No merits, remand to determine basis of decision: Supreme Court decisions

Every U.S. Supreme Court decision from the 1946 through 2025 Terms that the Supreme Court Database classifies under the issue “No merits, remand to determine basis of decision,” part of the Judicial Power area.

All 17 decisions, newest first

• Jamal Kiyemba v. Barack H. Obama
  559 U.S. 131Decided March 1, 20109–0Per curiam
• George W. Bush v. Palm Beach County Canvassing Board
  531 U.S. 70Decided December 4, 20009–0Per curiam
• William Fiore v. Gregory White
  528 U.S. 23Decided November 30, 19999–0Stephen G. Breyer
• Capital Cities Media, Inc. v. Toole
  466 U.S. 378Decided April 23, 19849–0Per curiam
• Massachusetts v. Feeney
  429 U.S. 66Decided November 8, 19768–1Per curiam
• Ohio v. Gallagher
  425 U.S. 257Decided April 5, 19765–3Per curiam
• Department of Motor Vehicles of California v. Rios
  410 U.S. 425Decided February 26, 19735–4Per curiam
• California v. Krivda
  409 U.S. 33Decided October 24, 19729–0Per curiam
• Aldrich v. Aldrich
  375 U.S. 249Decided December 16, 19639–0Per curiam
• Dresner v. City of Tallahassee
  375 U.S. 136Decided December 2, 19639–0Per curiam
• Clay v. Sun Insurance Office Limited
  363 U.S. 207Decided June 13, 19606–3Felix Frankfurter
• Blackburn v. Alabama
  354 U.S. 393Decided June 17, 19576–3Per curiam
• Dixon v. Duffy
  343 U.S. 393Decided May 12, 19527–1Per curiam
• Jennings v. Illinois
  342 U.S. 104Decided December 3, 19517–2Fred M. Vinson
• Dixon v. Duffy
  342 U.S. 33Decided November 5, 19517–1Per curiam
• Hammerstein v. Superior Court of California
  340 U.S. 622Decided March 26, 19519–0Per curiam
• Musser v. Utah
  333 U.S. 95Decided February 9, 19486–3Robert H. Jackson

Source: Supreme Court Database, 2026 Release 01 (data file dated September 8, 2026). Imported into CaseTrail November 5, 2026. Coverage: decisions from the 1946 through 2025 Terms. Methodology · Report an error