SCOTUS October Term 2026

25 cases granted

The new term opens Monday, October 5. Bryan covers every oral argument LIVE and every opinion the day it drops.

25
Cases Granted
14
Arguments Scheduled
10
Argument Days Set
Monday, October 5
Next Argument Day
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Argument Calendar

October and November sittings are set. Each case links to the Court's official docket and the granted Question Presented.

Monday, October 5, 2026

Suncor v. Boulder County
Climate torts

Can states' courts hear climate-damage tort suits against oil companies, or does federal law preclude them?

No. 25-170 Environmental Law · Torts Question Presented (PDF) Docket
Johnson v. US Congress
Veterans channeling

Can veterans challenge the constitutionality of benefits statutes in district court, or only through the VA channel?

No. 25-735 Civil Procedure · Administrative Law Question Presented (PDF) Docket

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

Anderson v. Intel
401(k) benchmark

What must a 401(k) plaintiff plead to claim imprudent investing under ERISA — is a 'meaningful benchmark' required?

No. 25-498 Labor & Employment · Civil Procedure Question Presented (PDF) Docket

Wednesday, October 7, 2026

Air Force v. Prutehi Guahan
Guam waste site

Is a hazardous-waste permit-renewal application reviewable 'final agency action', and does NEPA apply before filing it?

No. 25-579 Environmental Law · Administrative Law Question Presented (PDF) Docket

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Beaird v. United States
Guidelines commentary

Does deference to Sentencing Guidelines commentary survive? (No party defends the old rule)

No. 25-5343 Criminal Procedure · Administrative Law Question Presented (PDF) Docket
Genalo v. Black
Endless detention

Does due process require a bond hearing when mandatory immigration detention becomes 'unreasonably prolonged'?

No. 25-886 Immigration · Constitutional Law Question Presented (PDF) Docket

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Salazar v. Paramount
Newsletter VPPA

Is a newsletter subscriber a VPPA 'consumer' whose video-watching data can't be shared?

No. 25-459 Legislation & Reg. Question Presented (PDF) Docket

Monday, November 2, 2026

Maxwell v. Dinis
Time credits

Is habeas the right vehicle for prisoners disputing First Step Act time credits?

No. 25-5930 Criminal Procedure · Civil Procedure Question Presented (PDF) Docket
Younge v. Fulton County DA
Unpleaded defense

Can a defense never pleaded in the answer still win summary judgment?

No. 25-352 Civil Procedure · Labor & Employment Question Presented (PDF) Docket

Tuesday, November 3, 2026

St Mary Parish v. Roy
Preschool exclusion

Free Exercise: can Colorado exclude Catholic preschools from universal pre-K despite secular exemptions?

No. 25-581 Constitutional Law Question Presented (PDF) Docket

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Guerrero v. Johnson
Successive habeas

When is a new retroactive rule 'previously unavailable' for a second habeas petition?

No. 25-1003 Criminal Procedure Question Presented (PDF) Docket

Monday, November 9, 2026

Nielsen v. Watanabe
Bivens medical

Can a federal inmate sue prison officials for damages over deliberate indifference to medical needs (Bivens)?

No. 25-417 Constitutional Law · Torts Question Presented (PDF) Docket
Hoffmann v. WBI Energy
Pipeline takings

Do pipeline condemnees get state-law compensation measures, or only the Fifth Amendment floor?

No. 25-159 Property · Legislation & Reg. Question Presented (PDF) Docket

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

Labor v. Sun Valley Orchards
H-2A in-house fines

May the Labor Department adjudicate H-2A monetary penalties in-house, or does the Constitution require a real court?

No. 25-966 Administrative Law · Constitutional Law Question Presented (PDF) Docket

Granted — argument date coming · 11 cases (December sitting and later)

Crowther v. Georgia Regents
Title IX jobs

Can university employees sue under Title IX for employment sex discrimination?

No. 25-183 Labor & Employment · Legislation & Reg. Question Presented (PDF) Docket
Kian v. Florida
6-person jury

Does the Constitution require 12-person juries for serious felonies, ending Florida's 6-person juries?

No. 25-6623 Criminal Procedure · Constitutional Law Question Presented (PDF) Docket
Riseandshine v. PepsiCo
RISE coffee TM

Is trademark strength a question of fact or law? (CA2 stands alone against 12 circuits)

No. 24-1016 Intellectual Property · Civil Procedure Question Presented (PDF) Docket
Intl Partners v. Ferguson
Parental standing

Do parents have standing to challenge Washington's runaway-minor gender-care policies?

No. 25-840 Constitutional Law · Civil Procedure Question Presented (PDF) Docket
Wassily v. Blanche
Terminated asylees

Can noncitizens whose asylum was terminated still adjust to green-card status?

No. 25-842 Immigration · Legislation & Reg. Question Presented (PDF) Docket
RNC v. Mi Familia Vota
Proof of citizenship

Can states demand documentary proof of citizenship to register and purge suspected noncitizens near an election?

No. 25-1017 Law of Democracy · Legislation & Reg. Question Presented (PDF) Docket
Montoya Palacios v. Liggins
EAJA fees

Can an immigrant who wins a detention habeas make the government pay attorney's fees?

No. 25-1223 Civil Procedure · Immigration Question Presented (PDF) Docket
Viramontes v. Cook County
AR-15 bans

Do the Second and Fourteenth Amendments protect AR-15-platform rifles against assault-weapons bans?

No. 25-238 Constitutional Law Question Presented (PDF) Docket
Grand v. University Heights
Home worship

Does land-use ripeness doctrine block a First Amendment claim that city threats chilled home worship?

No. 25-965 Constitutional Law · Civil Procedure Question Presented (PDF) Docket
Apple v. Epic Games
Contempt 'spirit'

Can you be held in contempt for violating what an injunction meant rather than what it said? (Apple's App Store fees)

No. 25-1311 Civil Procedure · Business Associations Question Presented (PDF) Docket
Jouppi v. Alaska
Six-pack seaplane

Excessive Fines: is an offense's gravity measured in the abstract, or by what this defendant actually did? ($95k seaplane forfeited over a six-pack)

No. 25-246 Criminal Procedure · Constitutional Law Question Presented (PDF) Docket

Sources: Supreme Court Granted & Noted list and official argument calendars. Case pages with full BrynoDC coverage build out as each argument approaches; opinions appear here and on /opinions the day they're released.