City of San Antonio, Texas, On Behalf of Itself and All Other Similarly Situated Texas Municipalities, Petitioner v. Hotels.com, L.P., et al.

  1. May 27, 2021

    Lower Courts Can't Alter Appellate Cost Awards, Justices Say

    Federal district courts lack the discretion to reduce or eliminate appellate costs awarded by appeals courts to a successful appellant, the U.S. Supreme Court said Thursday, affirming a Fifth Circuit ruling that forced the City of San Antonio and other municipalities to cover the $2 million cost of an appeal bond after Hotels.com prevailed in a tax case.

  2. April 21, 2021

    Justices Lean On Circuit Experience In Appellate Cost Fight

    U.S. Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett brought their recent circuit court experience to bear in oral arguments Wednesday in a dispute over $2 million in appellate bond premiums that could make defending against an appeal a riskier proposition.

  3. April 20, 2021

    Meet The Attys Arguing Appellate Costs Before The High Court

    With oral arguments for the term wrapping up next week, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear an "e-booking" tax case of particular relevance to appellate practitioners and the issue of appellate costs.

  4. April 16, 2021

    Up Next At High Court: Green Cards For TPS Holders

    The U.S. Supreme Court will consider green card eligibility for immigrants with temporary protected status, a dispute over appellate cost rules, and the counterintuitive issue of inventors challenging their own patents in the first week of its April argument term.

  5. April 05, 2021

    Justices Won't Let Solicitor General Argue Bond Costs Fight

    In a rare denial, the U.S. Supreme Court refused on Monday to let the acting U.S. solicitor general participate in upcoming oral arguments in San Antonio's challenge to a Fifth Circuit ruling favoring Hotels.com and other online travel companies that held that courts have no discretion in assigning appeals bond costs.

  6. January 11, 2021

    3 Things To Know About Supreme Court's Hotels.com Case

    The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear San Antonio's challenge to Fifth Circuit precedent that district courts have no discretion in assigning appeals bond costs, an opinion the city argues places the Fifth Circuit on the wrong side of a "lopsided" circuit split.