| Case name
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Citation
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Summary
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| Colorado v. Connelly
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479 U.S. 157 (1986)
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the involuntary statement of a criminal suspect uttered during a schizophrenic episode but not coerced by the Government is not precluded from admission in court by the due process clause
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| Griffith v. Kentucky
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479 U.S. 314 (1987)
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criminal defendants receive the benefit of new constitutional rules announced before their cases are final on direct review
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| Commissioner v. Groetzinger
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479 U.S. 23 (1987)
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addressed the issue of what qualifies as being either a trade or business under Section 162(a) of the Internal Revenue Code
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| Maryland v. Garrison
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480 U.S. 79 (1987)
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reasonable belief by police in the validity of a search warrant
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| Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court of California
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480 U.S. 102 (1987)
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due process, personal jurisdiction, Minimum contacts
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| Arizona v. Hicks
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480 U.S. 321 (1987)
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probable cause relating to the plain view doctrine under the Fourth Amendment
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| United States v. Dunn
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480 U.S. 294 (1987)
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open fields doctrine
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| Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca
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480 U.S. 421 (1987)
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Asylum applicants must show "well-founded fear" of persecution to establish their eligibility
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| Keystone Bituminous Coal Ass'n v. Debenedictus
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480 U.S. 470 (1987)
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substantive due process, the takings clause of the 5th Amendment
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| O'Connor v. Ortega
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480 U.S. 709 (1987)
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Fourth Amendment rights of public employees
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| Tison v. Arizona
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481 U.S. 137 (1987)
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Felony murder and the death penalty: death penalty is constitutional for major participants in felonies who exhibit extreme indifference to human life, even if someone else personally kills the victim
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| McCleskey v. Kemp
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481 U.S. 279 (1987)
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race discrimination and the death penalty
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| Pennsylvania v. Finley
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481 U.S. 551 (1987)
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right to counsel in post-conviction proceedings
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| Saint Francis College v. al-Khazraji
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481 U.S. 604 (1987)
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persons of Arabian ancestry may make claims for race discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1981
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| Hodel v. Irving
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481 U.S. 704 (1987)
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Fifth Amendment taking of fractional interests in Native American lands
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| United States v. Salerno
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481 U.S. 739 (1987)
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upholding Bail Reform Act of 1984 as not violating Due Process or Excessive Bail clauses
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| Turner v. Safley
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482 U.S. 78 (1987)
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free speech and marriage rights of prison inmates
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| Shearson/American Express Inc. v. McMahon
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482 U.S. 220 (1987)
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Private actions under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are arbitrable
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| First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. Los Angeles County
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482 U.S. 304 (1987)
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substantive due process, temporary taking
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| O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz
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482 U.S. 342 (1987)
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not a violation of the Free Exercise Clause to deprive an inmate of attending a religious service for "legitimate penological interests."
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| Board of Airport Commissioners of Los Angeles v. Jews for Jesus, Inc.
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482 U.S. 569 (1987)
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constitutionality of broad free speech prohibitions
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| Edwards v. Aguillard
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482 U.S. 578 (1987)
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constitutionality of mandating teaching of creation science in conjunction with evolution
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| South Dakota v. Dole
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483 U.S. 203 (1987)
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use of federal funding to encourage changes in state laws—here, raising the drinking age in all states from 18 to 21
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| Puerto Rico v. Branstad
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483 U.S. 219 (1987)
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Federal court enforcement of extradition of fugitives
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| Rankin v. McPherson
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483 U.S. 378 (1987)
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free speech rights of federal employees
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| United States v. Stanley
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483 U.S. 669 (1987)
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soldier's tort claim related to Project MKULTRA barred
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| Nollan v. California Coastal Commission
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483 U.S. 825 (1987)
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Fifth Amendment takings clause
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| Griffin v. Wisconsin
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483 U.S. 868 (1987)
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Warrantless searches of probationers
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| Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
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484 U.S. 260 (1988)
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freedom of speech in secondary school newspapers
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| Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
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485 U.S. 46 (1988)
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First Amendment; parody, emotional distress
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| Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Abudu
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485 U.S. 94 (1988)
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Federal courts of appeals must review denials of motions to reopen immigration proceedings for abuse of discretion
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| Bowen v. Georgetown University Hospital
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488 U.S. 204 (1988)
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Agencies may not promulgate retroactive rules unless expressly authorized by Congress
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| Basic Inc. v. Levinson
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485 U.S. 224 (1988)
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interpretation of SEC Rule 10b-5, market price manipulation
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| Lying v. Northwest Indian CPA
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485 U.S. 439 (1988)
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religious rights of Native American vs. public interest
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| South Carolina v. Baker
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485 U.S. 505 (1988)
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Federal requirement that state and local bonds be issued in registered form did not violate the Tenth Amendment
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| Huddleston v. United States
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485 U.S. 681 (1988)
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admissibility of prior "bad acts" under the Federal Rules of Evidence
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| California v. Greenwood
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486 U.S. 35 (1988)
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4th Amendment; even absent a warrant, the search and seizure of garbage left for collection outside the curtilage of a home
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| Maynard v. Cartwright
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486 U.S. 356 (1988)
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cruel and unusual punishment, death penalty
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| Webster v. Doe
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486 U.S. 592 (1988)
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ability for CIA firings and hirings to be judicially reviewed
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| Schweiker v. Chilicky
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487 U.S. 412 (1988)
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no implied cause of action in the Social Security Act
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| Frisby v. Schultz
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487 U.S. 474 (1988)
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First Amendment, privacy, restrictions on abortion protests
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| Morrison v. Olson
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487 U.S. 654 (1988)
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independent counsel's office
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| Thompson v. Oklahoma
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487 U.S. 815 (1988)
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8th Amendment; cruel and unusual punishment; capital punishment for juveniles under 16
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| Arizona v. Youngblood
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488 U.S. 51 (1988)
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state's failure to preserve evidence in a criminal case, absent bad faith, is not a due process violation
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| Beech Aircraft Corp. v. Rainey
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488 U.S. 153 (1988)
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Portions of investigatory reports otherwise admissible under Federal Rule of Evidence 803(8)(C) are not inadmissible merely because they state a conclusion or opinion
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| Mistretta v. United States
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488 U.S. 361 (1989)
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United States Sentencing Commission, separation of powers
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| Florida v. Riley
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488 U.S. 445 (1989)
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aerial surveillance and the Fourth Amendment
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| City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co.
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488 U.S. 469 (1989)
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Affirmative action, constitutionality of minority business set-aside programs for municipal contracts
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| Bonito Boats, Inc. v. Thunder Craft Boats, Inc.
