Argued 11/29/2017. Description from Oyez.org: "A case in which the Court will determine whether the warrantless seizure and search of cell phone records revealing the location and movements of a cell phone user over the course of 127 days violates the Fourth Amendment."

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Carpenter v. United States (2017)

Argued 11/28/2017. Description from Oyez.org: "A case in which the Court will resolve a circuit split as to whether the anti-retaliation provision for "whistleblowers" in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 applies only to individuals who fall within the act’s specific definition of "whistleblower," that is, those who disclose allegedly unlawful activity to the Securities and Exchange Commission."

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers (2017)

Argued 11/28/2017. Description from Oyez.org: "A case in which the Court will determine whether state courts may exercise subject matter jurisdiction over covered class actions that allege only Securities Act of 1933 claims."

Cyan, Inc. v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund (2017)

Argued 11/27/2017. Description from Oyez.org: "A case in which the court will determine if the Patent Trial and Appeal Board must address every claim that is challenged in a claimant’s petition in its final written decision, or if it may address only a subset of those claims, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 318(a)."

SAS Institute Inc. v. Matal (2017)

Argued 11/27/2017. Description from Oyez.org: "A case in which the Court will decide whether inter partes review, an adversarial process used by the Patent and Trademark Office, unconstitutionally deprives patent holders of their right to a jury and access to an Article III forum before depriving them of a property right."

Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC (2017)

Argued 11/7/2017. Description from Oyez.org: "A case in which the Court will decide whether a statute that directs the federal courts to "promptly dismiss” certain lawsuits without affecting any underlying laws violates the Constitution’s separation of powers principles, and whether that statute violates the due process rights of a plaintiff with a pending lawsuit affected by the statute."

Patchak v. Zinke (2017)

Argued 11/6/2017. Description from Oyez.org: "A case in which the Court will resolve a circuit split as to whether the safe harbor provision of 11 U.S.C. § 546(e), which prohibits a trustee from avoiding a transfer made by or to a financial institution, includes transfers where the benefit and detriment of the transfer impact companies that are not financial institutions."

Merit Management Group, LP v. FTI Consulting, Inc. (2017)

Argued 11/1/2017. Description from Oyez.org: "A case in which the Court will decide whether the tolling provision of 28 U.S.C. Section 1367(d) suspends the limitations period for the state-law claims while the claim is pending and for 30 days after the claim is dismissed, or merely provides 30 days after the dismissal for the plaintiff to refile."

Artis v. District of Columbia (2017)

Argued 10/31/2017. Description from Oyez.org: "A case in which the Court will decide whether a designation of non-statutory insider status is reviewable under the standard of clear error."

U.S. Bank Nat. Assn. v. Village at Lakeridge, LLC (2017)

Argued 10/30/2017. Description from Oyez.org: "A case in which the Court will decide whether its decision in Harrington v. Richter implicitly abrogated the presumption that a federal court sitting in habeas proceedings should “look through” a summary state court ruling to review the last reasoned result."

Wilson v. Sellers (2017)

Argued 10/30/2017. Description from Oyez.org: "A case in which the Court will decide whether investigative services under 18 U.S.C. §3599(f) are only “reasonably necessary” when the habeas petitioner requesting the services can meet the burden of proof for the underlying claim for habeas relief at the time of the request for the investigative services."

Ayestas v. Davis (2017)

Argued 10/11/2017. Description from Oyez.org: "A case in which the Court will decide whether the Alien Tort Statute prohibits corporate liability."

Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC. (2017)

Argued 10/11/2017. Description from Oyez.org: "A case in which the Court will decide whether the Clean Water Act grants federal courts of appeals jurisdiction to review the Environmental Protection Agency’s rule that defines the scope of United States waters."

National Assn. of Mfrs. v. Department of Defense (2017)

Argued 10/10/2017. Description from Oyez.org: "A case in which Court held that Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(5)(C), which places a time limit on appeals, is not jurisdictional because it is a court-made rule rather than a statute."

Hamer v. Neighborhood Housing Serv. of Chicago (2017)

Argued 10/4/2017. Description from Oyez.org: "A case in which the Court will decide whether a guilty plea inherently waives a defendant’s right to challenge the constitutionality of his conviction."

Class v. United States (2017)

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