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Primary-source case analyses published in August 2026.

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August 2026

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August 31, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtCardillo: Travel Can Fall Within Compensation Coverage When Its Hazards Become Employment Hazards Filed decision PDF

August 31, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtRowoldt: Deportation Required Proof of Meaningful Association, Not a Thin Membership Label Filed decision PDF

August 31, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtFranks: Retroactive Seniority Can Be Necessary to Make Discrimination Victims Whole Filed decision PDF

August 31, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtSanford & Brooks: A Later Recovery Was Income Despite Earlier Contract Losses Filed decision PDF

August 30, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtPacific Employers: California Could Apply Its Compensation Law to a California Injury Filed decision PDF

August 30, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtKwock Jan Fat: Habeas Reached an Immigration Decision Built on an Incomplete Record Filed decision PDF

August 30, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtNewport News: Pregnancy-Benefit Discrimination Can Injure Male Employees Too Filed decision PDF

August 30, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtTaft v. Bowers: A Donee Could Be Taxed on Pre-Gift Appreciation Filed decision PDF

August 29, 2026WCABBeaton: What a California WCAB Judge-Disqualification Petition Must Show Filed decision PDF

August 29, 20269th Cir.Mbueno-Vita: Translation Problems, Asylum Credibility, and CAT Protection Filed decision PDF

August 29, 2026CA Court of AppealCity of Los Angeles: Effects Bargaining and Make-Whole Relief for Public Employees Filed decision PDF

August 29, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtDonruss: Tax Avoidance Need Only Be One Purpose of an Unreasonable Earnings Accumulation Filed decision PDF

August 28, 2026WCABRajvansh: Due Process and a Complete Record at the California WCAB Filed decision PDF

August 28, 2026W.D. Wash.Diallo: An Existing Habeas Case Could Challenge GPS Ankle Monitoring After Release Filed decision PDF

August 28, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtRicci: An Employer Needed a Strong Basis in Evidence Before Discarding Promotion Results Because of Race Filed decision PDF

August 28, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtHernandez: An Eligible Recipient Did Not Make Every Payment a Deductible Gift Filed decision PDF

August 27, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtRambo II: A Nominal Longshore Award Can Preserve Relief for Likely Future Wage Loss Filed decision PDF

August 27, 20269th Cir.Adelanto Detention Medical Care After Fraihat: What the Decision Means Filed decision PDF

August 27, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtCBOCS West: Section 1981 Encompasses Retaliation for Opposing Race Discrimination Filed decision PDF

August 27, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtMoore v. United States: What the Mandatory Repatriation Tax Decision Held Filed decision PDF

August 26, 2026WCABVazquez Sets California’s Good-Cause Test for Replacing an Unavailable QME Filed decision PDF

August 26, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtFernandez-Vargas: Reinstatement Applied to Continued Illegal Reentry After IIRIRA Filed decision PDF

August 26, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtCommercial Office Products: A State Processing Waiver Did Not Require Permanent Closure Filed decision PDF

August 26, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtLincoln Savings: Creating a Separate and Distinct Asset Required Capitalization Filed decision PDF

August 25, 2026WCABBodam: Utilization Review Is Timely Only When the Decision Is Made and Communicated on Time Filed decision PDF

August 25, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtAADC: Section 1252(g) Restricts Review of Certain Decisions to Commence or Execute Removal Filed decision PDF

August 25, 2026CA Supreme CourtHuerta Explains When Employer-Controlled Time Must Be Paid in California Filed decision PDF

August 25, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtLewis: Repaying Salary Previously Taxed Did Not Reopen the Earlier Tax Year Filed decision PDF

August 24, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtMorrison-Knudsen: Employer Trust-Fund Contributions Were Not Longshore Wages Filed decision PDF

August 24, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtMonsalvo Velázquez: When a Voluntary-Departure Deadline Ends on a Weekend Filed decision PDF

August 24, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtKolstad: Title VII Punitive Damages Turn on Reckless Indifference and Good-Faith Compliance Filed decision PDF

August 24, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtPoe v. Seaborn: Washington Spouses Each Reported Half of Community Income Filed decision PDF

August 23, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtCaputo: Congress Expanded Longshore Coverage for Modern Shoreside Cargo Work Filed decision PDF

August 23, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtYang: Immigration Officials May Consider Adverse Conduct When Exercising Waiver Discretion Filed decision PDF

August 23, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtLewis: Later Hiring Rounds Did Not Make the First Round Timely Filed decision PDF

August 23, 2026AZ Supreme Court9W Halo Explains How Statutory Text Shapes a Processing Tax Exemption Filed decision PDF

August 22, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtPfeiffer: A Land-Only Job Assignment Did Not Defeat Maritime Status Filed decision PDF

August 22, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtToll v. Moreno: Maryland Could Not Deny In-State Status Solely Because of G-4 Immigration Status Filed decision PDF

August 22, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtTransportation Management: The Employer Bore the Same-Decision Burden After Protected Conduct Motivated Discharge Filed decision PDF