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489 U.S. 141 (1989)
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state anti-plug molding law struck down under preemption doctrine for interfering with federal patent law
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| DeShaney v. Winnebago County Department of Social Services
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489 U.S. 189 (1989)
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child welfare department's failure to protect a child from known child abuse does not violate due process
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| Teague v. Lane
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489 U.S. 288 (1989)
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new constitutional rules do not generally apply retroactively to cases on collateral review
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| Blanton v. North Las Vegas
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489 U.S. 538 (1989)
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Jury trial is unnecessary for petty offenses
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| Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives Association
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489 U.S. 602 (1989)
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requiring drug tests for railroad employees is not an unreasonable search under the Fourth Amendment
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| National Treasury Employees Union v. Von Raab
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489 U.S. 656 (1989)
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requiring drug tests for customs inspectors is not an unreasonable search under the Fourth Amendment
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| Board of Estimate of City of New York v. Morris
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489 U.S. 688 (1989)
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New York City Board of Estimate representation scheme was held to violate Equal Protection Clause; local government districts must conform to "one person, one vote"
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| Schmuck v. United States
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489 U.S. 705 (1989)
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Scope of mail fraud statute; proper test for lesser included offense
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| United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
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489 U.S. 749 (1989)
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FBI rap sheets may not be disclosed to third parties under the Freedom of Information Act
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| Davis v. Michigan
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489 U.S. 803 (1989)
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Intergovernmental immunity prohibits state taxation of federal pensions if state pensions are tax-exempt.
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| Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield
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490 U.S. 30 (1989)
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held that the Indian Child Welfare Act governed the adoption of Indian children, and clarified the jurisdiction of the tribal court
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| Graham v. Connor
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490 U.S. 386 (1989)
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standard for claims for violations of the Fourth Amendment
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| Rodriguez de Quijas v. Shearson/American Express Inc.
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490 U.S. 477 (1989)
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Private securities fraud claims under Securities Act of 1933 arbitrable; Wilko v. Swan overruled
|
| Lauro Lines s.r.l. v. Chasser et al.
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490 U.S. 495 (1989)
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interlocutory appeals; forum selection
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| Finley v. United States
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490 U.S. 545 (1989)
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pendent party jurisdiction, later overturned by statute
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| Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio
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490 U.S. 642 (1989)
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standard of evidence for disparate impact employment discrimination cases
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| Hernandez v. Commissioner
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490 U.S. 680 (1989)
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Scientology courses do not qualify as charitable deductions under the Internal Revenue Code
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| Community For Creative Non-Violence v. Reid
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490 U.S. 730 (1989)
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copyright, work for hire
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| Martin v. Wilks
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490 U.S. 755 (1989)
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civil procedure in employment affirmative action
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| Will v. Michigan Dept. of State Police
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491 U.S. 58 (1989)
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States and their officials acting in their official capacity are not persons under Section 1983
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| Texas v. Johnson
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491 U.S. 397 (1989)
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freedom of speech (flag burning)
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| Ward v. Rock Against Racism
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491 U.S. 781 (1989)
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freedom of speech, excessive noise
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| Granfinanciera v. Nordberg
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492 U.S. 33 (1989)
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Seventh Amendment right to jury trials in bankruptcy proceedings
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| Penry v. Lynaugh
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492 U.S. 302 (1989)
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Eighth Amendment permits executing the mentally retarded; overruled by Atkins v. Virginia
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| Stanford v. Kentucky
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492 U.S. 361 (1989)
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Eighth Amendment permits executing offenders who were 16 or 17 years old at the time of the offense; overruled by Roper v. Simmons
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| Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
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492 U.S. 490 (1989)
|
state funding for abortion rights
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| County of Allegheny v. ACLU
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492 U.S. 573 (1989)
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holiday displays and state endorsement of religion
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| University of Pennsylvania v. EEOC
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493 U.S. 182 (1990)
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peer review privilege not required by Federal Rules of Evidence or First Amendment
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| Commissioner v. Indianapolis Power & Light Co.
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493 U.S. 203 (1990)
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customer deposits constituting taxable income to a utility company
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| FW/PBS v. City of Dallas
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493 U.S. 215 (1990)
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regulation of "sexually oriented businesses"
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| Tafflin v. Levitt
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493 U.S. 455 (1990)
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state court jurisdiction over civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) claims
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| Sullivan v. Zebley
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493 U.S. 521 (1990)
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determination of SSI benefits for children
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| Washington v. Harper
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494 U.S. 210 (1990)
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permissibility of involuntary treatment of psychotic inmates
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| United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez
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494 U.S. 259 (1990)
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search and seizure of nonresident alien in foreign country
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| Chauffeurs, Teamsters, and Helpers Local No. 391 v. Terry
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494 U.S. 558 (1990)
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scope of 7th Amendment right to jury trial in civil cases
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| Austin v. Michigan Chamber of Commerce
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494 U.S. 652 (1990)
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corporate funding of political campaigns
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| Employment Division v. Smith
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494 U.S. 872 (1990)
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religious freedom with respect to drug use
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| Missouri v. Jenkins
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495 U.S. 33 (1990)
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power of federal courts to order taxation by state or local governments
|
| Osborne v. Ohio
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495 U.S. 103 (1990)
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states have the power to ban possession of child pornography without violating the First Amendment
|
| Stewart v. Abend
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495 U.S. 207 (1990)
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rights of the successor of a copyright interest
|
| Grady v. Corbin
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495 U.S. 508 (1990)
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double jeopardy and subsequent prosecutions
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| Taylor v. United States
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495 U.S. 575 (1990)
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definition of "burglary" under certain sentence enhancement provisions of the federal criminal code
|
| Burnham v. Superior Court of California
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495 U.S. 604 (1990)
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physical presence as a requirement for personal jurisdiction
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| Duro v. Reina
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495 U.S. 676 (1990)
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Indian tribes have no jurisdiction over nonmember Indians
|
| Westside School District v. Mergens
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496 U.S. 226 (1990)
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Bible study clubs in schools
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| United States v. Eichman
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496 U.S. 310 (1990)
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freedom of speech (flag burning)
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| Perpich v. Department of Defense
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496 U.S. 334 (1990)
|
Congressional powers over U.S. National Guard
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| Eli Lilly & Co. v. Medtronic, Inc.
|
496 U.S. 661 (1990)
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premarketing activity conducted to gain approval of a device under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is exempt from a finding of patent infringement
|
| Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.
