Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services Association of America (Argued 10/3/2023)

Does the funding scheme for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which receives funding directly from the Federal Reserve, violate the Appropriations Clause of the Constitution?

Advocates:
Elizabeth B. Prelogar, for the Petitioners
Noel J. Francisco, for the Respondents

Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer (Argued 10/4/2023)

Does an ADA “tester” have Article III standing to challenge a hotel’s failure to provide disability accessibility information on its website, even if she has no plans to visit the hotel?

Advocates:
Adam G. Unikowsky, for the Petitioner
Erica L. Ross, for the United States, as amicus curiae, supporting neither party
Kelsi B. Corkran, for the Respondent

Great Lakes Insurance SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC (Argued 10/10/2023)

Is a choice-of-law clause in a maritime contract unenforceable if enforcement would conflict with the “strong public policy” of the state whose law is displaced?

Advocates:
Jeffrey B. Wall, for the Petitioner
Howard J. Bashman, for the Respondent

Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC (Argued 10/10/2023)

Under 18 U.S.C. § 1514A, must a whistleblower prove his employer acted with “retaliatory intent” as part of his case in chief?

Advocates:
Easha Anand, for the Petitioner
Anthony A. Yang, for the United States, as amicus curiae, supporting the Petitioner
Eugene Scalia, for the Respondents

Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP (Argued 10/11/2023)

Does the South Carolina legislature’s redistricting map, which has the effect of moving tens of thousands of Black voters to a different district, constitute an impermissible racial gerrymander, even if the legislators’ purported intent was merely a political gerrymander?

Advocates:
John M. Gore, for the Appellants
Leah C. Aden, for the Appellees
Caroline A. Flynn, for the United States, as amicus curiae, supporting neither party