This week's question was, How many cases is the U.S. Supreme Court hearing during its current argument session?

You answered: 17.
The correct answer was 8.

The U.S. Supreme Court's March sitting began on March 21 and lasts until March 30, during which time the court scheduled eight cases in the argument session. Here’s a breakdown of what’s on the docket. Click on any of the case titles to learn more:

• March 21: Morgan v. Sundance, Inc. concerning arbitration clauses, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, and the court’s decision in AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion (2011).
• March 21: Berger v. North Carolina State Conference of the NAACP, involving whether state legislators may intervene to defend the state’s voter ID law in lawsuits concerning the Voting Rights Act.
• March 22: Golan v. Saada, concerning the interpretation of international law when a minor is abducted across national borders during a domestic dispute.
• March 23: ZF Automotive US, Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd., regarding U.S. district courts’ authority to compel parties to produce evidentiary details in private arbitration for foreign or international tribunals.
• March 28: LeDure v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, involving the meaning of a locomotive being in use for liability purposes under the Locomotive Inspection Act.
• March 28: Southwest Airlines v. Saxon, regarding the definition of transportation workers in order to be exempt from the Federal Arbitration Act.
• March 29: Torres v. Texas Department of Public Safety, concerning the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 and sovereign immunity.
• March 30: Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana, involving a potential conflict between federal and state laws in certain types of arbitration proceedings.

The court is scheduled to hear arguments in the remaining 10 cases for the 2021-2022 term during its April sitting from April 18 to April 27. You can see those cases here. Unless the court accepts additional cases before its summer recess, the April argument sitting is the last scheduled sitting for the current term.

To date, the court has agreed to hear 66 cases during its current term. Four were dismissed and one was removed from the argument calendar. The court has issued decisions in 14 cases, two without argument. Between 2007 and 2020, the court released opinions in 1,062 cases, averaging between 70 and 90 cases per year.

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