Bank customers sought to collect 2% interest on their mortgage escrow accounts as required by state law.

A hospital wanted to stop bargaining with a union concerning employee rights.

Alabama went to the Supreme Court to eliminate lower court orders calling for a second majority-black district in light of prior intentional discrimination.

A large retailer attempted to avoid arbitration of a dispute about deceptive practices.

The owner of a California landfill sued several state agencies for allegedly generating hazardous waste harming its property, in violation of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The case was appealed to the Ninth Circuit.

Iris Ivette Rodriguez Martinez fled from her native El Salvador to the US with her two sons after threats of death from a gang. Immigration agencies declined to grant her any relief, so she went to the Third Circuit.

In the years since the MAGA Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, medication abortion care prescribed through telemedicine has become all the more important. In May 2026, Fifth Circuit Trump judges Kyle Duncan and Kurt Engelhardt provided the majority in a panel decision ordering a nationwide halt to the use of telemedicine for mifepristone, the most common abortion care medication.

Jamaion Wilson shot someone with a gun that was modified to fire like a machine gun. He was convicted of violating a federal law banning the possession of machine guns. On appeal, he argued that he has a Second Amendment right to own a machine gun.

Civil rights groups and others challenged a Texas redistricting plan for the 2026 elections as discriminatory.

Louisiana adopted a congressional redistricting plan that created a second majority-minority district to comply with the Voting Rights Act (VRA). A three-judge court ruled the plan unconstitutional, and the case was considered by the Supreme Court.

A car accident victim tried to bring a class action against her insurance company for systematically undervaluing the amount that should be paid when a car is totaled. A district court certified the proposed class and the insurance company appealed to the Sixth Circuit.

Several environmental groups and an Indian tribe sought to stop the detention of immigrants at, and additional construction of, Alligator Alcatraz, a detention facility in the Florida Everglades.

A group of parents challenged a Texas law forcing public schools to prominently display the Ten Commandments in every classroom. With the support of every other Trump judge on the Fifth Circuit, Kyle Duncan wrote a 9-8 opinion upholding the law.

In two cases in early April, immigrants appealed agency denials of relief from possible torture or other mistreatment if they were deported. The same two judges --- Trump judge Daniel Bress and George W Bush judge Carlos Bea – denied the appeals in both cases

The Trump Administration sought to stop contempt proceedings by Chief Judge James Boasberg against Trump officials involved in the deportation of Venezuelan immigrants to El Salvador last year despite contrary court orders.

Environmentalists and Indian tribes challenged a land swap under which a copper mining company would obtain and mine specified Arizona land, causing damage to the environment and sacred Indian land.

Daniel Jackson, a state prisoner in Virginia, challenged the failure of officials to provide him with effective treatment of leg injuries and pain.

Gonzalo Chavez Esquivel, an immigrant from Mexico, sought relief from deportation along with his family because he contended that he would be tortured if he were sent back to Mexico.

Book publishers and LGBTQ+ groups challenged an Iowa law that requires removal of books in school libraries that depict or describe any “sex act” and bars teaching related to gender identity or sexual orientation to students below grade 7.

Four incarcerated women sued Michigan officials for deliberate failure to treat a painful medical condition.

A Mexican immigrant challenged the US government for holding him without bond during removal proceedings.

An elderly woman sued a long-term care insurance company for refusing to cover the cost of home health care that her doctor said was necessary after surgery.

Two parents and an advocacy organization filed a lawsuit challenging the procedures used by a state and school district in implementing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), which governs education of schoolchildren with disabilities.

A police officer wanted the claim against him by a Minneapolis protester shortly after the George Floyd killing dismissed.

This involves an ongoing effort to hold a Black Lives Matter protest organizer personally responsible for an act of violence against a police officer carried out by an unknown person at the protest. If the effort succeeds, it would deter people from exercising their First Amendment rights to protest against the government.