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497 U.S. 1 (1990)
|
First Amendment and defamation—no "opinion privilege"
|
| Illinois v. Rodriguez
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497 U.S. 177 (1990)
|
Fourth Amendment, "co-occupant consent rule"
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| Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health
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497 U.S. 261 (1990)
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incompetent persons may not refuse medical treatment under the 14th Amendment
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| Hodgson v. Minnesota
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497 U.S. 417 (1990)
|
requiring parental notification for abortion is constitutional with a judicial bypass provision
|
| Walton v. Arizona
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497 U.S. 639 (1990)
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Capital punishment and sentencing procedure, partially overruled by Ring v. Arizona
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| Maryland v. Craig
|
497 U.S. 836 (1990)
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the right of criminal defendants to confront witnesses
|
| Perry v. Louisiana
|
498 U.S. 38 (1990)
|
forcibly medicating a death row inmate with a mental disorder in order to make sure he is competent to be executed is impermissible
|
| Cheek v. United States
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498 U.S. 192 (1991)
|
mistake of law is a valid defense to criminal tax evasion because of mens rea
|
| Board of Ed. of Oklahoma City Public Schools v. Dowell
|
498 U.S. 237 (1991)
|
case "hasten[ing] the end of federal court desegregation orders.
|
| Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Citizen Band of Potawatomi Tribe of Okla.
|
498 U.S. 505 (1991)
|
an Indian tribe was not subject to state sales tax for sales to tribal members
|
| Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone Service Co.
|
499 U.S. 340 (1991)
|
minimal quantum of creativity is required for copyright protection
|
| Cottage Savings Ass'n v. Commissioner
|
499 U.S. 554 (1991)
|
income tax consequences of mortgage interest exchange, examination of the consequences of the Savings and Loan crisis
|
| Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute
|
499 U.S. 585 (1991)
|
enforcement of forum selection clauses
|
| County of Riverside v. McLaughlin
|
500 U.S. 44 (1991)
|
suspects arrested without a warrant must be brought into court for a probable cause determination within 48 hours
|
| Rust v. Sullivan
|
500 U.S. 173 (1991)
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government is not required to fund abortion
|
| Hernandez v. New York
|
500 U.S. 352 (1991)
|
prosecutor may use peremptory challenge against bilingual Latino jurors based on his doubts about the ability of such jurors to defer to the official translation of Spanish-language testimony
|
| Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Association
|
500 U.S. 507 (1991)
|
unions may compel contributions from nonmembers only for the costs of performing its duties as exclusive bargaining agent
|
| California v. Acevedo
|
500 U.S. 565 (1991)
|
police may search a container in a car without a warrant if they have probable cause to believe it contains contraband
|
| Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Company
|
500 U.S. 614 (1991)
|
Batson's prohibition on race-based use of peremptory challenges applies in civil trials
|
| Connecticut v. Doehr
|
501 U.S. 1 (1991)
|
Connecticut state statute that authorizes prejudgment attachment of real estate without prior notice or hearing violated the 14th Amendment right to due process
|
| Toibb v. Radloff
|
501 U.S. 157 (1991)
|
holding that individual debtors may file for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code
|
| McNeil v. Wisconsin
|
501 U.S. 171 (1991)
|
differences between the rights secured by the Fifth Amendment and the Sixth Amendment
|
| Florida v. Bostick
|
501 U.S. 429 (1991)
|
random bus searches routinely conducted pursuant to passenger's consent
|
| Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc.
|
501 U.S. 560 (1991)
|
First Amendment and the restriction of nude dancing
|
| Cohen v. Cowles Media Co.
|
501 U.S. 663 (1991)
|
First Amendment, freedom of the press
|
| Payne v. Tennessee
|
501 U.S. 808 (1991)
|
admissibility of victim impact statements, stare decisis could be disregarded where fairness to victim's rights
had priority over the demands of consistency in the common law.
|
| Peretz v. United States
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501 U.S. 923 (1991)
|
role of magistrate judges in jury selection in a felony trial
|
| Harmelin v. Michigan
|
501 U.S. 957 (1991)
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life imprisonment for cocaine possession
|
| Simon & Schuster v. Crime Victims Board
|
502 U.S. 105 (1991)
|
holding that New York's Son of Sam law violated the First Amendment
|
| Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Doherty
|
502 U.S. 314 (1992)
|
U.S. Attorney General has broad discretion to reopen deportation proceedings
|
| INS v. Elias-Zacarias
|
502 U.S. 478 (1992)
|
asylum on account of political opinion must be based on the refugee's political opinion
|
| Lechmere, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
|
502 U.S. 527 (1992)
|
employer can exclude nonemployee union organizers from private company property
|
| Hudson v. McMillian
|
503 U.S. 1 (1992)
|
excessive force against prison inmates, 8th Amendment
|
| INDOPCO, Inc. v. Commissioner
|
503 U.S. 79 (1992)
|
Expenditures incurred by a target corporation in the course of a friendly takeover are nondeductible capital expenditures under the Internal Revenue Code
|
| United States v. Felix
|
503 U.S. 378 (1992)
|
conviction of a defendant for a crime and for a conspiracy to commit the same offense does not create double jeopardy
|
| United States Department of Commerce v. Montana
|
503 U.S. 442 (1992)
|
formula used for reapportionment
|
| Jacobson v. United States
|
503 U.S. 540 (1992)
|
entrapment occurs when government creates predisposition to commit offense where it did not exist
|
| Foucha v. Louisiana
|
504 U.S. 71 (1992)
|
criteria for the continued involuntary commitment of an individual who had been found not guilty by reason of insanity
|
| Riggins v. Nevada
|
504 U.S. 127 (1992)
|
Forced psychiatric medication during trial violated defendant's rights under Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments
|
| Quill Corp. v. North Dakota
|
504 U.S. 298 (1992)
|
Requiring out-of-state mail order vendor to collect use tax unconstitutionally burdened interstate commerce
|
| United States v. Thompson-Center Arms Company
|
504 U.S. 505 (1992)
|
taxation of firearms
|
| Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife
|
504 U.S. 555 (1992)
|
Standing in a suit to enforce the Endangered Species Act
|
| United States v. Alvarez-Machain
|
504 U.S. 655 (1992)
|
application of the Ker-Frisbie doctrine
|
| Morgan v. Illinois
|
504 U.S. 719 (1992)
|
A defendant facing the death penalty may challenge for cause a prospective juror who would automatically vote to impose the death penalty in every case
|
| Georgia v. McCollum
|
505 U.S. 42 (1992)
|
standard on peremptory challenges from Batson v. Kentucky applied to criminal defendant
|
| Gade v. National Solid Wastes Management Association
|
505 U.S. 88 (1992)
|
federal preemption of state labor safety laws
|
| Forsyth County, Georgia v. The Nationalist Movement
|
505 U.S. 123 (1992)
|
1st Amendment protection and police protection
|
| New York v. United States
|
505 U.S. 144 (1992)
|
the take title provision of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 violated the 10th Amendment
|
| Wisconsin Department of Revenue v. William Wrigley, Jr., Co.
