Justice SOTOMAYOR delivered the opinion of the Court. This case is about the limits of a State's power to tax a trust. North Carolina imposes a tax on any trust income that "is for the benefit of" a North Carolina resident. N. C. Gen. Stat. Ann. 105-160.2 (2017). The North Carolina courts interpret this law to mean that a trust owes income tax to North Carolina whenever the trust's beneficiaries live in the State, even if—as is the case here—those beneficiaries received no income from...
Justice KAVANAUGH delivered the opinion of the Court. In Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 , 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), this Court ruled that a State may not discriminate on the basis of race when exercising peremptory challenges against prospective jurors in a criminal trial. In 1996, Curtis Flowers allegedly murdered four people in Winona, Mississippi. Flowers is black. He has been tried six separate times before a jury for murder. The same lead prosecutor represented the...
Justice BREYER delivered the opinion of the Court. A federal statute, 18 U.S.C. 922(g), provides that "[i]t shall be unlawful" for certain individuals to possess firearms. The provision lists nine categories of individuals subject to the prohibition, including felons and aliens who are "illegally or unlawfully in the United States." Ibid. A separate provision, 924(a)(2), adds that anyone who " knowingly violates" the first provision shall be fined or imprisoned for up to 10 years. (...
Justice ALITO announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II-B, II-C, III, and IV, and an opinion with respect to Parts II-A and II-D, in which THE CHIEF JUSTICE, Justice BREYER, and Justice KAVANAUGH join. Since 1925, the Bladensburg Peace Cross (Cross) has stood as a tribute to 49 area soldiers who gave their lives in the First World War. Eighty-nine years after the dedication of the Cross, respondents filed this lawsuit, claiming...
Justice THOMAS delivered the opinion of the Court. The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA), 67 Stat. 462, 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq., extends federal law to the subsoil and seabed of the Outer Continental Shelf and all attachments thereon (OCS). Under the OCSLA, all law on the OCS is federal law, administered by federal officials. The OCSLA denies States any interest in or jurisdiction over the OCS, and it deems the adjacent State's laws to be federal law "[t]o the extent that they...
Justice GORSUCH delivered the opinion of the Court. Russell Bucklew concedes that the State of Missouri lawfully convicted him of murder and a variety of other crimes. He acknowledges that the U.S. Constitution permits a sentence of execution for his crimes. He accepts, too, that the State's lethal injection protocol is constitutional in most applications. But because of his unusual medical condition, he contends the protocol is unconstitutional as applied to him. Mr. Bucklew raised this...
Justice KAGAN delivered the opinion of the Court. This Court first encountered John Sturgeon's lawsuit three Terms ago. See Sturgeon v. Frost, 577 U. S. ___, 136 S.Ct. 1061 , 194 L.Ed.2d 108 (2016) ( Sturgeon I ). As we explained then, Sturgeon hunted moose along the Nation River in Alaska for some 40 years. See id., at ___, 136 S.Ct., at 1064. He traveled by hovercraft, an amphibious vehicle able to glide over land and water alike. To reach his favorite hunting ground, he would...
Cite as: 589 U. S. _ (2019) 1 Statement of ALITO, J. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _ No. 19A615 _ WILLIAM P. BARR, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ET AL. v. JAMES H. ROANE, JR., ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY OR VACATUR [December 6, 2019] The application for stay or vacatur presented to THE CHIEF JUSTICE and by him referred to the Court is denied. We expect that the Court of Appeals will render its decision with appropriate dispatch. Statement of JUSTICE ALITO, with whom JUSTICE GORSUCH and JUSTICE...
Cite as: 588 U. S. _ (2019) 1 Opinion of BREYER, J. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _ No. 19A60 _ DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL. v. SIERRA CLUB, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY [July 26, 2019] The application for stay presented to JUSTICE KAGAN and by her referred to the Court is granted. Among the reasons is that the Government has made a sufficient showing at this stage that the plaintiffs have no cause of action to ob- tain review of the Acting Secretary’s...
Cite as: 588 U. S. _ (2019) 1 SOTOMAYOR, J., dissenting SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _ No. 19A230 _ WILLIAM P. BARR, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ET AL. v. EAST BAY SANCTUARY COVENANT, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY [September 11, 2019] The application for stay presented to JUSTICE KAGAN and by her referred to the Court is granted. The district court’s July 24, 2019 order granting a preliminary injunction and September 9, 2019 order restoring the nationwide scope of the injunction are stayed in full...
