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Argued 11/28/2017. Description from Oyez.org: "A case in which the Court will resolve a circuit split as to whether the anti-retaliation provision for "whistleblowers" in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 applies only to individuals who fall within the act’s specific definition of "whistleblower," that is, those who disclose allegedly unlawful activity to the Securities and Exchange Commission."
Argued 11/27/2017. Description from Oyez.org: "A case in which the court will determine if the Patent Trial and Appeal Board must address every claim that is challenged in a claimant’s petition in its final written decision, or if it may address only a subset of those claims, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 318(a)."
Argued 11/27/2017. Description from Oyez.org: "A case in which the Court will decide whether inter partes review, an adversarial process used by the Patent and Trademark Office, unconstitutionally deprives patent holders of their right to a jury and access to an Article III forum before depriving them of a property right."
Argued 11/7/2017. Description from Oyez.org: "A case in which the Court will decide whether a statute that directs the federal courts to "promptly dismiss” certain lawsuits without affecting any underlying laws violates the Constitution’s separation of powers principles, and whether that statute violates the due process rights of a plaintiff with a pending lawsuit affected by the statute."
Argued 11/6/2017. Description from Oyez.org: "A case in which the Court will resolve a circuit split as to whether the safe harbor provision of 11 U.S.C. § 546(e), which prohibits a trustee from avoiding a transfer made by or to a financial institution, includes transfers where the benefit and detriment of the transfer impact companies that are not financial institutions."
Argued 11/1/2017. Description from Oyez.org: "A case in which the Court will decide whether the tolling provision of 28 U.S.C. Section 1367(d) suspends the limitations period for the state-law claims while the claim is pending and for 30 days after the claim is dismissed, or merely provides 30 days after the dismissal for the plaintiff to refile."
Argued 10/30/2017. Description from Oyez.org: "A case in which the Court will decide whether its decision in Harrington v. Richter implicitly abrogated the presumption that a federal court sitting in habeas proceedings should “look through” a summary state court ruling to review the last reasoned result."
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