|
505 U.S. 214 (1992)
|
permissible scope of taxation of out-of-state corporations doing business within a particular state.
|
| R. A. V. v. City of St. Paul
|
505 U.S. 377 (1992)
|
fighting words, hate speech
|
| Lee v. Weisman
|
505 U.S. 577 (1992)
|
First Amendment, establishment of religion (prayer at high school graduations)
|
| Planned Parenthood v. Casey
|
505 U.S. 833 (1992)
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abortion; reaffirming the "core holding" of Roe v. Wade
|
| United States v. Fordice
|
505 U.S. 717 (1992)
|
segregation of colleges and universities
|
| Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council
|
505 U.S. 1003 (1992)
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per se rule of takings clause
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| Soldal v. Cook County
|
506 U.S. 56 (1992)
|
Fourth Amendment protects property as well as privacy interests, even absent a search or an arrest (e.g. eviction)
|
| Commissioner v. Soliman
|
506 U.S. 168 (1993)
|
"principal place of business" under the Internal Revenue Code
|
| Nixon v. United States
|
506 U.S. 224 (1993)
|
judicial impeachment, political question doctrine
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| Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic
|
506 U.S. 263 (1993)
|
Civil Rights Act of 1871 could not be used to halt blockades of abortion clinics
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| Herrera v. Collins
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506 U.S. 390 (1993)
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claim of actual innocence is not grounds for federal habeas corpus relief
|
| Spectrum Sports, Inc. v. McQuillan
|
506 U.S. 447 (1993)
|
quantum of proof required for a claim of attempted monopolization under § 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act
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| Shaw v. Reno
|
506 U.S. 630 (1993)
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appropriateness of considering race in redistricting
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| Reno v. Flores
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507 U.S. 292 (1993)
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procedures for detaining juvenile aliens awaiting deportation
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| Saudi Arabia v. Nelson
|
507 U.S. 349 (1993)
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jurisdiction in an action based upon a "commercial activity" under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
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| Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc.
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507 U.S. 410 (1993)
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First Amendment protections against restrictions on distributing handbills
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| United States Department of Justice v. Landano
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508 U.S. 165 (1993)
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Freedom of Information Act and confidentiality
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| Mertens v. Hewitt Associates
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508 U.S. 248 (1993)
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Preemption, non-fiduciary liability under ERISA
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| Wisconsin v. Mitchell
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508 U.S. 476 (1993)
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enhanced sentencing for hate crimes and the First Amendment
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| Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah
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508 U.S. 520 (1993)
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animal cruelty, freedom of religion
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| Minnesota v. Dickerson
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508 U.S. 366 (1993)
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seizure of contraband during stop & frisk
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| Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District
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508 U.S. 384 (1993)
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access by religious groups to public school facilities
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| South Dakota v. Bourland
|
508 U.S. 679 (1993)
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an Indian tribes hunting and fishing rights were terminated on land the Federal government acquired for a reservoir
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| Sale v. Haitian Centers Council
|
509 U.S. 155 (1993)
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illegal immigration
|
| Godinez v. Moran
|
509 U.S. 389 (1993)
|
competency standard for pleading guilty or waiving the right to counsel
is the same as the competency standard for standing trial
|
| Alexander v. United States
|
509 U.S. 544 (1993)
|
RICO's forfeiture provision does not violate the First Amendment
|
| Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals
|
509 U.S. 579 (1993)
|
federal judges as gatekeepers for allowing expert witnesses to testify in trials; see also Daubert Standard
|
| Hartford Fire Insurance Co. v. California
|
509 U.S. 764 (1993)
|
application of Sherman Antitrust Act to foreign companies
|
| Fogerty v. Fantasy
|
510 U.S. 517 (1994)
|
attorney's fees in copyright litigation
|
| Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.
|
510 U.S. 569 (1994)
|
copyright, commercial fair use is possible, parody
|
| Oregon Waste Systems, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Quality of Ore.
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511 U.S. 93 (1994)
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Commerce Clause
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| J.E.B. v. Alabama ex rel. T.B.
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511 U.S. 127 (1994)
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peremptory jury challenges based on sex violate equal protection clause
|
| Central Bank of Denver v. First Interstate Bank of Denver
|
511 U.S. 164 (1994)
|
private plaintiffs may not maintain an aiding and abetting lawsuit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
|
| Landgraf v. USI Film Products
|
511 U.S. 244 (1994)
|
retroactive application of statutory amendments effective while cases are pending in court
|
| C&A Carbone, Inc v. Town of Clarkstown
|
511 U.S. 383 (1994)
|
Dormant Commerce Clause
|
| Waters v. Churchill
|
511 U.S. 661 (1994)
|
Due process rights of public employees in workplace when alleging violations of First Amendment rights
|
| PUD No. 1 of Jefferson County v. Washington Department of Ecology
|
511 U.S. 700 (1994)
|
interpretation of §401 of the Clean Water Act
|
| Farmer v. Brennan
|
511 U.S. 825 (1994)
|
civil liability under the Eighth Amendment for rape of a transgender prison inmate
|
| Dolan v. City of Tigard
|
512 U.S. 374 (1994)
|
Fifth Amendment takings clause
|
| Turner Broadcasting v. Federal Communications Commission
|
512 U.S. 622 (1994)
|
upholding must-carry rules against cable television provider's First Amendment challenge
|
| Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet
|
512 U.S. 687 (1994)
|
school district coinciding with religious community
|
| Madsen v. Women's Health Center, Inc.
|
512 U.S. 753 (1994)
|
first amendment, restrictions on abortion protests
|
| United Mine Workers of America v. Bagwell
|
512 U.S. 821 (1994)
|
constitutional limitations on the contempt powers of courts
|
| United States v. Shabani
|
513 U.S. 10 (1994)
|
elements of criminal conspiracy (i.e., requirement for an overt act)
|
| United States v. X-Citement Video, Inc.
|
513 U.S. 64 (1994)
|
conviction under federal child pornography laws requires proof that the defendant knew the subjects were minors
|
| Schlup v. Delo
|
513 U.S. 298 (1995)
|
Standard of proof required for a habeas corpus petition to reopen a case in light of new evidence of innocence
|
| Arizona v. Evans
|
514 U.S. 1 (1995)
|
Exclusionary rule does not require suppressing evidence obtained through good-faith reliance on a search warrant that contains a clerical error
|
| Qualitex Co. v. Jacobson Products Co., Inc.