August 22, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtClintwood Elkhorn: Even a Constitutional Tax Refund Claim Must Follow the Tax Code’s Procedures Filed decision PDF

August 21, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtSchwalb: Maintaining Equipment Essential to Loading Cargo Was Maritime Employment Filed decision PDF

August 21, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtPlyler v. Doe: A State Could Not Deny Public School to Undocumented Children Filed decision PDF

August 21, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtSure-Tan: Undocumented Workers Were Employees Under the NLRA, but Remedies Required Lawful Availability Filed decision PDF

August 21, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtPutnam: A Guarantor’s Unrecoverable Payment Was a Bad Debt, Not an Ordinary Loss Filed decision PDF

August 20, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtO’Keeffe: A Compensation Factfinder Could Infer Work Causation From the Whole Record Filed decision PDF

August 20, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtKnauff: Congress’s Emergency-Era Exclusion Procedure Allowed Denial Without a Hearing Filed decision PDF

August 20, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtMackay Radio: Economic Strikers Could Be Replaced, but Not Discriminated Against for Union Activity Filed decision PDF

August 20, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtCorrell: Away-From-Home Meal Deductions Required Sleep or Rest Filed decision PDF

August 19, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtFederal Sheet Metal: The Longshore Presumption Could Not Supply a Claim the Worker Did Not Make Filed decision PDF

August 19, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtFoti: Review of a Discretionary Denial Traveled With Review of the Final Deportation Order Filed decision PDF

August 19, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtUniversity of Pennsylvania: Tenure Peer-Review Files Had No Special Privilege From an EEOC Subpoena Filed decision PDF

August 19, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtAmerican Bar Endowment: Insurance Payments Were Not Proven Charitable Contributions Filed decision PDF

August 18, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtCowart: An Unapproved Third-Party Settlement Can Terminate Longshore Benefits Filed decision PDF

August 18, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtPalomar-Santiago: An Invalid Removal Predicate Did Not Excuse Section 1326(d)’s Requirements Filed decision PDF

August 18, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtBabb: The Concurrence’s Example of Age-Biased Testing Costs Filed decision PDF

August 18, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtCheek: A Good-Faith Tax-Law Misunderstanding Can Negate Criminal Willfulness Filed decision PDF

August 17, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtO’Leary: A Reasonable Rescue Attempt Fell Within the Employment Zone of Special Danger Filed decision PDF

August 17, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtBagamasbad: A Discretionary Denial Did Not Require Unnecessary Eligibility Findings Filed decision PDF

August 17, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtThurston: A Facial Age Rule Violated the ADEA but Did Not Automatically Trigger Double Damages Filed decision PDF

August 17, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtBingham’s Trust: Losing the Tax Contest Did Not Decide the Legal-Fee Deduction Filed decision PDF

August 16, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtPfeiffer: Cargo Handlers and Inland Drivers Were Not the Same Filed decision PDF

August 16, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtJay v. Boyd: Former Suspension Relief Was Discretionary, but the Procedure Is Historical Filed decision PDF

August 16, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtMcDonald: Title VII’s Race Protection Applies to Employees of Every Race Filed decision PDF

August 16, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtSullivan: How a Federal Wagering-Tax Rule Undercut Blanket Deduction Disallowance Filed decision PDF

August 15, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtWMATA: A General Contractor Securing Longshore Benefits Received Tort Immunity Filed decision PDF

August 15, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtPreap: A Delay After Criminal Release Did Not Defeat Section 1226(c) Detention Filed decision PDF

August 15, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtAramco: The Court’s Former Title VII Extraterritorial Rule Was Superseded by Congress Filed decision PDF

August 15, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtNewark Morning Ledger: A Customer-Based Intangible Could Be Depreciated with Sufficient Proof Filed decision PDF

August 14, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtPotomac Electric: A Scheduled Longshore Injury Used the Statutory Schedule Filed decision PDF

August 14, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtAbudu: A Motion to Reopen for Asylum Carried a Heavy Procedural Burden Filed decision PDF

August 14, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtHazelwood: Employment Statistics Needed the Right Labor Market and Time Period Filed decision PDF

August 14, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtPPL: Why Rearranging a Tax Formula Does Not Cure Inflated Gross Receipts Filed decision PDF

August 13, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtGizoni: A Ship-Repair Worker Could Still Present a Jones Act Seaman Claim Filed decision PDF

August 13, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtPangilinan: Equity Could Not Confer Citizenship Outside Congress’s Terms Filed decision PDF

August 13, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtSmith: The ADEA Allows Disparate-Impact Claims Subject to the RFOA Defense Filed decision PDF

August 13, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtSnow: Development Before Sales Satisfied the Historical Research-Expense Rule Filed decision PDF

August 12, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtGarris: Maritime Negligence Supported a Wrongful-Death Claim for a Shipyard Worker Filed decision PDF

August 12, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtCostello: Later Denaturalization Did Not Turn Citizen-Era Convictions Into Alien-Era Convictions Filed decision PDF