Cite as: 589 U. S. _ (2019) 1 OpinionofofSthe Statement Court , J. OTOMAYOR SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _ No. 19–6477 (19A482) _ CHARLES RUSSELL RHINES v. DARIN YOUNG, WARDEN ON APPLICATION FOR STAY AND PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT [November 4, 2019] The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to JUSTICE GORSUCH and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is de-...
Cite as: 588 U. S. _ (2019) 1 OpinionofofSthe Statement Court , J. OTOMAYOR SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _ No. 19–5755 (19A237) _ BILLY JACK CRUTSINGER v. LORIE DAVIS, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION ON APPLICATION FOR STAY AND PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT [September 4, 2019] The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to JUSTICE ALITO and by him...
Cite as: 588 U. S. _ (2019) 1 Opinion ofofSS Statement OTOMAYOR, J. OTOMAYOR , J. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _ No. 19-5617 (19A183) _ GARY RAY BOWLES v. FLORIDA, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY AND ON PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA [August 22, 2019] The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to JUSTICE THOMAS and by him referred to the Court is denied. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Statement of JUSTICE...
Cite as: 589 U. S. _ (2019) 1 SOTOMAYOR, J., dissenting SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES ALLEN E. PEITHMAN, JR., ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT No. 19–16. Decided November 18, 2019 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, dissenting from denial of certiorari. In Honeycutt v. United States, 581 U. S. _ (2017), this Court held that joint-and-several liability is not permitted...
Cite as: 589 U. S. _ (2019) 1 Per Curiam SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES DAVID THOMPSON, ET AL., v. HEATHER HEBDON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ALASKA PUBLIC OFFICES COMMISSION, ET AL. ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT No. 19–122. Decided November 25, 2019 PER CURIAM. Alaska law limits the amount an individual can contrib- ute to a candidate for political office, or to an election- oriented group other than a political party, to $500...
Cite as: 587 U. S. _ (2019) 1 KAVANAUGH, J., concurring SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES PATRICK HENRY MURPHY v. BRYAN COLLIER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY No. 18A985. Decided March 28, 2019 The application for a stay of execution of sentence of death presented to JUSTICE ALITO and by him referred to the Court is granted. The State may not carry out Mur- phy’s execution pending the timely filing and disposition of a petition for a...
Cite as: 587 U. S. _ (2019) 1 KAVANAUGH, J., concurring SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES PATRICK HENRY MURPHY v. BRYAN COLLIER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY No. 18A985. Decided March 28, 2019 The application for a stay of execution of sentence of death presented to JUSTICE ALITO and by him referred to the Court is granted. The State may not carry out Mur- phy’s execution pending the timely filing and disposition of a petition for a...
Cite as: 587 U. S. _ (2019) 1 KAVANAUGH, J., concurring SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES PATRICK HENRY MURPHY v. BRYAN COLLIER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY No. 18A985. Decided March 28, 2019 The application for a stay of execution of sentence of death presented to JUSTICE ALITO and by him referred to the Court is granted. The State may not carry out Mur- phy’s execution pending the timely filing and disposition of a petition for a...
Cite as: 586 U. S. _ (2019) 1 KAGAN, J., dissenting SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES JEFFERSON S. DUNN, COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS v. DOMINEQUE HAKIM MARCELLE RAY ON APPLICATION TO VACATE STAY No. 18A815. Decided February 7, 2019 The application to vacate the stay of execution of sen- tence of death entered by the United States Court of Ap- peals for the Eleventh Circuit on February 6, 2019, pre- sented to JUSTICE THOMAS and by him referred to the Court, is granted. On...
Cite as: 586 U. S. _ (2019) 1 KAVANAUGH, J., dissenting SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE MEDICAL SERVICES, L.L.C., ET AL. v. REBEKAH GEE, SECRETARY, LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS ON APPLICATION FOR STAY No. 18A774 Decided February 7, 2019 The application for a stay presented to JUSTICE ALITO and by him referred to the Court is granted, and the man- date of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in case No. 17-30397 is stayed pending the timely filing and...
