Today in Supreme Court History: February 26

Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee v. Sulyma, 589 U.S. 178 (decided February 26, 2020): 3-year statute of limitations for ERISA suit begins when plaintiff actually knew employer had improperly invested funds, not when it can be deduced from those annual reports nobody reads

United States v. Apel, 571 U.S. 359 (decided February 26, 2014): commandant’s order barring protester from Vandenberg Air Force Base applied to whole property, including publicly accessible area reserved for protesters; conviction under 18 U.S.C. §1382 (unauthorized entry) upheld

United States v. Wells, 519 U.S. 482 (decided February 26, 1997): conviction under 18 U.S.C. §1014 (making false statement to federally insured bank) does not require that false statement be material (here, lessor of office equipment which assigned proceeds to bank hid the fact that lessor and not lessees was responsible for repairs)

United States v. Maine et al., 516 U.S. 365 (decided February 26, 1996): original jurisdiction case; Court rejects Massachusetts’s argument that it extends over all of Vineyard Sound and almost all of Nantucket Sound; decree describes lines of demarcation (case originally involved 13 Atlantic states and ended up with almost every state limited to three miles offshore)

Ake v. Oklahoma, 470 U.S. 68 (decided February 26, 1985): established rule that defendant is entitled to state-appointed psychiatrist to evaluate insanity defense (hence the term “Ake hearing”)