August 12, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtCrawford: The Concurrence Left Private and Uncommunicated Opposition Questions Open Filed decision PDF

August 12, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtEstate of Church: Retaining Trust Income for Life Required Estate Inclusion Under the Historical Code Filed decision PDF

August 11, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtCarroll v. Lanza: The Injury State Could Permit a Tort Remedy Despite Another State’s Compensation Exclusivity Filed decision PDF

August 11, 20269th Cir.Uribe v. Garland: A Mental-Health Social Group Needed Record-Defined Boundaries Filed decision PDF

August 11, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtWatson: Adding an Interview Did Not Shield a Selection System From Impact Review Filed decision PDF

August 11, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtDon E. Williams: A Promissory Note Was Not a Paid Pension Contribution Filed decision PDF

August 10, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtSun Ship: State Compensation Can Operate Concurrently with Federal Longshore Coverage Filed decision PDF

August 10, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtNken: Traditional Stay Factors Govern a Request to Pause Removal During Judicial Review Filed decision PDF

August 10, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtFord Motor: An Unconditional Job Offer Can Stop Further Title VII Backpay Filed decision PDF

August 10, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtWoods: A Sham Partnership’s Inflated Basis Triggered the Valuation-Misstatement Penalty Filed decision PDF

Historical coverage: August 9, 2026WCABWCAB Protects a Separate Medical Evaluation in Police Officer ADR Claim Filed decision PDF

Historical coverage: August 9, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtHui v. Castaneda: FTCA Remedy Was Exclusive for Covered PHS Medical Conduct Filed decision PDF

Historical coverage: August 9, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtUAW v. Johnson Controls: Fetal-Protection Policy Was Facially Discriminatory Filed decision PDF

Historical coverage: August 9, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtUnited States v. Hemme: Tax Transition Rule Did Not Violate Due Process Filed decision PDF

August 8, 2026E.D. CaliforniaOre-Falcon: E.D. California Denial of Emergency Relief Under Section 1225 Filed decision PDF

August 7, 2026S.D. IndianaAyala-Morales: S.D. Indiana Denies Automatic Release Based on a Post-Arrest U-Visa Filing Filed decision PDF

Historical coverage: August 6, 2026 · Published October 1, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtVictory Carriers, Inc. v. Law: A Pier-Based Forklift Injury Fell Outside the Maritime Remedy Filed decision PDF

August 6, 2026D. MassachusettsF.J.V.R.: D. Massachusetts Orders Release or a Section 1226(a) Bond Hearing Filed decision PDF

Historical coverage: August 5, 2026 · Published October 1, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtConsolidated Rail Corp. v. Gottshall: FELA Emotional-Injury Claims and the Zone-of-Danger Test Filed decision PDF

August 5, 2026N.D. IndianaJ.R.S.B.: N.D. Indiana Conditionally Grants Habeas for a Section 1226(a) Bond Hearing Filed decision PDF

August 4, 2026California Court of Appeal, Fifth DistrictSignature Fruit Co. v. WCAB (Ochoa): Seasonal Work and Temporary Disability Public decision

August 4, 2026United States District Court, District of ColoradoTzompa Garcia: Enforcing the Court-Ordered Bond Burden Public docket

August 3, 2026California Court of Appeal, First District, Division TwoCity of Oakland v. WCAB (Gullet): Good-Faith Personnel Actions Public decision

August 3, 2026United States District Court, C.D. California, Eastern DivisionCamacho Chopin: Enforcing Bond-Hearing Class Relief Public docket

August 2, 2026California Supreme CourtWhen On-the-Job Travel Requirements Protect Your Commute: Hinojosa v. WCABPublic decision

August 2, 2026United States District Court, Central District of California, Eastern DivisionSantos Serrano: Release After Six Months Without a Bond Hearing Public decision

Historical coverage: August 2, 2026 · Published October 1, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtMurray v. UBS Securities, LLC: SOX Whistleblower Claims Require No Separate Proof of Retaliatory Animus Filed decision PDF

Historical coverage: August 2, 2026 · Published October 1, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtUnited States v. Davis: Whose Tax Advice Did the Divorce Lawyer Provide?Filed decision PDF

August 1, 2026California Supreme CourtUnderstanding the Statute of Limitations in Cumulative Trauma Claims: Fruehauf Corp. v. WCAB (Stansbury)Public decision

Historical coverage: August 1, 2026 · Published October 1, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtMata v. Lynch: Federal Courts Retain Jurisdiction to Review BIA Denials of Statutory Motions to Reopen Filed decision PDF

Historical coverage: August 1, 2026 · Published October 1, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtAmes v. Ohio Department of Youth Services: Title VII Imposes No Heightened Burden on Majority-Group Plaintiffs Filed decision PDF

Historical coverage: August 1, 2026 · Published October 1, 2026U.S. Supreme CourtAtlantic Mutual Insurance Co. v. Commissioner: Reading Tax Transition Rules by Their Enacted Formula Filed decision PDF