Supreme Court January 2027 Arguments: Apple v. Epic on Jan. 11

The Supreme Court of the United States has six cases on its calendar for the session beginning Monday, Jan. 11, 2027, spread over five argument days through Wednesday, Jan. 20. The court’s Monthly Argument Calendar for January 2027, dated Nov. 2, 2026, says the court convenes at 10 a.m. That is 10 a.m. Eastern Time (ET), or 7 a.m. Pacific by our conversion. The session opens 62 days after Nov. 10, 2026 (our count) with Apple Inc. v. Epic Games, Inc.

Which cases does the Supreme Court hear in January 2027?

The calendar’s header reads “October Term 2026, For the Session Beginning January 11, 2027.” The table gives the docket number, the court that ruled first, the date the court agreed to hear the case and the question in plain words, paraphrased from the court’s Questions Presented.

Date	Docket	Case	Came from	Cert granted	The question
Mon., Jan. 11	25-1223	Montoya Palacios v. Liggins	4th Circuit (decided March 24, 2026)	June 29, 2026	Whether “any civil action” under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA), the attorney’s-fees law, includes a habeas corpus action challenging civil immigration detention
Mon., Jan. 11	25-1311	Apple Inc. v. Epic Games, Inc.	9th Circuit (decided Dec. 11, 2025)	June 30, 2026, limited to Question 1	Whether a court may hold a party in civil contempt for violating an injunction’s “spirit” when the injunction is silent on that conduct
Tue., Jan. 12	24-1016	RiseandShine Corp. v. PepsiCo, Inc.	2nd Circuit (decided Dec. 19, 2024)	June 29, 2026	Whether trademark strength is a question of fact in a likelihood-of-confusion analysis under 15 U.S.C. § 1114
Wed., Jan. 13	25-6623	Kian v. Florida	Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal (decided Oct. 16, 2025)	June 15, 2026	Whether a defendant charged with a serious felony has a Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment right to a 12-person jury
Tue., Jan. 19	25-1349	Marschner v. Marschner	North Dakota Supreme Court (decided March 4, 2026)	Oct. 1, 2026	Whether the Uniformed Services Former Spouses’ Protection Act (USFSPA) requires state courts to refuse to enforce indemnification provisions in divorce settlement agreements
Wed., Jan. 20	25-1131	Missionaries of St. John the Baptist, Inc. v. Frederic	Kentucky Supreme Court (decided Dec. 18, 2025)	Oct. 1, 2026, limited to Question 1	Whether a land-use rule that bars a religious institution from building a religious structure on its own property is a “substantial burden” under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA)

The calendar lists no cases on Monday, Jan. 18. It marks the day as a legal holiday without naming it; Jan. 18, 2027 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday (see what is closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2027).

What is the Apple v. Epic Games argument about?

The court’s order granting review in No. 25-1311 is limited to Question 1. That question asks whether a court may hold a party in civil contempt based on a violation of an injunction’s “spirit” where the injunction is silent about the conduct at issue, as the Ninth Circuit holds, or whether a court must ground civil contempt on the violation of an order that clearly and unambiguously bars the precise conduct, as other circuits hold. The 9th Circuit decided the case Dec. 11, 2025 and denied rehearing March 30, 2026. The court also denied a stay application (26A194) on Aug. 13, 2026.

What time do January 2027 arguments start in each time zone?

The calendar says the court convenes at 10 a.m. The conversions are ours.

Zone	Court convenes
Eastern Time	10 a.m.
Central Time	9 a.m.
Mountain Time	8 a.m.
Pacific Time	7 a.m.

How to listen to the January 2027 arguments

The court’s Oral Arguments page says an audio feed of the argument is live-streamed on the court’s website, and the court posts the audio later in the day. On the afternoon of each argument, the court posts transcripts of that day’s arguments. We could not confirm the rules for the public seating line.

What else is on the court’s January 2027 calendar?

The court’s 2026 Term calendar, a graphic, shows a non-argument session on Friday, Jan. 8, and conferences on Fridays, Jan. 15 and Jan. 22. It shows the February session opening Feb. 22, 2027; the February argument calendar was not posted as of Nov. 10, 2026. Last argument day of the session: Wednesday, Jan. 20. Decision dates are not announced; the court has not said when it will rule on any of the six cases.

Print the one-page sheet to keep the five dates by your desk, and mark them on the January 2027 printable calendar or the printable yearly calendar. For the session before this one, see the December 2026 Supreme Court arguments, and for the post-midterm calendar, when 2026 election winners take office.