|
514 U.S. 159 (1995)
|
color trademarks are appropriate subject matter under the Lanham Act
|
| Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc.
|
514 U.S. 211 (1995)
|
separation of powers and finality of judgments
|
| McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission
|
514 U.S. 334 (1995)
|
anonymous campaign literature under the First Amendment
|
| United States v. Lopez
|
514 U.S. 549 (1995)
|
interstate commerce, gun-free school zones
|
| U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton
|
514 U.S. 779 (1995)
|
preventing states from enacting term limits to the US House and Senate
|
| First Options v. Kaplan
|
514 U.S. 938 (1995)
|
independent judicial review of arbitration clause
|
| Adarand Constructors v. Peña
|
515 U.S. 200 (1995)
|
constitutionality of race-based set-asides (strict scrutiny test)
|
| Witte v. United States
|
515 U.S. 389 (1995)
|
using "relevant conduct", as defined by the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, at sentencing does not violate double jeopardy principles
|
| Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of Boston
|
515 U.S. 557 (1995)
|
First Amendment freedom of association as applied to a private parade organizer seeking to exclude a group inconsistent with its stated message
|
| Florida Bar v. Went For It, Inc.
|
515 U.S. 618 (1995)
|
under the commercial speech doctrine of the First Amendment, states may forbid lawyers from directly soliciting personal injury cases for short periods of time after an accident or a disaster
|
| Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton
|
515 U.S. 646 (1995)
|
constitutionality of public school drug testing; Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments
|
| Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board v. Pinnette
|
515 U.S. 753 (1995)
|
display of religious symbols on government property
|
| Rosenberger v. University of Virginia
|
515 U.S. 819 (1995)
|
discrimination by state universities against student religious organizations
|
| Miller v. Johnson
|
515 U.S. 900 (1995)
|
racial gerrymandering
|
| Bailey v. United States
|
516 U.S. 137 (1995)
|
meaning of "use" in federal statute imposing a five-year prison sentence on anyone who "uses" a firearm during or in relation to a drug crime or a crime of violence
|
| Lotus Dev. Corp. v. Borland Int'l, Inc.
|
516 U.S. 233 (1995)
|
scope of software copyrights
|
| Behrens v. Pelletier
|
516 U.S. 299 (1996)
|
appeal over ruling on qualified immunity
|
| Hercules, Inc. v. United States
|
516 U.S. 417 (1996)
|
liability for producing Agent Orange
|
| Bennis v. Michigan
|
516 U.S. 442 (1996)
|
held that innocent owner defense is not constitutionally mandated by Fourteenth Amendment Due Process in cases of civil forfeiture
|
| Seminole Tribe v. Florida
|
517 U.S. 44 (1996)
|
Article I and the 11th Amendment
|
| Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc.
|
517 U.S. 370 (1996)
|
claim construction of patents
|
| 44 Liquormart, Inc. v. State of Rhode Island
|
517 U.S. 484 (1996)
|
restrictions on commercial speech
|
| BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore
|
517 U.S. 559 (1996)
|
whether punitive damages are limited by substantive due process; 14th Amendment
|
| Smiley v. Citibank
|
517 U.S. 735 (1996)
|
Credit card late fees can be considered interest and thus not subject to regulation by states other than those of bank's location when charged by national banks.
|
| Romer v. Evans
|
517 U.S. 620 (1996)
|
equal protection limitation on forbidding elimination of discrimination on the basis of homosexuality
|
| Jaffee v. Redmond
|
518 U.S. 1 (1996)
|
federal evidentiary privilege for medical confidentiality
|
| Gasperini v. Center For Humanities, Inc.
|
518 U.S. 415 (1996)
|
7th Amendment, modern interpretation of the Erie doctrine
|
| United States v. Virginia
|
518 U.S. 515 (1996)
|
separate but equal gender discrimination
|
| Ohio v. Robinette
|
519 U.S. 33 (1996)
|
informing motorists that a traffic stop has ended and the motorist is "free to go" is not required under the Fourth Amendment
|
| Caterpillar, Inc. v. Lewis
|
519 U.S. 61 (1996)
|
diversity of citizenship must exist at the time of entry of judgment
|
| M.L.B. v. S.L.J.
|
519 U.S. 102 (1996)
|
states must provide transcripts to poor litigants wishing to appeal adverse parental termination decisions
|
| Old Chief v. United States
|
519 U.S. 172 (1996)
|
admitting evidence of prior convictions and the danger of "unfair prejudice" under Rule 403 of the Federal Rules of Evidence
|
| Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York
|
519 U.S. 357 (1997)
|
protesters at abortion clinics
|
| Auer v. Robbins
|
519 U.S. 452 (1997)
|
FLSA and overtime pay of police officers
|
| Warner-Jenkinson Company, Inc. v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co.
|
520 U.S. 17 (1997)
|
patent law, doctrine of equivalents
|
| Clinton v. Jones
|
520 U.S. 681 (1997)
|
Executive privilege and immunity
|
| Agostini v. Felton
|
521 U.S. 203 (1997)
|
reexamination of Establishment Clause jurisprudence as it applies schools
|
| Kansas v. Hendricks
|
521 U.S. 346 (1997)
|
procedures for involuntary indefinite civil commitment of dangerous persons
|
| City of Boerne v. Flores
|
521 U.S. 507 (1997)
|
scope of Congressional enforcement power under § 5 of the 14th Amendment
|
| Washington v. Glucksberg
|
521 U.S. 702 (1997)
|
constitutionality of state law forbidding assisted suicide
|
| Vacco v. Quill
|
521 U.S. 793 (1997)
|
right to die and assisted suicide
|
| Raines v. Byrd
|
521 U.S. 811 (1997)
|
line item veto, legal standing; redirects to Clinton v. City of New York
|
| Printz, Sheriff/Coroner, Ravalli County, Montana v. United States
|
521 U.S. 898 (1997)
|
background checks before purchasing handguns
|
| Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union
|
521 U.S. 844 (1997)
|
free speech, obscenity, CDA
|
| State Oil Co. v. Khan
|
522 U.S. 3 (1997)
|
rule of reason applied to vertical maximum price fixing, overturned Albrecht v. Herald Co.
