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Oral Argument in the Supreme Court
OT 2025 by the numbers

58 Cases argued · 2026-06-09

Abouammo v. United StatesBarrett v. United StatesBerk v. ChoyBlanche, Acting Atty Gen. v. LauBost v. IL Bd. of ElectionsBowe v. United StatesCase v. MontanaChatrie v. United StatesChevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines ParishChiles v. SalazarCisco Systems v. Doe IConey Island Auto Parts, Inc. v. BurtonCox Communications v. Sony Music EntertainmentEllingburg v. United StatesEnbridge Energy, LP v. NesselExxon Mobil Corp. v. Corporación Cimex, S.A.FCC v. AT&TFS Credit Opportunities Corp. v. Saba Capital Master FundFernandez v. United StatesFirst Choice Women's Resource Centers v. PlatkinFlowers Foods, Inc. v. BrockGEO Group, Inc. v. MenocalGalette v. NJ Transit Corp.Hain Celestial Group v. PalmquistHamm v. SmithHavana Docks Corp. v. Royal Caribbean CruisesHencely v. Fluor Corp.Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. v. Amarin Pharma, Inc.Hunter v. United StatesJules v. Andre Balazs PropertiesKeathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, Inc.Landor v. LA DOCLearning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, President of U.S.Little v. HecoxLouisiana v. CallaisM & K Employee Solutions v. Trustees of the IAM Pension FundMonsanto Co. v. DurnellMontgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLCMullin, Sec. of Homeland Security v. DoeNRSC v. FECNoem, Sec. of Homeland v. Al Otro LadoOlivier v. City of BrandonPitchford v. CainPung v. Isabella CountyRico v. United StatesRutherford v. United StatesSripetch v. SECT. M. v. Univ. of MD Medical Sys. Corp.Trump, President of U.S. v. BarbaraTrump, President of U.S. v. CookTrump, President of United States v. SlaughterUSPS v. KonanUnited States v. HemaniUrias-Orellana v. Bondi, Att'y Gen.Villarreal v. TexasWatson v. RNCWest Virginia v. B. P. J.Wolford v. Lopez
Most questioned case
Learning Resources, Inc.
171 questions
Most active justice
Sotomayor
901 questions asked
Highest challenge rate
CJ Roberts
58% of tone-expressing Qs
Dominant purpose
Clarification
1,765 questions tagged
Dominant technique
Rejection
1,821 questions tagged
58 cases
5,095 questions
OT 2025

Justice Profiles

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Question Purpose Distribution — By Purpose

% of each case's questions · Click any bar or x-axis label to see those questions

Question Purpose Distribution — By Case

One pie per case · shows that case's purpose breakdown · ★ tag below each pie = most distinctive type for that case · click tag to compare all cases

Abouammo v. United States ↗
Barrett v. United States ↗
Berk v. Choy ↗
Blanche, Acting Atty Gen. v. Lau ↗
Bost v. IL Bd. of Elections ↗
Bowe v. United States ↗
Case v. Montana ↗
Chatrie v. United States ↗
Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish ↗
Chiles v. Salazar ↗
Cisco Systems v. Doe I ↗
Coney Island Auto Parts, Inc. v. Burton ↗
Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment ↗
Ellingburg v. United States ↗
Enbridge Energy, LP v. Nessel ↗
Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Corporación Cimex, S.A. ↗
FCC v. AT&T ↗
FS Credit Opportunities Corp. v. Saba Capital Master Fund ↗
Fernandez v. United States ↗
First Choice Women's Resource Centers v. Platkin ↗
Flowers Foods, Inc. v. Brock ↗
GEO Group, Inc. v. Menocal ↗
Galette v. NJ Transit Corp. ↗
Hain Celestial Group v. Palmquist ↗
Hamm v. Smith ↗
Havana Docks Corp. v. Royal Caribbean Cruises ↗
Hencely v. Fluor Corp. ↗
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. v. Amarin Pharma, Inc. ↗
Hunter v. United States ↗
Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties ↗
Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, Inc. ↗
Landor v. LA DOC ↗
Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, President of U.S. ↗
Little v. Hecox ↗
Louisiana v. Callais ↗
M & K Employee Solutions v. Trustees of the IAM Pension Fund ↗
Monsanto Co. v. Durnell ↗
Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC ↗
Mullin, Sec. of Homeland Security v. Doe ↗
NRSC v. FEC ↗
Noem, Sec. of Homeland v. Al Otro Lado ↗
Olivier v. City of Brandon ↗
Pitchford v. Cain ↗
Pung v. Isabella County ↗
Rico v. United States ↗
Rutherford v. United States ↗
Sripetch v. SEC ↗
T. M. v. Univ. of MD Medical Sys. Corp. ↗
Trump, President of U.S. v. Barbara ↗
Trump, President of U.S. v. Cook ↗
Trump, President of United States v. Slaughter ↗
USPS v. Konan ↗
United States v. Hemani ↗
Urias-Orellana v. Bondi, Att'y Gen. ↗
Villarreal v. Texas ↗
Watson v. RNC ↗
West Virginia v. B. P. J. ↗
Wolford v. Lopez ↗
⌀ Average

