No merits, writ improvidently granted: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “No merits, writ improvidently granted,” part of the Judicial Power area.

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All 107 decisions, newest first

• Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v. Davis
  145 S. Ct. 1608Decided June 5, 20258–1Per curiam
• Nvidia Corp. v. E. Ohman J:or Fonder Ab
  604 U.S. 20Decided December 11, 20249–0Per curiam
• Facebook v. Amalgamated Bank
  604 U.S. 4Decided November 22, 20249–0Per curiam
• Duncan v. Owens
  577 U.S. 189Decided January 20, 20169–0Per curiam
• Jonathan Edward Boyer v. Louisiana
  569 U.S. 238Decided April 29, 20135–4Per curiam
• First American Financial Corporation v. Denise P. Edwards
  567 U.S. 756Decided June 28, 20129–0Per curiam
• Alexander Vasquez v. United States.
  566 U.S. 376Decided April 2, 20129–0Per curiam
• Jose Tolentino v. New York
  563 U.S. 123Decided March 29, 20119–0Per curiam
• Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Mayola Williams
  556 U.S. 178Decided March 31, 20099–0Per curiam
• Edward Nathaniel Bell v. Loretta K. Kelly
  555 U.S. 55Decided November 17, 20089–0Per curiam
• Reymundo Toledo-Flores v. United States
  549 U.S. 69Decided December 5, 20069–0Per curiam
• Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings v. Metabolite Laboratories, Inc.
  548 U.S. 124Decided June 22, 20065–3Per curiam
• Maryland v. Leeander Jerome Blake
  546 U.S. 72Decided November 14, 20059–0Per curiam
• Jose Ernesto Medellin v. Doug Dretke
  544 U.S. 660Decided May 23, 20055–4Per curiam
• Marlon Latodd Howell v. Mississippi
  543 U.S. 440Decided January 24, 20059–0Per curiam
• Nike, Inc. v. Marc Kasky
  539 U.S. 654Decided June 26, 20036–3Per curiam
• Ford Motor Company and Citibank (South Dakota), N. A. v. John B. McCauley
  537 U.S. 1Decided October 15, 20029–0Per curiam
• Wanda Adams v. Florida Power Corporation and Florida Progress Corporation
  535 U.S. 228Decided April 1, 20029–0Per curiam
• Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Norman Y. Mineta
  534 U.S. 103Decided November 27, 20019–0Per curiam
• District of Columbia v. Tri County Industries, Inc.
  531 U.S. 287Decided January 17, 20019–0Per curiam
• Randall Ricci v. Village of Arlington Heights
  523 U.S. 613Decided May 4, 19989–0Per curiam
• George G. Rogers v. United States
  522 U.S. 252Decided January 14, 19986–3John Paul Stevens
• Guy E. Adams v. Charlie Frank Robertson and Liberty National Life Insurance Company
  520 U.S. 83Decided March 3, 19979–0Per curiam
• Tom Grimmett v. Patricia L. Brown
  519 U.S. 233Decided January 14, 19979–0Per curiam
• Ticor Title Insurance Company v. Walter Thomas Brown and Jeffrey L. Dziewit
  511 U.S. 117Decided April 4, 19946–3Per curiam
• Tennessee v. Donald Ray Middlebrooks
  510 U.S. 124Decided December 13, 19938–1Per curiam
• Izumi Seimitsu Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha v. U. S. Philips Corporation
  510 U.S. 27Decided November 30, 19937–2Per curiam
• Michael J. Cavanaugh v. Gary Lee Roller
  510 U.S. 42Decided November 30, 19939–0Per curiam
• Verl Hadley v. United States
  506 U.S. 19Decided November 16, 19929–0Per curiam
• Montana v. Donald Glenn Imlay
  506 U.S. 5Decided November 3, 19928–0Per curiam
• PFZ Properties, Inc. v. Rene Alberto Rodriguez
  503 U.S. 257Decided March 9, 19929–0Per curiam
• Robert E. Gibson v. Florida Bar
  502 U.S. 104Decided December 4, 19919–0Per curiam
• Ohio v. Ediberto Huertas
  498 U.S. 336Decided January 22, 19919–0Per curiam
• James M. White, Etc. v. United States
  493 U.S. 5Decided October 16, 19898–1Per curiam
• Harbison-Walker Refractories v. Brieck
  488 U.S. 226Decided December 12, 19889–0Per curiam
• United States Postal Service v. National Association of Letter Carriers
  485 U.S. 680Decided April 27, 19889–0Per curiam
• Vermont v. Cox
  484 U.S. 173Decided December 14, 19878–0Per curiam
• John R. Van Drasek v. James H. Webb, Jr.
