Supreme Court jurisdiction on appeal from federal courts: Supreme Court decisions

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

Legal provisions most often involved

All 36 decisions, newest first

• Joseph E. Corcoran v. Mark Levenhagen
  558 U.S. 1Decided October 20, 20099–0Per curiam
• Unitherm Food Systems, Inc. v. Swift-Eckrich, Inc.
  546 U.S. 394Decided January 23, 20067–2Clarence Thomas
• Charles Quackenbush v. Allstate Insurance Company
  517 U.S. 706Decided June 3, 19969–0Sandra Day O'Connor
• U. S. Bancorp Mortgage Company v. Bonner Mall Partnership
  513 U.S. 18Decided November 8, 19949–0Antonin Scalia
• Republic National Bank of Miami v. United States
  506 U.S. 80Decided December 14, 19929–0Harry A. Blackmun
• Hopfmann v. Connolly
  471 U.S. 459Decided May 13, 19859–0Per curiam
• Escambia County v. McMillan
  466 U.S. 48Decided March 27, 19848–1Per curiam
• Heckler v. Edwards
  465 U.S. 870Decided March 21, 19849–0Thurgood Marshall
• Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp.
  464 U.S. 238Decided January 11, 19845–4Byron R. White
• Mobay Chemical Corp. v. Costle
  439 U.S. 320Decided January 8, 19798–1Per curiam
• Carey v. Wynn
  439 U.S. 8Decided October 16, 19788–0Per curiam
• Butler v. Dexter
  425 U.S. 262Decided April 19, 19769–0Per curiam
• MTM, Inc. v. Baxley
  420 U.S. 799Decided March 25, 19758–1Per curiam
• Gonzalez v. Automatic Employees Credit Union
  419 U.S. 90Decided December 10, 19749–0Potter Stewart
• Board of Regents of the University of Texas System v. New Left Education Project
  404 U.S. 541Decided January 24, 19726–1Byron R. White
• United States v. Christian Echoes National Ministry, Inc.
  404 U.S. 561Decided January 24, 19728–0Per curiam
• Hicks v. Pleasure House, Inc.
  404 U.S. 1Decided October 12, 19717–0Per curiam
• United States v. Ryan
  402 U.S. 530Decided May 24, 19719–0William J. Brennan Jr.
• Gunn v. University Committee to End the War in Vietnam
  399 U.S. 383Decided June 29, 19708–0Potter Stewart
• Utah Public Service Commission v. El Paso Natural Gas Co.
  395 U.S. 464Decided June 16, 19694–2Earl Warren
• Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen v. Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Co.
  389 U.S. 327Decided December 11, 19678–1Per curiam
• Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Chicago
  382 U.S. 423Decided January 31, 19667–1Hugo L. Black
• Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co.
  382 U.S. 281Decided December 13, 19659–0Per curiam
• Swift & Co., Inc. v. WickhamAltered precedent
  382 U.S. 111Decided November 22, 19656–3John M. Harlan II
• Paul v. United States
  371 U.S. 245Decided January 14, 19636–3William O. Douglas
• United States v. Georgia Public Service Commission
  371 U.S. 285Decided January 14, 19636–3William O. Douglas
• Rohr Aircraft Corp. v. County of San DiegoLaw held unconstitutional
  362 U.S. 628Decided May 23, 19607–2Tom C. Clark
• Florida Lime and Avocado Growers, Inc. v. Jacobsen
  362 U.S. 73Decided March 7, 19607–2Charles E. Whittaker
• Spevack v. Strauss
  359 U.S. 115Decided March 23, 19599–0Per curiam
• City of Meridian v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
  358 U.S. 639Decided February 24, 19599–0Per curiam
• United States v. Jones
  345 U.S. 377Decided April 13, 19539–0Per curiam
• Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
  344 U.S. 141Decided November 24, 19529–0Per curiam
• Griffin v. United States
  336 U.S. 704Decided April 25, 19495–4Felix Frankfurter
• Stainback v. Mo Hock Ke Lok Po
  336 U.S. 368Decided March 14, 19499–0Stanley F. Reed
• Fleming v. Rhodes
  331 U.S. 100Decided April 28, 19478–1Stanley F. Reed
• United Public Workers of America v. Mitchell
  330 U.S. 75Decided February 10, 19474–3Stanley F. Reed

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