Questioning Techniques

One pie per case · ★ tag below each pie = most distinctive technique for that case vs. corpus average · click to see questions

All Cases
Abouammo v. United States ↗
Barrett v. United States ↗
Berk v. Choy ↗
Blanche, Acting Atty Gen. v. Lau ↗
Bost v. IL Bd. of Elections ↗
Bowe v. United States ↗
Case v. Montana ↗
Chatrie v. United States ↗
Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish ↗
Chiles v. Salazar ↗
Cisco Systems v. Doe I ↗
Coney Island Auto Parts, Inc. v. Burton ↗
Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment ↗
Ellingburg v. United States ↗
Enbridge Energy, LP v. Nessel ↗
Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Corporación Cimex, S.A. ↗
FCC v. AT&T ↗
FS Credit Opportunities Corp. v. Saba Capital Master Fund ↗
Fernandez v. United States ↗
First Choice Women's Resource Centers v. Platkin ↗
Flowers Foods, Inc. v. Brock ↗
GEO Group, Inc. v. Menocal ↗
Galette v. NJ Transit Corp. ↗
Hain Celestial Group v. Palmquist ↗
Hamm v. Smith ↗
Havana Docks Corp. v. Royal Caribbean Cruises ↗
Hencely v. Fluor Corp. ↗
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. v. Amarin Pharma, Inc. ↗
Hunter v. United States ↗
Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties ↗
Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, Inc. ↗
Landor v. LA DOC ↗
Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, President of U.S. ↗
Little v. Hecox ↗
Louisiana v. Callais ↗
M & K Employee Solutions v. Trustees of the IAM Pension Fund ↗
Monsanto Co. v. Durnell ↗
Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC ↗
Mullin, Sec. of Homeland Security v. Doe ↗
NRSC v. FEC ↗
Noem, Sec. of Homeland v. Al Otro Lado ↗
Olivier v. City of Brandon ↗
Pitchford v. Cain ↗
Pung v. Isabella County ↗
Rico v. United States ↗
Rutherford v. United States ↗
Sripetch v. SEC ↗
T. M. v. Univ. of MD Medical Sys. Corp. ↗
Trump, President of U.S. v. Barbara ↗
Trump, President of U.S. v. Cook ↗
Trump, President of United States v. Slaughter ↗
USPS v. Konan ↗
United States v. Hemani ↗
Urias-Orellana v. Bondi, Att'y Gen. ↗
Villarreal v. Texas ↗
Watson v. RNC ↗
West Virginia v. B. P. J. ↗
Wolford v. Lopez ↗
⌀ Average

Overall Tone

Click to see questions by tone

Justice Tone — US Government vs. Opposing Party

■ Challenging  ■ Supportive  ·  Neutral excluded  ·  22 cases where US is a party  ·  % of tone-expressing questions to each side

Tone by Case — Toward Each Party

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Abouammo v. United States
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Barrett v. United States
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Berk v. Choy
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Blanche, Acting Atty Gen. v. Lau
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Bost v. IL Bd. of Elections
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Bowe v. United States
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Case v. Montana
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Chatrie v. United States
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Chiles v. Salazar
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Cisco Systems v. Doe I
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Coney Island Auto Parts, Inc. v. Burton
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Ellingburg v. United States
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Enbridge Energy, LP v. Nessel
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Corporación Cimex, S.A.
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
FCC v. AT&T
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
FS Credit Opportunities Corp. v. Saba Capital Master Fund
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Fernandez v. United States
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
First Choice Women's Resource Centers v. Platkin
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Flowers Foods, Inc. v. Brock
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
GEO Group, Inc. v. Menocal
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Galette v. NJ Transit Corp.
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Hain Celestial Group v. Palmquist
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Hamm v. Smith
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Havana Docks Corp. v. Royal Caribbean Cruises
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Hencely v. Fluor Corp.
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Hikma Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. v. Amarin Pharma, Inc.
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Hunter v. United States
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Jules v. Andre Balazs Properties
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Keathley v. Buddy Ayers Construction, Inc.
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Landor v. LA DOC
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Learning Resources, Inc. v. Trump, President of U.S.
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Little v. Hecox
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Louisiana v. Callais
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
M & K Employee Solutions v. Trustees of the IAM Pension Fund
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Monsanto Co. v. Durnell
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Montgomery v. Caribe Transport II, LLC
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Mullin, Sec. of Homeland Security v. Doe
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
NRSC v. FEC
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Noem, Sec. of Homeland v. Al Otro Lado
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Olivier v. City of Brandon
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Pitchford v. Cain
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Pung v. Isabella County
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Rico v. United States
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Rutherford v. United States
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Sripetch v. SEC
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
T. M. v. Univ. of MD Medical Sys. Corp.
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Trump, President of U.S. v. Barbara
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Trump, President of U.S. v. Cook
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Trump, President of United States v. Slaughter
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
USPS v. Konan
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
United States v. Hemani
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Urias-Orellana v. Bondi, Att'y Gen.
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Villarreal v. Texas
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Watson v. RNC
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
West Virginia v. B. P. J.
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent
Wolford v. Lopez
→ Petitioner
→ Respondent

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