision PDF
May 6, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtSuders: Constructive Discharge and the Supervisor-Harassment DefenseFiled decision PDF
May 6, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtDrye: A State-Law Disclaimer Does Not Defeat a Federal Tax LienFiled decision PDF
May 5, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtCardoza-Fonseca: Asylum's Well-Founded-Fear Standard Is More GenerousFiled decision PDF
May 5, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtHarris: A Hostile Work Environment Does Not Require Psychological InjuryFiled decision PDF
May 5, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtDuberstein: Gift Treatment Turns on the Transferor's Objective IntentFiled decision PDF
May 4, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtMata: Courts Retain Jurisdiction Over Statutory Motions to ReopenFiled decision PDF
May 4, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtFort Bend County: Title VII Charge Filing Is Mandatory but Not JurisdictionalFiled decision PDF
May 3, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtChaidez: Padilla Did Not Apply Retroactively to Already-Final ConvictionsFiled decision PDF
May 3, 2026WCABCervantes: Spinal-Surgery Objections Required Timely Utilization ReviewFiled decision PDF
May 3, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtCrawford: Answering Questions in an Internal Investigation Is Protected OppositionFiled decision PDF
May 3, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtUnited States v. Boyle: Reliance on Counsel Does Not Excuse a Known Filing DeadlineFiled decision PDF
May 2, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtKucana: Regulations Cannot Eliminate Judicial Review of Reopening DecisionsFiled decision PDF
May 2, 2026WCABTapia: A Medical Lien Claimant Must Prove Its Charges Are ReasonableFiled decision PDF
May 2, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtUnited States v. Burke: Title VII Backpay Was Not Excluded from IncomeFiled decision PDF
May 1, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtNijhawan: The $10,000 Fraud-Loss Threshold Is Circumstance SpecificFiled decision PDF
May 1, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtBurdine: The Employer’s Burden Is Production, Not PersuasionFiled decision PDF
May 1, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtSchleier: ADEA Backpay and Liquidated Damages Were TaxableFiled decision PDF