Talk:List of pending United States Supreme Court cases

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July 2011 update
This article is really outdated. I'm planning on using Bot for Justice to update this article to reflect of the current pending cases. Please post here with any comments or objections. Sailing to Byzantium (talk) 11:25, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission
Re: Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission. This case was decided today (June 4, 2018). Thanks. Joseph A. Spadaro (talk) 16:16, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

Not-yet-argued cases
Brackets around the argument dates are a good idea, but it makes the dates not sort properly. I tried putting an asterisk at the end of the line and italics around the name as well, but that didn't work either — it sorts Atlantic Ritchfield Co. argued on Dec. 3 above NYSRPA v. NYC on Dec. 2. Any more ideas? BenbowInn (talk) 10:12, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I was sort of hoping nobody would notice. :-) Fixed now. --MZMcBride (talk) 04:14, 4 December 2019 (UTC)

Merge with article for current term?
I wanted to start a discussion about whether it would be better to merge the information here into the article for the current or next term of the supreme court, depending on the case. Once a case gets decided, it gets deleted from this page as if it never existed, and then it suddenly appears on the article for the current term out of nowhere. It makes more sense to me to put pending cases on the page for the term they will ultimately be decided in, and then we are simply moving a case from the pending table to the decided table. It would be a lot easier to keep one page up to date than two, and it would be more obvious when something is out of date. The Court usually makes clear when granting cert what term it will be decided in, so as they move over to a new term, the page for the new term can begin to be populated. Again, seems better than to have this page that is constantly in flux. This page would then redirect to the page for the current term, which would be updated once a year. A hatnote could be added pointing to the next term for other pending cases or something during the period when pending cases exist in two terms simultaneously.

The Court has said it will somehow decide all current term cases by end of this term, in spite of the modified operations of the Court, so that shouldn't affect this. Mdewman6 (talk) 01:12, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
 * This article is unusual for sure, perhaps unique on the English Wikipedia. However, I'm not sure I agree with your framing ("it gets deleted from this page as if it never existed, and then it suddenly appears on the article for the current term out of nowhere"). A simpler and less dramatic way to describe this process is that we move the case when it's decided. :-) There are several destinations for decided cases, including List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 589, List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Roberts Court, and 2019 term opinions of the Supreme Court of the United States. The nature of life is that we are all constantly in flux. It seems reasonable to me for Wikipedia to reflect that. One of the great advantages Wikipedia has, as a virtual instead of physical reference, is our ability to quickly adapt and update to changing circumstances. --MZMcBride (talk) 16:45, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Remote oral arguments
Hi. Just noting here that the Court will hear oral arguments remotely, for the first time, according to . We have an expected date range, but no firm dates yet. --MZMcBride (talk) 16:38, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

Anonymous Editor Issue
An anonymous editor has taken it upon himself to change the entire look of the page for no particular reason. In addition, his changes have messed up the column sorting for the dates. I tried to change it, but he changed it back. has done a lot of good work here, maybe he can chime in before we have ourselves a WP:WAR problem. Thanks. Jdavi333 (talk) 14:34, 22 October 2021 (UTC)

Department of Homeland Security v. New York
Hi, Wikipedia I am new to editing Wikipedia and wanted to add the Supreme Court case Department of Homeland Security v. New York. I have used the format but I want to check with the community if my format should be used. I have left it here. Please tell me if the format wrong or the court case its self. — Preceding unsigned comment added by BMaple (talk • contribs)
 * "Department of Homeland Security v. New York"
 * 
 * Is the Department of Homeland Security’s modified “public charge” rule arbitrary and capricious, in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act?
 * 2021-03-22
 * The case was dismissed in March 2021.  so it is no longer pending. --M asem  (t) 14:50, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

Example entry using Template:Argue date
Let's give a transclusion.

The use of allows the date to be in parentheses when it's in the future. --MZMcBride (talk) 18:10, 15 July 2024 (UTC)