Recently Covered
Cases Bryan has discussed on Aloha Friday and Morning Report, most recent first. 60 of 397 shown.
Beatty v. Trump
Rep. Joyce Beatty sued the Trump administration over the renaming of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to include Donald Trump's name against congressional statute.
League of Women Voters of Massachusetts v. Trump
The League of Women Voters sued the Trump administration over the new executive order titled “Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections," which purports to exert federal con...
United State v. New Hampshire Secretary of State
The United States filed a suit requiring that New Hampshire turn over it voter list maintenance procedures and an electronic copy of its statewide voter registration list to ensure compliance with Pre...
Carroll v. Trump
E. Jean Carroll sued Donald Trump for defamation over statements he made in June 2019, while president, denying her account that he sexually assaulted her in a Manhattan department store dressing room...
Trump v. California (Elections EO stay application)
The Solicitor General asked the Supreme Court to stay the permanent injunction against Sections 2 and 3 of Executive Order 14399, 'Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections,...
Phang v. Blanche
Journalist and attorney Katie Phang sued Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche for the DOJ's failure to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act (Public Law 119-38), which Congress passed nearly ...
Barbara v. Trump (Birthright Citizenship N)
A putative class of U.S.-born children and their parents challenged President Trump's January 2025 Executive Order limiting birthright citizenship, arguing it violates the Fourteenth Amendment. Judge ...
Barbara v. Trump (Birthright Citizenship)
On his first day back in office, President Trump signed an executive order reinterpreting the Fourteenth Amendment to deny birthright citizenship to children born in the United States to parents who a...
Trump v. Dow Jones Company
Defamation suit filed by President Donald J. Trump on July 18, 2025, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida (Miami Division, 1:25-cv-23232, Judge Darrin P. Gayles). The case i...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Ass'n
In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding mechanism against an Appropriations Clause challenge. Justice Thomas, writing for the majority, held that...
Trump v. British Broadcasting Corporation
President Trump sued the BBC in his personal capacity over the Panorama documentary "Trump: A Second Chance," first broadcast October 28, 2024, one week before the 2024 election. The complaint alleges...
Blumenthal v. Trump
About 215 Democratic members of Congress sued President Trump under the Foreign Emoluments Clause, arguing he accepted benefits from foreign governments through his businesses without asking Congress ...
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington v. Trump
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, joined by hospitality-industry competitors, sued President Trump under both Emoluments Clauses, arguing his hotels and restaurants took payments f...
District of Columbia and Maryland v. Trump
The District of Columbia and the State of Maryland sued President Trump under both Emoluments Clauses over the Trump International Hotel in Washington. Judge Peter Messitte adopted a broad reading of ...
Trump v. District Court for the Northern District of California
The government has requested the appellate court stay Judge Illston's order requiring certain discovery production and granting a temporary restraining order which prevents the implementation of large...
Anthropic PBC v. U.S. Department of War (Anthropic N.D. 2026)
Anthropic, the maker of the AI assistant Claude, sued the Department of War (formerly the Department of Defense) and other federal officials after the government moved to blacklist the company, before...
New Hampshire Indonesian Community Support v. Trump
The government appealed Judge Saint-Marc's preliminary injunction preventing President Trump's birthright citizenship executive order from going into effect.
State of California v. Trump
This is the appeal in the multistate challenge to Executive Order 14399, "Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections" (91 Fed. Reg. 17125, Mar. 31, 2026). In the district cou...
The Sustainability Institute v. Trump (Sustainability Injunct 2)
A coalition of nonprofit organizations and local governments sued the Trump administration in March 2025 after the Environmental Protection Agency froze and then terminated grants that Congress had fu...
In re Kevin Bolan
An attorney disciplinary proceeding against Assistant U.S. Attorney Kevin Bolan in the District of Rhode Island. The proceeding grew out of Bolan's handling of the government's response in Gomez v. Ne...
EEOC v. Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania
The EEOC, investigating alleged antisemitism at the University of Pennsylvania, subpoenaed the university for the names and personal contact information of members of Jewish organizations on campus an...
Nicolas Talbott v. President Trump
6 current transgender service members and 2 prospective members sued President Trump, seeking injunctive relief against the implementation of this order. The suit alleges the order violates the Equal ...
Fritz Emmanuel Lesly Miot v. Donald Trump
The government appealed Judge Reyes' order staying Secretary Noem's termination of TPS for Haiti.
In re Grand Jury Subpoenas Dated July 10, 2026
The New York Times Company and five of its journalists, Julian E. Barnes, Adam Goldman, Eric Lipton, Tyler Pager and Eric Schmitt, moved to quash grand jury subpoenas ad testificandum dated July 10, 2...
Ireland v. United States
Seventeen transgender members of the U.S. Air Force or Space Force sued the United States over the rescission of their retirement orders.
Mahdawi v. Trump (Mahdawi, D. Vt., 2025)
Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian residing in the United States as a lawful permanent resident, was detained by the Department of Homeland Security following an interview to become a U.S. citizen.
