Case Chronicle

The cases

Every case on the shelf gets the same treatment: a chronology, a map of how the thing resolves, and a note on where the record ends and what it leaves out.

S.D. Fla. · No. 1:25-cv-20757-JB Doe v. Bonnell A civil suit over an intimate video, recorded with consent and later shared. A third party put it online years afterward; in court, almost all of it turns on one date. Filed Feb 18, 2025 · Undecided Open the case → Doe v. Bonnell Va. Cir. Ct., Fairfax Cty. · No. CL-2019-0002911 Depp v. Heard Two defamation cases tried as one. Both sides appealed; neither appeal was ever heard. Filed Mar 1, 2019 · Settled Open the case → Depp v. Heard Mass. Super. Ct., Plymouth Cty. · No. 2383CR00199 Commonwealth v. Clancy A prosecution in which the defense disputed almost none of the facts and contested only criminal responsibility. A mistrial decides nothing, and nothing was decided. Tried Jul 20, 2026 · Mistrial Open the case → Commonwealth v. Clancy N.Y. Sup. Ct., N.Y. Cty. · No. 75657-24 · and S.D.N.Y. People v. Mangione He pleaded guilty in federal court, and the state murder case stopped where it stood. Whether New York may still try him for the same killing is now the only question left. Pleaded Aug 14, 2026 · Undecided Open the case → People v. Mangione Hennepin Cty. Dist. Ct., Minn. · and D. Minn. State v. Chauvin Prosecuted twice over the same nine minutes, once by a state and once by the federal government, and convicted both times. Charged May 29, 2020 · Convicted Open the case → State v. Chauvin

Int’l Crim. Ct. · No. ICC-01/21-01/25 Prosecutor v. Duterte A former president of the Philippines, charged with crimes against humanity over killings in his war on drugs. Judges confirmed all three counts, and the trial is set to open on November 30, 2026. Arrested Mar 11, 2025 · Undecided Open the case → Prosecutor v. Duterte Int’l Ct. of Justice · General List No. 192 South Africa v. Israel South Africa accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza, and Israel denies it. The court has issued three emergency orders and has not ruled on the accusation itself. That ruling is years away. Filed Dec 29, 2023 · Undecided Open the case → South Africa v. Israel S.D.N.Y. · No. 1:24-cr-00542-AS United States v. Combs A jury cleared him of racketeering and sex trafficking and convicted him on two lesser counts of transporting people for prostitution. He was sentenced to fifty months and has appealed. Not started United States v. Combs D.D.C. · No. 1:20-cv-03010-APM · and E.D. Va. United States v. Google The government sued Google twice, over search and over advertising technology, and each judge found an illegal monopoly. Neither ordered the company broken up. The search case is on appeal. Not started United States v. Google U.S. Supreme Ct. · No. 24-656 · and D.C. Cir. TikTok v. Garland Congress told TikTok’s parent company to sell the app or see it shut out of the United States. The Supreme Court heard the challenge and upheld the law within a week, two days before the deadline. Filed May 7, 2024 · Law upheld Open the case → TikTok v. Garland

About

How these are built, and what they are not

Source

Public filings only: dockets, exhibits and signed orders, as archived from PACER or the court’s own system. Every characterization on a case page traces to one of them, and the citation is on the card that makes it.

Order

Chronological, not thematic. A docket is a stack sorted by filing date, which is the one order in which none of it makes sense. These pages re-sort it into the order the events happened.

Both sides

Positions appear as each side actually argued them in its own filings, not as the other side characterized them. Where a side’s argument has a weak point, the weak point is marked.

What this is not

Not legal advice, not a finding, and not a verdict. Allegations are allegations. Where a court has not resolved something, these pages say so and stop.