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The Court

The Supreme Court sits as a whole rather than in panels.

Computed by Benchlight The Supreme Court publishes no panel, because every participating justice takes part. Benchlight therefore lists the justices commissioned and in active service on Feb. 25, 2020, from Federal Judicial Center service records. Recusals are shown only where the source records them, so a justice who did not participate may still appear here.

Case history

  • Feb. 25, 2020
    decided Decision issued in Rodriguez v. Fed. Deposit Ins. Corp.

Opinions and writings

Lead opinion By Neil M. Gorsuch Feb. 25, 2020 Slip opinion

Justice GORSUCH delivered the opinion of the Court. *716 This case grows from a fight over a tax refund. But the question we face isn't who gets the money, only how to decide the dispute. Should federal courts rely on state law, together with any applicable federal rules, or should they devi…

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