Federal appellate daily recap for Tuesday, July 21, 2026.

1. 0:00 Opening headlines
2. 0:47 David Chen
3. 0:49 James Taylor: Criminal Justice
4. 2:54 David Chen
5. 2:58 Aisha Johnson: Civil Rights & Constitutional
6. 4:47 David Chen
7. 4:51 Michael Reeves: Supreme Court & Constitutional
8. 5:50 David Chen
9. 5:53 Maria Santos: Business & Regulatory
10. 7:27 David Chen
11. 7:31 Raj Patel: Immigration & Government
12. 9:19 David Chen

Welcome to Do It For The Case Law on Tuesday July twenty-first two thousand twenty-six. Visit do it for the case law dot com to listen to more in-depth, per-case reporting. We are covering ninety-eight cases across eleven circuits today. James Taylor is reporting on criminal justice including drug trafficking and firearms. Aisha Johnson covers civil rights including Section nineteen eighty-three and employment…

Let’s turn to James covering criminal justice.

Thanks, David. Twenty-nine criminal justice cases today across the federal circuits. Sixteen affirmed, three dismissed, and ten reversed, vacated, remanded, or split outcomes. Starting in the Tenth Circuit, a sentence was vacated and remanded for resentencing because the district court violated Rule thirty-two of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure by failing to verify the defendant read the presentence…

Thanks, James. Let’s turn to Aisha covering civil rights and employment discrimination.

Thanks, David. Twenty-six cases today. Twenty-two were affirmed. One was affirmed in part and reversed in part. Two were reversed and remanded. And one was vacated and remanded. First, the Third Circuit reversed a dismissal of John Doe’s Title nine claims against Princeton University, holding that sex discrimination allegations were plausible. The court also vacated class certification in pharmaceutical fraud…

Thanks, Aisha. Let’s turn to Michael covering the Supreme Court and constitutional law docket.

Thanks, David. I have nine cases for you today. Eight were dismissed or denied, and one was affirmed. In the Fourth Circuit, Luke Patterson versus Warden R. Brown was affirmed. The court upheld the denial of habeas relief, noting in a footnote that while the filing was treated as a Rule fifty-nine-e motion for reconsideration, it was untimely and should have been a Rule sixty-b motion. Kristin Tkach-Pelgrim’s…

Thanks, Michael. Now let’s turn to Maria covering business, labor and civil.

Thanks, David. I have fourteen cases today. Two reversed, one vacated and remanded, three remanded, seven affirmed, and one dismissed. Moving to the Tenth Circuit, Miller versus CNH Industrial America was reversed where the court held a tractor manufacturer had no duty to warn operators about dismounting while moving under Kansas law Section sixty-six oh five c due to the open and obvious danger exception. Jenkins…

Thanks, Maria. Let’s turn to Raj covering immigration and government.

Thanks, David. Today’s immigration and government docket contains twenty cases. The disposition rollup is three affirmed, four split outcomes, two vacated or remanded, and eleven denied or dismissed. Starting with the Fifth Circuit, Exxon Mobil Corporation versus the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission resulted in a vacation and remand. The court held that the Occupational Safety and Health Act does not…

That concludes today’s broadcast for Tuesday, July twenty-first, two thousand twenty-six. Thank you to James Taylor, Aisha Johnson, Michael Reeves, Maria Santos, and Raj Patel for covering the day’s federal appellate opinions. Today’s docket featured two reversals or remands, fifty-nine affirmances, sixteen other dispositions, and twenty-one dismissals. The most significant outcomes from today include the two…

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