  481 U.S. 738Decided May 18, 19879–0Per curiam
• United States v. Merchant
  480 U.S. 615Decided March 24, 19879–0Per curiam
• Missouri v. Blair
  480 U.S. 698Decided March 24, 19879–0Per curiam
• Lynaugh v. Petty
  480 U.S. 699Decided March 24, 19879–0Per curiam
• Cerbone v. Conway
  479 U.S. 84Decided November 17, 19869–0Per curiam
• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Federal Labor Relations Authority
  476 U.S. 19Decided April 29, 19867–2Per curiam
• United States v. Quinn
  475 U.S. 791Decided April 21, 19867–2Per curiam
• New York v. Uplinger
  467 U.S. 246Decided May 30, 19845–4Per curiam
• Westinghouse Electric Corp. v. Vaughn
  466 U.S. 521Decided April 30, 19849–0Per curiam
• Finley v. Murray
  456 U.S. 604Decided May 17, 19829–0Per curiam
• Consolidated Freightways Corporation of Delaware v. Kassel
  455 U.S. 329Decided February 23, 19827–1Per curiam
• Kissinger v. Halperin
  452 U.S. 713Decided June 22, 19814–4
• Massachusetts v. Meehan
  445 U.S. 39Decided February 26, 19809–0Per curiam
• Estes v. Metropolitan Branches of the Dallas NAACP
  444 U.S. 437Decided January 21, 19805–3Per curiam
• Ramsey v. New York
  440 U.S. 444Decided March 5, 19799–0Per curiam
• Hunter v. Dean
  439 U.S. 281Decided December 11, 19789–0Per curiam
• McAdams v. McSurely et Ux.
  438 U.S. 189Decided June 26, 19789–0Per curiam
• United States v. Jacobs
  436 U.S. 31Decided May 1, 19789–0Per curiam
• Jones v. Hildebrant
  432 U.S. 183Decided June 16, 19776–3Per curiam
• Maness v. Wainwright
  430 U.S. 550Decided March 29, 19779–0Per curiam
• Cook v. Hudson
  429 U.S. 165Decided December 7, 19769–0Per curiam
• Belcher v. Stengel
  429 U.S. 118Decided November 30, 19769–0Per curiam
• Burrell v. McCray
  426 U.S. 471Decided June 14, 19766–3Per curiam
• Quinn v. Muscare
  425 U.S. 560Decided May 3, 19768–0Per curiam
• Drew Municipal Separate School District v. Andrews
  425 U.S. 559Decided May 3, 19769–0Per curiam
• United States v. Guana-Sanchez
  420 U.S. 513Decided March 3, 19758–0Per curiam
• Cassius v. Arizona
  420 U.S. 514Decided March 3, 19756–2Per curiam
• Roe v. Doe
  420 U.S. 307Decided February 19, 19759–0Per curiam
• Holder, U.S. District Judge v. Banks
  417 U.S. 187Decided May 28, 19748–0Per curiam
• Morris v. Weinberger
  410 U.S. 422Decided February 22, 19738–1Per curiam
• Murel v. Baltimore City Criminal Court
  407 U.S. 355Decided June 19, 19728–1Per curiam
• Iowa Beef Packers, Inc. v. Thompson
  405 U.S. 228Decided February 29, 19728–1Per curiam
• Bostic v. United States
  402 U.S. 547Decided May 24, 19719–0Per curiam
• Triangle Improvement Council v. Ritchie
  402 U.S. 497Decided May 17, 19715–0Per curiam
• Bruno v. Pennsylvania
  400 U.S. 350Decided January 12, 19719–0Per curiam
• Odom v. United States
  400 U.S. 23Decided November 9, 19708–1Per curiam
• Hester v. Illinois
  397 U.S. 660Decided April 27, 19705–3Per curiam
• Conway v. California Adult Authority
  396 U.S. 107Decided December 8, 19698–0Per curiam
• Perez v. California.
