This is a list of all the United States Supreme Court cases from volume 578 of the United States Reports :
| Case name | Docket no. | Date decided |
|---|---|---|
| Friedrichs v. Cal. Teachers Ass'n | 14–915 | March 29,2016 |
| The judgment was affirmed by an equally-divided court. | ||
| Luis v. United States | 14–419 | March 30,2016 |
| Pre-trial restraint of untainted assets needed to retain a counsel of the defendant's choice violates the Sixth Amendment. The judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit vacated and remanded. | ||
| Evenwel v. Abbott | 14–940 | April 4,2016 |
| A state may draw its legislative districts based on total population. | ||
| Nichols v. United States | 15–5238 | April 4,2016 |
| The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act does not require an individual to update his registration once departing a state. | ||
| Woods v. Etherton | 15–723 | April 4,2016 |
| Welch v. United States | 15–6418 | April 18,2016 |
| Johnson v. United States announced a substantive rule change and is thus retroactive. | ||
| Hughes v. Talen Energy Marketing, LLC | 14–614 | April 19,2016 |
| State regulation of the energy market is preempted if it conflicts with requirements set by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, including rates. | ||
| Franchise Tax Bd. v. Hyatt (2016) | 14–1175 | April 19,2016 |
| The Nevada rule not extending the same immunities to agencies of other states as it does to its own is a "policy of hostility" and unconstitutional under the Full Faith and Credit Clause. | ||
| Molina-Martinez v. United States | 14–8913 | April 20,2016 |
| Courts may not have rigid requirements for additional evidence in proceedings to remedy incorrect sentencing guidelines. | ||
| Bank Markazi v. Peterson | 14–770 | April 20,2016 |
| A law that only applied to a specific case, identified by docket number, and eliminated all of the defenses one party had raised did not violate the separation of powers in the United States Constitution between the legislative (Congress) and judicial branches of government; since it pertained to the immunity of assets of a foreign state, it was also justified as a valid exercise of Congress' authority in foreign policy matters. | ||
| Harris v. Ariz. Independent Redistricting Comm'n | 14–232 | April 20,2016 |
| Population deviations for legislative districts predominantly reflected commission's good-faith efforts to comply with Voting Rights Act and obtain preclearance from Department of Justice. | ||
| Heffernan v. City of Paterson | 14–1280 | April 26,2016 |
| Police department's demotion of detective in response to mistaken belief he was supporting a challenger to the city's mayor in election violated his First Amendment rights regardless of his actual purpose. Third Circuit reversed and remanded. | ||
| Ocasio v. United States | 14–361 | May 2,2016 |
| A defendant may be charged with conspiracy to commit extortion even though the ones being extorted are part of the extortion scheme. | ||
| Sheriff v. Gillie | 15–338 | May 16,2016 |
| The use of the Ohio Attorney General's letterhead, as its direction, was permissible and not a false, deceptive, or misleading representation under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. | ||
| Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins | 13–1339 | May 16,2016 |
| Because the Ninth Circuit failed to consider both the concrete and particularized aspects of the injury-in-fact requirement, its Article III standing analysis was incomplete. | ||
| Husky Int'l Electronics, Inc. v. Ritz | 15–145 | May 16,2016 |
| The term "actual fraud" in the discharge exceptions of Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code encompasses fraudulent conveyance schemes even when those schemes do not involve a false representation. | ||
| Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. v. Manning | 14–1132 | May 16,2016 |
| Section 27 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 allows state courts to handle claims filed under their own investor-protection laws even if the litigation might involve some issues under federal securities law. | ||
| Zubik v. Burwell | 14–1418 | May 16,2016 |
| Remanded the cases to lower courts for reconsideration in light of the positions asserted by the parties in their supplemental briefs. | ||
| Kernan v. Hinojosa | 15–833 | May 16,2016 |
| The lower court misapplied the test in Ylst v. Nunnemaker that states that if a state court order denies a habeas petition without explanation, it is presumed that the order agrees with the "last reasoned state court opinion" in the case unless there is "strong evidence" to the contrary. | ||
| CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. EEOC | 14–1375 | May 19,2016 |
| A defendant need not succeed on the merits in order to be the prevailing party for the purposes of seeking attorney fees. | ||
| Betterman v. Montana | 14–1457 | May 19,2016 |
| The Sixth Amendment's speedy trial guarantee does not apply once a defendant has been found guilty at trial or has pleaded guilty to criminal charges. | ||
| Luna Torres v. Lynch | 14–1096 | May 19,2016 |
| Section 1101(a)(43) of the federal Immigration and Nationality Act, which includes "aggravated felony" as a possible reason for deporting a non-citizen, can include state offenses, if all of the elements of the federal crime are met, with the exception of the interstate or foreign commerce requirement. | ||
| Foster v. Chatman | 14–8349 | May 23,2016 |
| The Court has jurisdiction to review the judgment of the Georgia Supreme Court denying Foster a Certificate of Probable Cause on his Batson claim. The decision that Foster failed to show purposeful discrimination was clearly erroneous under the three-step process established by Batson v. Kentucky . | ||
| Wittman v. Personhuballah | 14–1504 | May 23,2016 |
| The appellants lacked standing under Article III of the United States Constitution to pursue their appeal. | ||
| Green v. Brennan | 14–613 | May 23,2016 |
| When filing a workplace discrimination complaint under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the filing period begins only after an employee resigns. The filing period begins at the time that the employee gives notice of resignation, not the effective date of resignation. | ||
| Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co. | 15–290 | May 31,2016 |
| A Clean Water Act jurisdictional determination issued by the United States Army Corps of Engineers is reviewable under the Administrative Procedure Act because jurisdictional determinations constitute final agency action. | ||
| Johnson v. Lee | 15–789 | May 31,2016 |
| Lynch v. Arizona | 15–8366 | May 31,2016 |
| Simmons v. Himmelreich | 15–109 | June 6,2016 |
| Ross v. Blake | 15–339 | June 6,2016 |
| The Prison Litigation Reform Act’s requirement to exhaust administrative remedies does not have a "special circumstances" exception, but inmates are only required to exhaust administrative remedies that are genuinely available to them. | ||