SCOTUS

The case challenges Oklahoma's authority to collect income taxes from Native Americans who live and work on tribal reservations.

The high court reversed a lower-court ruling that yanked federal approval for the Uinta Basin Railway; backers hope to finance it with private activity bonds.

Squire Patton Boggs attorney Michael Cullers believes the 10th Amendment may pose an obstacle.

Justices appeared open to narrowing the scope of federal environmental impact reviews during oral arguments on a bond-financed Utah railway to move crude oil.

The ruling striking down affirmative action may bring a fresh headwind to the higher education space, which already faces soft enrollment trends.

A group of top local government associations have formed a new legal coalition aimed at Supreme Court cases that carry municipal implications.

Following the Supreme Court ruling in Carson v. Makin, states with bans on using bond proceeds for religious purposes may be forced to amend such laws.

Only two of the nine justices were in favor of adding New Hampshire v. Massachusetts to the docket for the fall term.

The nine justices of the Supreme Court are scheduled to hold a closed-door conference June 24 to decide whether to put the case on their docket for the fall term.

The court says Florida didn't prove that its ecosystem suffered any harm from Georgia's alleged actions.

A federal appellate court in April 2020 struck down a federal law denying residents of the island eligibility for the Social Security Supplemental Income program for the severely disabled.

The case has also has fiscal implications for Arkansas, Delaware, Nebraska, New York, and Pennsylvania.

The high court unanimously ruled the Oversight Board members do not need to be confirmed by the U.S. Senate under the Constitution’s Appointments Clause.

The announcement Monday involved last March’s ruling by the First Circuit Court of Appeals on the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority’s special revenue bonds.

A special master will hear oral arguments Thursday in the federal lawsuit Florida filed in 2013, as both states incur significant legal costs.

If a majority of the justices find the Oversight Board created by Congress has a primarily federal role, it could do what the hedge funds want and invalidate the board.

The wild card part of this case is whether the justices decide to take an expansive look back on early 20th century decisions known as the Insular Cases and rule on the constitutional rights of U.S. citizens living in territories outside the 50 states.

Assured Guaranty and two other bond insurers recently petitioned the Supreme Court to review an appellate court ruling involving the Puerto Rico Highways and Transportation Authority’s special revenue bonds.

U.S. Court of Claims Judge Richard Hertling said Tuesday he would issue the stay because he expects key rulings by the Supreme Court and an appellate court.

New York will require out-of-state retailers with annual sales of more than $300,000 or 100 transactions in the state to collect and remit sales tax.