|
| Alaska v. Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government
|
522 U.S. 520 (1998)
|
native rights over tribal lands
|
| NCUA v. First National Bank & Trust
|
522 U.S. 479 (1998)
|
intent of Congress w.r.t. the Federal Credit Union Act of 1934
|
| Lexecon Inc. v. Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach
|
523 U.S. 26 (1998)
|
pretrial procedures in multi-district litigation
|
| Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services
|
523 U.S. 75 (1998)
|
applicability of sexual harassment laws to same sex harassment
|
| Quality King Distributors Inc., v. L'anza Research International Inc.
|
523 U.S. 135 (1998)
|
application of first-sale doctrine of U.S. copyright law to reimported goods
|
| Almendarez-Torres v. United States
|
523 U.S. 224 (1998)
|
prior convictions used to enhance a sentence need not be proved to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt
|
| Feltner v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc.
|
523 U.S. 340 (1998)
|
Seventh Amendment right to jury trial in a copyright infringement case
|
| Breard v. Greene
|
523 U.S. 371 (1998)
|
criminal defendant could not raise a defense under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations on federal habeas corpus review
|
| Miller v. Albright
|
523 U.S. 420 (1998)
|
citizenship of a child born outside the United States to a citizen father and an alien mother
|
| Stewart v. Martinez-Villareal
|
523 U.S. 637 (1998)
|
proper timing of a claim under Ford v. Wainwright, regarding competency to be executed, in federal habeas proceedings
|
| Kiowa Tribe of Okla. v. Manufacturing Technologies, Inc.
|
523 U.S. 751 (1998)
|
an Indian tribe is entitled to sovereign immunity to contract lawsuits, whether made on or off the reservation
|
| County of Sacramento v. Lewis
|
523 U.S. 833 (1998)
|
liability of police under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for causing death during high-speed chases
|
| Federal Election Commission v. Akins
|
524 U.S. 11 (1998)
|
standing conferred by statute
|
| United States v. Bajakajian
|
524 U.S. 321 (1998)
|
excessive fines
|
| Swidler & Berlin v. United States
|
524 U.S. 399 (1998)
|
death of an attorney's client does not terminate the attorney–client privilege
|
| Clinton v. City of New York
|
524 U.S. 417 (1998)
|
constitutionality of the Line Item Veto
|
| Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel
|
524 U.S. 498 (1998)
|
Substantive Due Process, Economic Liberties
|
| National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley
|
524 U.S. 569 (1998)
|
1st amendment, government funding
|
| Bragdon v. Abbott
|
524 U.S. 624 (1998)
|
application of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to an asymptomatic HIV patient
|
| Marquez v. Screen Actors Guild Inc.
|
525 U.S. 33 (1998)
|
union shop contracts
|
| Pfaff v. Wells Electronics, Inc.
|
525 U.S. 55 (1998)
|
on-sale bar of United States patent law
|
| Knowles v. Iowa
|
525 U.S. 113 (1998)
|
search subsequent to a traffic citation without consent
|
| Department of Commerce et al. v. United States House of Representatives et al.
|
525 U.S. 316 (1999)
|
Census figures adjusted for undercount based on sampling may not be used for Congressional apportionment
|
| Holloway v. United States
|
526 U.S. 1 (1999)
|
federal carjacking statute applies to carjacking crimes committed by defendants with the "conditional intent" of harming drivers who resist the highjacker.
|
| Federal Republic of Germany v. United States
|
526 U.S. 111 (1999)
|
application of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations to death penalty cases
|
| Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael
|
526 U.S. 137 (1999)
|
non-scientists as expert witnesses in federal trials
|
| Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians
|
526 U.S. 172 (1999)
|
usufructuary rights of Native Americans on certain lands
|
| Jones v. United States
|
526 U.S. 227 (1999)
|
subsections of federal carjacking statute define separate crimes subject to Sixth Amendment jury trial requirement
|
| Wyoming v. Houghton
|
526 U.S. 295 (1999)
|
warrantless search of a passenger's container capable of holding the object of a search for which there is probable cause is not justified under the automobile exception to the Fourth Amendment
|
| Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Aguirre-Aguirre
|
526 U.S. 415 (1999)
|
application of Chevron deference standard to Board of Immigration Appeals actions
|
| Saenz v. Roe
|
526 U.S. 489 (1999)
|
welfare benefits to new state citizens and the right to travel
|
| Hunt v. Cromartie
|
526 U.S. 541 (1999)
|
gerrymandering
|
| Chicago v. Morales
|
527 U.S. 41 (1999)
|
loitering as gang activity
|
| Olmstead v. L.C.
|
527 U.S. 581 (1999)
|
undue institutionalization of mental patients violates Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990
|
| Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank
|
527 U.S. 627 (1999)
|
sovereign immunity of the States
|
| College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board
|
527 U.S. 666 (1999)
|
sovereign immunity of the States
|
| Alden v. Maine
|
527 U.S. 706 (1999)
|
sovereign immunity of the States
|
| Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents
|
528 U.S. 62 (2000)
|
Congress's enforcement powers under the Fourteenth Amendment do not extend to the abrogation of state sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment where the discrimination is rationally based on age
|
| Illinois v. Wardlow
|
528 U.S. 119 (2000)
|
reasonable suspicion for a Terry stop
|
| Reno v. Condon
|
528 U.S. 141 (2000)
|
upholding the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994 against a Tenth Amendment challenge
|
| Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc.