  395 U.S. 208Decided May 26, 19697–1Per curiam
• Palmieri v. Florida
  393 U.S. 218Decided December 9, 19689–0Per curiam
• Hanner v. Demarcus et Ux.
  390 U.S. 736Decided April 29, 19686–3Per curiam
• Johnson v. Massachusetts
  390 U.S. 511Decided April 1, 19686–3Per curiam
• Umans v. United States
  389 U.S. 80Decided November 6, 19678–0Per curiam
• Heider v. Michigan Sugar Co.
  385 U.S. 362Decided December 12, 19669–0Per curiam
• Holt v. Alleghany Corp.
  384 U.S. 28Decided April 18, 19664–3Per curiam
• Susser v. Carvel Corp.
  381 U.S. 125Decided May 3, 19658–0Per curiam
• Hughes Tool Co. v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
  380 U.S. 248Decided March 8, 19659–0Per curiam
• Hughes Tool Co. v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
  380 U.S. 249Decided March 8, 19659–0Per curiam
• Brotherhood of Railway & Steamship Clerks v. United Air Lines, Inc.
  379 U.S. 26Decided November 9, 19647–1Per curiam
• Dresner v. City of Tallahassee.
  378 U.S. 539Decided June 22, 19649–0Per curiam
• Diamond v. Louisiana.
  376 U.S. 201Decided February 24, 19649–0Per curiam
• Smith v. Mississippi
  373 U.S. 238Decided May 13, 19639–0Per curiam
• In re Zipkin.
  369 U.S. 400Decided April 2, 19626–2Per curiam
• Baldonado v. California
  366 U.S. 417Decided May 22, 19619–0Per curiam
• Binks Manufacturing Co. v. Ransburg Electro-Coating Corp.
  366 U.S. 211Decided May 8, 19619–0Per curiam
• Atchley v. California.
  366 U.S. 207Decided May 1, 19619–0Per curiam
• Bullock v. South Carolina
  365 U.S. 292Decided February 20, 19619–0Per curiam
• Kimbrough v. United States
  364 U.S. 661Decided January 16, 19619–0Per curiam
• Needelman v. United States
  362 U.S. 600Decided May 16, 19606–3Per curiam
• Phillips v. New York
  362 U.S. 456Decided April 25, 19609–0Per curiam
• McGann v. United States
  362 U.S. 214Decided March 21, 19609–0Per curiam
• Mitchell v. Oregon Frozen Foods Co.
  361 U.S. 231Decided January 11, 19608–0Per curiam
• Joseph v. Indiana.
  359 U.S. 117Decided March 23, 19599–0Per curiam
• Hinkle v. New England Mutual Insurance Company of Boston
  358 U.S. 65Decided November 10, 19589–0Per curiam
• Triplett v. Iowa.
  357 U.S. 217Decided June 16, 19589–0Per curiam
• Reeves v. Alabama.
  355 U.S. 368Decided January 13, 19588–1Per curiam
• Ellis v. Dixon
  349 U.S. 458Decided June 6, 19555–4John M. Harlan II
• Rice v. Sioux City Memorial Park Cemetery, Inc.
  349 U.S. 70Decided May 9, 19555–3Felix Frankfurter
• California ex Rel. Brown v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.
  348 U.S. 932Decided February 7, 19558–0Per curiam
• Stembridge v. Georgia
  343 U.S. 541Decided May 26, 19526–3Sherman Minton

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