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Recent Opinions

10/13 Alawieh v. Mullin Aff’d

10/9 Warner v. Amgen Inc. Rev’d in part

10/9 Bean Maine Lobster, Inc. v. Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation Rev’d

10/8 US v. Monteiro Aff’d

10/6 State of Louisiana v. FCC Dism’d in part

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Recent Orders

10/2 American Federation of Gov't Employees Local 2305 v. United States Department of Veterans Affairs Order

9/16 State of Washington v. US Dep't of HUD Stay pending appeal Granted

9/10 League of Women Voters of Massachusetts v. Trump Stay pending appeal Denied

9/4 New Hampshire Youth Movement v. Scanlan Stay pending appeal Denied

Under Advisement

407 days United States v. Sadeq Ali Quraishi 25-1115 · argued Sep 3, 2025past the 90th percentile (282 days)

406 days Sanjay Krishna, et al. v. Lori Chavez-DeRemer 25-1201 · argued Sep 4, 2025past the 90th percentile (282 days)

401 days Luis Patricio Dominguez-Landi v. Pamela J. Bondi 24-2074 · argued Sep 9, 2025past the 90th percentile (282 days)

318 days Alfred W. Trenkler v. Freddie Bowers 24-1853 · argued Dec 1, 2025past the 90th percentile (282 days)

318 days Lynnel Cox v. Ismael Almeida, et al. 25-1078 · argued Dec 1, 2025past the 90th percentile (282 days)

316 days United States v. Abhijt Das 24-1691 · argued Dec 3, 2025past the 90th percentile (282 days)

316 days U.S. Bank Trust, N.A. v. Jackie L. Bowden, et al. 25-1034 · argued Dec 3, 2025past the 90th percentile (282 days)

316 days Michael Bronson v. Town of South Kingstown, et al. 25-1231 · argued Dec 3, 2025past the 90th percentile (282 days)

315 days Joshalyn Darden v. Colbea Enterprises, L.L.C., et al. 25-1305 · argued Dec 4, 2025past the 90th percentile (282 days)

315 days Fernel Antonio Guevara-Castellanos v. Pamela J. Bondi 25-1424 · argued Dec 4, 2025past the 90th percentile (282 days)

315 days State of Rhode Island, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al. 25-1477 · argued Dec 4, 2025past the 90th percentile (282 days)

192 days Bonnie A. Manchester v. Town of Ludlow, et al. 25-1502 · argued Apr 6past the median (114 days)

192 days Debra Goulart, et al. v. Cape Cod Healthcare, Inc. 25-1672 · argued Apr 6past the median (114 days)

191 days Che Blake Sosa v. Massachusetts Department of Correction, et al. 24-1433 · argued Apr 7past the median (114 days)

190 days Julio Mario Briseno-Luna v. Pamela J. Bondi 20-1723 · argued Apr 8past the median (114 days)

190 days United States v. David S. Finnerty 25-1934 · argued Apr 8past the median (114 days)

189 days US ex rel. Rosemary Morgan-Lee v. The Whittier Health Network, Inc. 25-1139 · argued Apr 9past the median (114 days)

189 days Thomas Marshall v. Pamela J. Bondi 25-1721 · argued Apr 9past the median (114 days)

164 days Jose Arnulfo Guerrero Orellana v. Antone Moniz, et al. 26-1094 · argued May 4past the median (114 days)

163 days United States v. Kemal Mrndzic 25-1140 · argued May 5past the median (114 days)

163 days Ngabiyala Kakoma v. Todd Blanche 25-1330 · argued May 5past the median (114 days)

163 days Gary Cifizzari v. Town of Milford, et al. 25-1667 · argued May 5past the median (114 days)

163 days Ashton Orr, et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et al. 25-1579 · argued May 5past the median (114 days)

162 days John Epstein v. Bruce Furniture, Inc. 24-1758 · argued May 6past the median (114 days)

162 days United States v. Carlos Bayrón-Ramos 25-1366 · argued May 6past the median (114 days)

