Jurisdiction of federal courts of appeals: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “Jurisdiction of federal courts of appeals,” part of the Judicial Power area.

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All 59 decisions, newest first

• Margolin v. National Association of Immigration Judges
  146 S. Ct. 1285Decided May 26, 20269–0Per curiam
• The Geo Group v. Menocal
  607 U.S. 438Decided February 25, 20269–0Elena Kagan
• Food and Drug Administration v. R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co.
  145 S. Ct. 1984Decided June 20, 20257–2Amy Coney Barrett
• Oklahoma v. Environmental Protection Agency
  145 S. Ct. 1720Decided June 18, 20258–0Clarence Thomas
• Environmental Protection Agency v. Calumet Shreveport Refining, LLC
  145 S. Ct. 1735Decided June 18, 20257–2Clarence Thomas
• Parrish v. United States
  145 S. Ct. 1664Decided June 12, 20258–1Sonia Sotomayor
• United States v. Sineneng-Smith
  140 S. Ct. 1575Decided May 7, 20209–0Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• National Association of Manufacturers v. Department of Defense
  138 S. Ct. 617Decided January 22, 20189–0Sonia Sotomayor
• Manrique v. United States
  137 S. Ct. 1266Decided April 19, 20176–2Clarence Thomas
• McLane Company v. EEOC
  137 S. Ct. 1159Decided April 3, 20177–1Sonia Sotomayor
• Bullard v. Blue Hills Bank
  575 U.S. 496Decided May 4, 20159–0John G. Roberts Jr.
• Republic of Iraq v. Jordan Beaty
  556 U.S. 848Decided June 8, 20099–0Antonin Scalia
• Carlsbad Technology, Inc. v. Hif Bio, Inc.
  556 U.S. 635Decided May 4, 20099–0Clarence Thomas
• Greenlaw v. United States
  554 U.S. 237Decided June 23, 20086–3Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Pat Osborn v. Barry Haley
  549 U.S. 225Decided January 22, 20077–2Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Helen Purcell v. Maria M. Gonzalez
  549 U.S. 1Decided October 20, 20069–0Per curiam
• Carl Kircher v. Putnam Funds Trust
  547 U.S. 633Decided June 15, 20069–0David H. Souter
• Ricky Bell v. Gregory Thompson
  545 U.S. 794Decided June 27, 20055–4Anthony M. Kennedy
• Khanh Phuong Nguyen v. United States
  539 U.S. 69Decided June 9, 20035–4John Paul Stevens
• Dow Chemical Company v. Daniel Raymond Stephenson
  539 U.S. 111Decided June 9, 20038–0Per curiam
• Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. v. Hurley Henson
  537 U.S. 28Decided November 5, 20029–0William H. Rehnquist
• The Holmes Group, Inc. v. Vornado Air Circulation Systems, Inc.
  535 U.S. 826Decided June 3, 20029–0Antonin Scalia
• William J. Clinton v. James T. Goldsmith
  526 U.S. 529Decided May 17, 19999–0David H. Souter
• Janice E. Hetzel v. Prince William County
  523 U.S. 208Decided March 23, 19989–0Per curiam
• William Gasperini v. Center for Humanities, Inc.
  518 U.S. 415Decided June 24, 19966–3Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• John W. Behrens v. Robert J. Pelletier
  516 U.S. 299Decided February 21, 19967–2Antonin Scalia
• Things Remembered, Inc. v. Anthony A. Petrarca
  516 U.S. 124Decided December 5, 19959–0Clarence Thomas
• Celotex Corporation v. Bennie Edwards et Ux.
  514 U.S. 300Decided April 19, 19957–2William H. Rehnquist
• Tom Swint v. Chambers County Commission
  514 U.S. 35Decided March 1, 19959–0Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Charles K. Elder v. R. D. Holloway
  510 U.S. 510Decided February 23, 19949–0Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Salve Regina College v. Sharon L. Russell
  499 U.S. 225Decided March 20, 19916–3Harry A. Blackmun
• Newman-Green, Inc. v. Alfonzo-Larrain
  490 U.S. 826Decided June 12, 19897–2Thurgood Marshall
• Christianson v. Colt Industries Operating Corp.
  486 U.S. 800Decided June 17, 19889–0William J. Brennan Jr.
• Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. McCoy
  484 U.S. 3Decided October 19, 19877–1Per curiam
• United States v. Hohri
  482 U.S. 64Decided June 1, 19878–0Lewis F. Powell Jr.
• Icicle Seafoods, Inc. v. Worthington
  475 U.S. 709Decided April 21, 19868–1William H. Rehnquist
• Jean v. Nelson
  472 U.S. 846Decided June 26, 19856–2William H. Rehnquist
• Allied Chemical Corp. v. Daiflon, Inc.
  449 U.S. 33Decided November 17, 19805–2Per curiam
• Will, U. S. District Judge v. Calvert Fire Insurance Co.
  437 U.S. 655Decided June 23, 19785–4William H. Rehnquist
• Gravitt v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
  430 U.S. 723Decided April 25, 19779–0Per curiam
• South Prairie Construction Co. v. Local No. 627
  425 U.S. 800Decided May 24, 19769–0Per curiam
• Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. Wetzel
  424 U.S. 737Decided March 23, 19768–0William H. Rehnquist
• Bray v. United States
  423 U.S. 73Decided December 1, 19758–0Per curiam
• Tidewater Oil Co. v. United States
  409 U.S. 151Decided December 6, 19726–3Thurgood Marshall
• Mengelkoch v. Industrial Welfare Commission
  393 U.S. 83Decided October 28, 19689–0Per curiam
• Wilson v. City of Port Lavaca
  391 U.S. 352Decided May 20, 19689–0Per curiam
• International Union v. Scofield
  382 U.S. 205Decided December 20, 19659–0Earl Warren
• United States v. Fruehauf
  365 U.S. 146Decided February 20, 19618–1Felix Frankfurter
• McGann v. United States
  362 U.S. 309Decided March 28, 19609–0Per curiam
• La Buy v. Howes Leather Co., Inc.
  352 U.S. 249Decided January 14, 19575–4Tom C. Clark
• Jaffke v. Dunham
  352 U.S. 280Decided January 14, 19579–0Per curiam
• In re Application of Burwell
  350 U.S. 521Decided April 2, 19569–0Per curiam
• National Labor Relations Board v. Warren Company, Inc.
  350 U.S. 107Decided December 12, 19559–0Earl Warren
• United States v. California Eastern Line, Inc.
  348 U.S. 351Decided March 7, 19557–1Hugo L. Black
• Western Pacific Railroad Corp. v. Western Pacific Railroad Co.
  345 U.S. 247Decided April 6, 19538–1Fred M. Vinson
• United States v. Urbuteit
  336 U.S. 804Decided May 2, 19499–0Per curiam
• Defense Supplies Corp. v. Lawrence Warehouse Co.
  336 U.S. 631Decided April 18, 19499–0Frank Murphy
• United States v. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
  334 U.S. 258Decided May 24, 19487–0William O. Douglas
• Cone v. West Virginia Pulp & Paper Co.
  330 U.S. 212Decided March 3, 19479–0Hugo L. Black

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error