Neal K. Katyal

Private practice · Washington, D.C. · Office of the Solicitor General, Attorney · argued OT 2010–2025

45arguments since OT 2010

17–25record (side argued for), 40%

47Justice remarks faced per argument (open period; all advocates 47)

69%of those remarks read as doubt by Jev (all advocates 63%)

Arguments by term

Side wonSide lostPending / unclear

Arguments

Term	Case	Side	Role	Result	Remarks faced	Doubt (Jev)
OT 2025	Learning Resources, Inc. et al. v. Trump, President of the United States et al.	–	Attorney	–	95	62%
OT 2025	Wolford et al. v. Lopez, Attorney General of Hawaii	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	66	71%
OT 2024	Nvidia Corp. v. E. Ohman J:Or Fonder Ab	Petitioner	Attorney	Lost	96	59%
OT 2023	National Rifle Association of America v. Vullo	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	26	59%
OT 2022	Tyler v. Hennepin County, Minnesota	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	88	79%
OT 2022	Coinbase, Inc. v. Bielski	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	56	80%
OT 2022	Cruz v. Arizona	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	34	62%
OT 2022	Moore v. Harper	Respondent	Attorney	Won	108	53%
OT 2022	Delaware v. Pennsylvania and Wisconsin	–	Attorney	–	31	66%
OT 2021	Babcock v. Kijakazi	Petitioner	Attorney	Lost	70	42%
OT 2020	Nestle USA v. Doe I	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	35	60%
OT 2020	Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	22	67%
OT 2020	Garland v. Ming Dai	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	27	37%
OT 2019	Romag Fasteners Inc. v. Fossil Inc.	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	39	65%
OT 2019	Mckinney v. Arizona	Petitioner	Attorney	Lost	53	69%
OT 2018	Mcdonough v. Smith	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	39	76%
OT 2018	American Legion v. American Humanist Association	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	34	72%
OT 2017	Trump, President of U.S. v. Hawaii	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	65	71%
OT 2017	Hall v. Hall	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	57	81%
OT 2017	Cyan v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund	Petitioner	Attorney	Lost	55	63%
OT 2016	Town of Chester v. Laroe Estates	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	23	84%
OT 2016	Bristol-myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of Ca.	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	35	76%
OT 2016	Endrew F. v. Douglas Cnty. Sch. Dist. Re-1	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	69	76%
OT 2016	Fry v. Napoleon Community Schools	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	44	80%
OT 2016	Lewis v. Clarke	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	36	87%
OT 2016	Bank of America Corp. v. City of Miami, Florida	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	35	60%
OT 2015	Dietz v. Bouldin	Respondent	Attorney	Won	25	85%
OT 2015	Montanile v. Bd. of National Elevator Industry Health Benefit Plan	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	32	64%
OT 2015	No. 14-452	Respondent	Attorney	–	13	–
OT 2015	Dollar General Corporation v. Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians	Respondent	Attorney	Won	39	–
OT 2014	Dep't of Homeland SEC. v. Maclean	Respondent	Attorney	Won	49	74%
OT 2014	B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Indus., Inc.	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	57	62%
OT 2014	Oneok, Inc., v. Learjet, Inc.	Petitioner	Attorney	Lost	35	67%
OT 2013	Kansas v. Cheever	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	59	77%
OT 2013	Law v. Siegel	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	22	78%
OT 2013	Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian Community	Respondent	Attorney	Won	51	79%
OT 2013	Highmark Inc. v. Allcare Health Mgmt. Sys.	Petitioner	Attorney	Won	10	67%
OT 2012	Us Airways, Inc., in Its Capacity As Fiduciary and Plan Administrator of the Us Airways, Inc. Employee Benefits Plan v. James E. Mccutchen et al.	Petitioner	Attorney	Lost	52	69%
OT 2012	Genesis Healthcare Corporation et al. v. Laura Symczyk	Respondent	Attorney	Lost	31	63%
OT 2010	John D. Ashcroft v. Abdullah Al-kidd	Petitioner	Office of the Solicitor General	Won	32	56%
OT 2010	American Electric Power Company, Inc. et al. v. Connecticut et al.	Respondent	Office of the Solicitor General	Lost	34	71%
OT 2010	Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Kathleen M. Winn et al.	Amicus (for petitioner)	Office of the Solicitor General	Won	21	78%
OT 2010	National Aeronautics and Space Administration et al. v. Robert M. Nelson et al.	Petitioner	Office of the Solicitor General	Won	68	70%
OT 2010	General Dynamics Corporation, v. United States	Respondent	Office of the Solicitor General	Lost	61	65%
OT 2010	Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America et al. v. Michael B. Whiting et al.	Amicus (for petitioner)	Office of the Solicitor General	Lost	26	85%

Names, roles and sides from each transcript's list of appearances; results from the Supreme Court Database (did the side argued for win). Remarks faced: Justice turns of five words or more right after this advocate spoke, open period only. Doubt: TypeSafe's Jev reading of those remarks (an experiment, available where our research run covered the case).