161 days KPM Analytics North America Corporation v. Blue Sun Scientific, LLC, et al. 25-1222 · argued May 7past the median (114 days)

161 days Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., et al. v. Digitas, Inc. 25-1609 · argued May 7past the median (114 days)

161 days Greater Boston Legal Services, et al. v. United States Department of Homeland Security, et al. 25-1799 · argued May 7past the median (114 days)

136 days Alan Dworman v. PHH Mortgage Services, et al. 25-1407 · argued Jun 1past the median (114 days)

135 days United States v. Vicente Gonzalez, Jr. 25-1119 · argued Jun 2past the median (114 days)

135 days Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation v. Aaron M. Frey 25-1908 · argued Jun 2past the median (114 days)

135 days AbbVie Inc., et al. v. Aaron M. Frey, et al. 25-1914 · argued Jun 2past the median (114 days)

135 days Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America v. Aaron M. Frey, et al. 26-1099 · argued Jun 2past the median (114 days)

134 days United States v. Samuel Montronde 25-1266 +1 · argued Jun 3past the median (114 days)

134 days AbbVie Inc., et al. v. Peter F. Neronha, et al. 25-1940 · argued Jun 3past the median (114 days)

134 days Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation v. Peter F. Neronha, et al. 25-1941 · argued Jun 3past the median (114 days)

134 days Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America v. Peter F. Neronha, et al. 26-1039 · argued Jun 3past the median (114 days)

80 days Maidelin Noemi Alvarado-Hernandez, et al. v. Todd Blanche 24-1447 · argued Jul 27

80 days Mario Soares v. FCA US LLC 25-1824 +1 · argued Jul 27

80 days Matthew Thurston, et al. v. Progressive Casualty Insurance Co., et al. 25-1828 · argued Jul 27

80 days United States, ex rel. James R. Berkley v. Ocean State, LLC, et al. 25-2033 · argued Jul 27

80 days United States v. Yeiron Vizcaino Vizcaino 26-1187 · argued Jul 27

79 days United States v. Steve Depina 25-1459 · argued Jul 28

79 days American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, et al. v. Scott Kupor 25-1959 · argued Jul 28

79 days Mara Morillo v. United States 25-2027 · argued Jul 28

79 days Mozart Saint Cyr v. JPMorgan Chase & Co. 25-2129 · argued Jul 28

78 days Timi Y. Wallace v. William Scott Pliler 24-2127 · argued Jul 29

78 days United States v. Olarewaju James Oladipo 25-1080 · argued Jul 29

78 days Dinner Table Action, et al. v. William J. Schneider, et al. 25-1705 · argued Jul 29

78 days Dinner Table Action, et al. v. Equal Citizens, et al. 25-1706 · argued Jul 29

78 days United States v. José Guzmán-Vázquez 25-1754 · argued Jul 29

78 days Whaleco Inc. v. Jeffrey Gluck, et al. 25-1893 +1 · argued Jul 29

77 days Michael O'Neil, et al. v. Peter F. Neronha, et al. 25-1814 · argued Jul 30

77 days Justin Urban v. Zurich American Insurance Company 25-2087 +1 · argued Jul 30

77 days Tracy Grygiel v. HealthEquity, Inc. 25-2109 · argued Jul 30

77 days Ecolab, Inc., et al. v. IBA, Inc., et al. 25-2207 · argued Jul 30

36 days Martha Oralia Alvarado Murillos v. Todd Blanche 24-1850 +1 · argued Sep 9

36 days Stefano Granata, et al. v. Andrea J. Campbell, et al. 25-1918 · argued Sep 9

36 days Kenneth Byrd v. Mott MacDonald Group, Inc. 25-1972 · argued Sep 9

36 days United States, ex rel. Cohen v. Lahey Clinic Hospital, Inc. 25-2043 · argued Sep 9

106 argued matters awaiting decision · Statistics →

Percentile bands set each case’s time in advisement against the court’s argument-to-decision record for published opinions.

9 further matters have been pending more than 14 months and may have been resolved without a published opinion or may await docket reconciliation.

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