|
528 U.S. 167 (2000)
|
standing, mootness, "voluntary cessation"
|
| Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC
|
528 U.S. 377 (2000)
|
campaign contributions to state political parties
|
| Rice v. Cayetano
|
528 U.S. 495 (2000)
|
race-based voting restrictions for state government offices
|
| FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
|
529 U.S. 120 (2000)
|
administrative agency power over an area heavily regulated by Congress
|
| Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System v. Southworth
|
529 U.S. 217 (2000)
|
compulsory student fees to support political campus groups; 1st Amendment
|
| Christensen v. Harris County
|
529 U.S. 576 (2000)
|
county's policy of requiring that employees schedule time off so that they do not accrue time off was not prohibited by the Fair Labor Standards Act
|
| United States v. Morrison
|
529 U.S. 598 (2000)
|
limits of Congress's power under the commerce clause
|
| United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group
|
529 U.S. 803 (2000)
|
scrambling of adult material on cable channels; 1st Amendment
|
| United States v. Hubbell
|
530 U.S. 27 (2000)
|
criminal charges based on subpeonaed documents
|
| Troxel v. Granville
|
530 U.S. 57 (2000)
|
fundamental rights of parents to raise their children, third-party visitation rights
|
| Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe
|
530 U.S. 290 (2000)
|
prayer in public schools
|
| Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council
|
530 U.S. 363 (2000)
|
federal preemption of state foreign trade regulation
|
| Dickerson v. United States
|
530 U.S. 428 (2000)
|
legislative abrogation of Miranda right
|
| Apprendi v. New Jersey
|
530 U.S. 466 (2000)
|
Juries must decide all elements of a crime beyond reasonable doubt
|
| California Democratic Party v. Jones
|
530 U.S. 567 (2000)
|
freedom of association and political primary elections
|
| Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
|
530 U.S. 640 (2000)
|
right of free association, homosexuality
|
| Stenberg v. Carhart
|
530 U.S. 914 (2000)
|
"late term" or "partial birth" abortions
|
| City of Indianapolis v. Edmond
|
531 U.S. 32 (2000)
|
use of dogs at random traffic stops
|
| Eastern Associated Coal Corp. v. Mine Workers
|
531 U.S. 57 (2000)
|
public policy considerations do not require courts to refuse to enforce an arbitration award ordering an employer to reinstate an employee truck driver who twice tested positive for marijuana
|
| Bush v. Gore
|
531 U.S. 98 (2000)
|
vote recounts in presidential election, the only court decision to determine the winner of a presidential election
|
| Brentwood Academy v. Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Ass’n
|
531 U.S. 288 (2001)
|
expansion of state action to include "public entwinement"
|
| Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett
|
531 U.S. 356 (2001)
|
Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity and Equal Protection in a disability case
|
| Whitman v. American Trucking Associations, Inc.
|
531 U.S. 457 (2001)
|
determining the scope of the EPA's power to set air quality standards
|
| Semtek International Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp.
|
531 U.S. 497 (2001)
|
res judicata effect of federal judgments in state court
|
| TrafFix Devices, Inc. v. Marketing Displays, Inc.
|
532 U.S. 23 (2001)
|
trademark protection for patented designs
|
| Ferguson v. City of Charleston
|
532 U.S. 67 (2001)
|
private hospitals that test pregnant women for drugs without their consent and then turn the results over to the police violate the Fourth Amendment
|
| Egelhoff v. Egelhoff
|
532 U.S. 141 (2001)
|
preemption of state law by ERISA
|
| Texas v. Cobb
|
532 U.S. 162 (2001)
|
Sixth Amendment right to counsel is "offense specific," it does not necessarily extend to offenses that are "factually related" to those that have actually been charged
|
| Easley v. Cromartie
|
532 U.S. 234 (2001)
|
racial discrimination, gerrymandering
|
| Alexander v. Sandoval
|
532 U.S. 275 (2001)
|
no private right of action for disparate impact under Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964
|
| Atwater v. City of Lago Vista
|
532 U.S. 318 (2001)
|
constitutionality of arrests for misdemeanors only punishable by fines
|
| C & L Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizen Band Potawatomi Tribe of Okla.
|
532 U.S. 411 (2001)
|
Tribal sovereign immunity, waiver by contract to arbitration
|
| Cooper Industries v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.
|
532 U.S. 424 (2001)
|
The correct standard of review to use on appeals for excessive punitive damages
|
| Rogers v. Tennessee
|
532 U.S. 451 (2001)
|
due process, "year and a day rule" in murder cases
|
| United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative
|
532 U.S. 483 (2001)
|
necessity defense under the Controlled Substances Act for medical use of marijuana
|
| Bartnicki v. Vopper
|
532 U.S. 514 (2001)
|
First Amendment and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act
|
| PGA Tour, Inc. v. Martin
|
532 U.S. 661 (2001)
|
the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 allows reasonable accommodations of handicaps in professional golf
|
| Kyllo v. United States
|
533 U.S. 27 (2001)
|
defining 'search' under the 4th Amendment with respect to heat sensors
|
| Good News Club v. Milford Central School
|
533 U.S. 98 (2001)
|
free speech, establishment clause
|
| Saucier v. Katz
|
533 U.S. 194 (2001)
|
qualified immunity of a police officer to a civil rights case brought through a Bivens action
|
| United States v. Mead Corp.
|
533 U.S. 218 (2001)
|
Court declines to extend Chevron doctrine to U.S. Customs Service decisions
|
| Immigration and Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr
|
533 U.S. 289 (2001)
|
The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, and their effect on habeas corpus petitions
|
| New York Times Co. v. Tasini
|
533 U.S. 483 (2001)
|
copyright in databases
|
| Palazzolo v. Rhode Island
|
533 U.S. 606 (2001)
|
Fifth Amendment takings clause
|
| Correctional Services Corp. v. Malesko
|
534 U.S. 61 (2001)
|
civil rights lawsuits against privately run prisons
|
| Chickasaw Nation v. United States
|
534 U.S. 84 (2001)
|
Indian tribes are liable for Federal taxes on gambling revenue
|
| United States v. Knights
|
534 U.S. 112 (2001)
|
warrantless searches of probationers
|
| Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. v. Williams
|
534 U.S. 184 (2002)
|
meaning of the phrase "substantially impairs" under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
|
| Kansas v. Crane
|
534 U.S. 407 (2002)
|
as-applied challenge to Kansas' involuntary indefinite civil commitment of dangerous persons, different result from Kansas v. Hendricks
|
| Owasso Independent School District v. Falvo
|
534 U.S. 426 (2001)
|
peer grading does not violate the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
|
| Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition
|
535 U.S. 234 (2002)
|
First Amendment protection for simulated child pornography
|
| Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
|
535 U.S. 302 (2002)
|
substantive due process, takings clause
|
| City of Los Angeles v. Alameda Books
|
535 U.S. 425 (2002)
|
zoning of adult bookstores
|
| Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co.