United States v. Minnesota (Sanctuary laws, 2025 Sep)
The United States filed a suit challenging Minnesota sanctuary city laws and policies.
Carroll v. Trump
E. Jean Carroll's second suit against Donald Trump, filed in November 2022 under New York's Adult Survivors Act, combined a battery claim over the mid-1990s assault with a defamation claim over statem...
Trump v. Internal Revenue Service
President Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization sued the IRS and Department of the Treasury over the actions from IRS contractor Charles Littlejohn in 2019 where he released ...
American Oversight v. U.S. Department of Justice
Government transparency nonprofit American Oversight sued the DOJ seeking a court order compelling expedited processing of two FOIA requests targeting Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's official c...
McCarthy v. Hernandez
The Supreme Court summarily reversed the Second Circuit's grant of federal habeas relief to Pedro Hernandez, convicted of kidnapping and murdering six-year-old Etan Patz in 1979. Hernandez confessed a...
Washington v. Department of Transportation
A coalition of states sued the Department of Transportation over the suspension of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Formula Program, which was enacted in the Infrastructure Investment and ...
Washington v. Department of Commerce
The state of Washington sued the Department of Commerce over the termination of federal grants related to helping communities become more resilient to the effects of climate change.
American Bar Association v. Executive Office of the President
The American Bar Association sued the Executive Office of the President and dozens of federal agency heads in June 2025, challenging what its complaint calls the administration's "Law Firm Intimidatio...
Association of American Universities v. Department of Energy
Universities led by the Association of American Universities challenged a Department of Energy Policy Flash that imposed a universal cap on indirect research costs for grant recipients. Judge Allison ...
Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Doe I
An Alien Tort Statute case brought by former child laborers against technology companies. The Court held that courts may not create new causes of action for violations of international norms under the...
Doe v.Noem
A challenge by seven Syrian nationals to the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syria, before Judge Katherine Polk Failla in the Southern District of New York (No. 25-cv-8686), with t...
Trump v. CASA Inc.
The Trump administration challenged district-court injunctions blocking its executive order purporting to end birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants and temporary visa holders....
Mullin v. Doe (consol. w/ Trump v. Miot) — TPS
Two Temporary Protected Status cases taken on certiorari before judgment and decided together: Mullin v. Doe, No. 25-1083, from the Second Circuit, concerning Syria, and Trump v. Miot, No. 25-1084, fr...
Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC
The Supreme Court held that the Alien Tort Statute does not permit federal courts to impose liability on foreign corporations for human rights violations committed abroad, resolving a decades-long que...
American Federation of Government Employees v. Trump (AFGE EO 2025)
The American Federation of Government Employees sued the Trump administration over President Trump's Executive Order which aims to rescind collective bargaining agreements signed under the Biden admin...
NVIDIA Corp. v. E. Ohman J:or Fonder AB
NVIDIA Corp. v. E. Ohman J:or Fonder AB (2024) held that in securities fraud class actions, courts may not consider the merits of expert testimony at the class certification stage when resolving wheth...
Board of Regents v. Roth
David Roth was hired as an assistant professor at Wisconsin State University on a fixed one-year contract. When the university declined to rehire him for the next year, it gave no reason and held no h...
In re: Donald Trump
The government appealed Judge Boasberg's order contempt inquiry into the Trump administration.
United State v. Texas
The Trump administration sued the state of Texas over its legislation which allows undocumented immigrants to receive instate tuition benefits.
Council petitions the court for a stay of 2025 pending something I don't know
National Security Counselors v. Justice Department
National Security Counselors filed a Freedom of Information Act suit against the Department of Justice and the Office of Legal Counsel, seeking formal OLC written opinions related to FOIA, the Privacy...
Monsanto Company v. Durnell
A preemption case about Roundup. The Court held that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act expressly preempts Durnell's state-law failure-to-warn claim, because the claim would requi...
Public Broadcasting Service v.Trump
PBS sued President Trump over his executive order seeking to end funding to the service over the content of its news and shows.
Chatrie v. United States
The Supreme Court held that police conducted a Fourth Amendment search when they acquired Chatrie's location data from Google, because a person keeps a reasonable expectation of privacy in his cell-ph...
University of California Student Association v. Acting Secretary Carter
The University of California Student Association, represented by Public Citizen and the National Student Legal Defense Network, sued Acting Education Secretary Denise Carter and the Department of Educ...
Ford Motor Company v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court
Ford Motor Company v. Montana Eighth Judicial District Court (2021) held 8-0 that state courts may exercise specific personal jurisdiction over a product liability defendant even when the injury-causi...
Angelica S. v. Department of Health and Human Services
Unaccompanied minors who are detained in federal immigration custody sued the Department of Health and Human Services seeking to create a class action to challenge the Office of Refugee Resettlement r...
United States v. Virginia
The Trump administration sued Virginia over a state law which allows undocumented immigrants residing in Virginia to qualify for reduced tuition at public colleges.
Blanche v. Lau
An immigration case about lawful permanent residents returning to the United States. The Court held that the Immigration and Nationality Act does not require a border officer to have clear and convinc...