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Justia Argument Summaries

US Supreme Court

The Court heard oral arguments in the following cases this week:

Niz-Chavez v. Barr Brownback v. King California v. Texas

speaker-icon Niz-Chavez v. Barr (Argued 11/9/2020)

Under Section 1229(a), must the government serve a specific document that includes all required information, or may the government serve that information over the course of multiple documents?

Advocates:
David J. Zimmer, for the petitioner
Anthony A. Yang, for the respondent

speaker-icon Brownback v. King (Argued 11/9/2020)

Does the judgment bar provision of the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) prevent a plaintiff whose FTCA claim against the government failed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction from filing another action, against the same defendants and arising from the same set of facts and injuries, under Bivens?

Advocates:
Michael R. Huston, for the petitioners
Patrick M. Jaicomo, for the respondent

speaker-icon California v. Texas (Argued 11/10/2020)

Is the individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which now has a penalty of zero for not buying health insurance, now unconstitutional?

If the individual mandate is unconstitutional, is it severable from the remainder of the ACA?

Advocates:
Michael J. Mongan, for California, et al.
Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., for the U.S. House of Representatives
Kyle D. Hawkins, for Texas, et al.
Jeffrey B. Wall, for the United States, et al.

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