|
535 U.S. 722 (2002)
|
prosecution history estoppel
|
| McKune v. Lile
|
536 U.S. 24 (2002)
|
mandatory treatment for imprisoned sex offenders does not violate the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination
|
| Watchtower Society v. Village of Stratton
|
536 U.S. 150 (2002)
|
door-to-door religious advocacy and the First Amendment
|
| Gonzaga University v. Doe
|
536 U.S. 273 (2002)
|
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act does not create a right which is enforceable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
|
| Atkins v. Virginia
|
536 U.S. 304 (2002)
|
imposing the death penalty on the mentally retarded; overruling Penry v. Lynaugh
|
| Rush Prudential HMO, Inc. v. Moran
|
536 U.S. 355 (2002)
|
no preemption of Illinois insurance statute under ERISA
|
| Utah v. Evans
|
536 U.S. 452 (2002)
|
use of statistical sampling in the decennial census
|
| Harris v. United States
|
536 U.S. 545 (2002)
|
Sixth Amendment does not require a jury determination of facts necessary to support the minimum punishment for using or carrying a firearm during or in relation to a drug crime or a crime of violence under 18 U.S.C. § 924
|
| Ring v. Arizona
|
536 U.S. 584 (2002)
|
Sixth Amendment requires that aggravating factors necessary for eligibility for a death sentence must be found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt; overruling Walton v. Arizona in part
|
| Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
|
536 U.S. 639 (2002)
|
constitutionality of school voucher program
|
| Hope v. Pelzer
|
536 U.S. 730 (2002)
|
use of the hitching post in prisons is prohibited by the Eighth Amendment
|
| Republican Party of Minnesota v. White
|
536 U.S. 765 (2002)
|
election of state judges, freedom of speech
|
| Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls
|
536 U.S. 822 (2002)
|
constitutionality of drug testing of high school students who participate in competitive interscholastic activities
|
| Sattazahn v. Pennsylvania
|
537 U.S. 101 (2003)
|
the Double Jeopardy Clause does not forbid seeking the death penalty after an acquittal on first-degree murder charges
|
| Barnhart v. Peabody Coal Co.
|
537 U.S. 149 (2003)
|
Social Security benefit assignment for coal industry workers
|
| Eldred v. Ashcroft
|
537 U.S. 186 (2003)
|
extending the duration of the term of copyright under U.S. law
|
| Scheidler v. National Organization for Women
|
537 U.S. 393 (2003)
|
applying RICO to activities of abortion clinic protesters
|
| Moseley v. V Secret Catalogue, Inc.
|
537 U.S. 418 (2003)
|
claims of trademark dilution require proof of actual dilution
|
| United States v. White Mountain Apache Tribe
|
537 U.S. 465 (2003)
|
the Federal government has a duty to maintain land held in trust for an Indian tribe
|
| United States v. Navajo Nation
|
537 U.S. 488 (2003)
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compensation for modification a lease of mining rights to land on an Indian reservation
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| Connecticut Dept. of Public Safety v. Doe
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538 U.S. 1 (2003)
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holding that Connecticut's sex offender registration statute did not violate due process clause
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| Ewing v. California
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538 U.S. 11 (2003)
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California's Three strikes law is not cruel and unusual punishment
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| Lockyer v. Andrade
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538 U.S. 63 (2003)
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California's Three strikes law is not cruel and unusual punishment
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| Smith v. Doe
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538 U.S. 84 (2003)
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retroactive application of sex offender registry program is not an ex post facto law
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| Virginia v. Black
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538 U.S. 343 (2003)
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constitutionality of laws forbidding cross burning for purposes of intimidation
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| State Farm v. Campbell
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538 U.S. 408 (2003)
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due process limits on punitive damages
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| Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs
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538 U.S. 721 (2003)
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Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 validly abrogated state sovereign immunity
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| Dastar Corp. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
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539 U.S. 23 (2003)
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"reverse passing off" and trademark cannot extend rights to previously copyrighted works now in the public domain
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| Entergy Louisiana, Inc. v. Louisiana Public Service Commission
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539 U.S. 39 (2003)
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federal preemption of FERC-approved tariff over state agency order
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| Sell v. United States
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539 U.S. 166 (2003)
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Forced psychiatric medication by lower federal courts is permissible under some circumstances
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| United States v. American Library Association
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539 U.S. 194 (2003)
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Congressional requirement that libraries install web-filtering software held not to violate First Amendment
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| Gratz v. Bollinger
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539 U.S. 244 (2003)
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racial discrimination, affirmative action, equal protection
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| Grutter v. Bollinger
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539 U.S. 306 (2003)
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racial discrimination, affirmative action, equal protection
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| American Insurance Association v. Garamendi
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539 U.S. 396 (2003)
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California state insurance statute struck down for interfering with Presidential foreign policy
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| Wiggins v. Smith
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539 U.S. 510 (2003)
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ineffective assistance of counsel at sentencing
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| Lawrence v. Texas
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539 U.S. 558 (2003)
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finding laws restricting sodomy between consenting adults unconstitutional; overruling Bowers v. Hardwick
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| McConnell v. FEC
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540 U.S. 93 (2003)
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First Amendment; political speech
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| Verizon Communications v. Law Offices of Curtis V. Trinko, LLP
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540 U.S. 398 (2004)
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the Sherman Antitrust Act and requirements of telecommunications companies under the Telecommunications Act of 1996
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| Illinois v. Lidster
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540 U.S. 419 (2004)
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accident investigation checkpoints do not violate the Fourth Amendment
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| Fellers v. United States
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540 U.S. 519 (2004)
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once judicial proceedings have been initiated against a defendant, police officers cannot elicit information from the defendant without the defendant's counsel present
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| Doe v. Chao
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540 U.S. 614 (2004)
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governmental violation of privacy rights
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| Locke v. Davey
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540 U.S. 712 (2004)
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a religion clauses case upholding a Washington state scholarship program which excluded funding devotional studies.
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| Crawford v. Washington
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541 U.S. 36 (2004)
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prior testimony exception to hearsay in criminal trials, Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses; abrogating Ohio v. Roberts
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| National Archives and Records Administration v. Favish
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541 U.S. 157 (2004)
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availability of death-scene images under the Freedom of Information Act over the objection of family members; investigation into the suicide of Vince Foster
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| United States v. Flores-Montano
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541 U.S. 149 (2004)
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reasonableness of removing a gas tank from a vehicle crossing the border under the Fourth Amendment
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| Vieth v. Jubelirer
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541 U.S. 267 (2004)
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justiciability of suit to enjoin gerrymandering
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| Tennessee v. Lane
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541 U.S. 509 (2004)
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Congress's power under the 14th amendment, section 5; Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990
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| Nelson v. Campbell
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541 U.S. 637 (2004)
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challenging lethal injection protocols under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
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| Republic of Austria v. Altmann
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541 U.S. 677 (2004)
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retroactive application of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
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| Central Laborers' Pension Fund v. Heinz
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541 U.S. 739 (2004)
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an ambiguity in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
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| Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen
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541 U.S. 752 (2004)
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Presidential foreign affairs and foreign trade actions
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| Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow
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542 U.S. 1 (2004)
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validity of “under God” in Pledge of Allegiance; standing to bring suit on another’s behalf
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| United States v. Dominguez Benitez
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542 U.S. 74 (2004)
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appellate review standard for violations of Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure governing the taking of guilty pleas
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| Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada
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542 U.S. 177 (2004)
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constitutionality of state law requiring citizens to identify themselves to police
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| Aetna Health Inc. v. Davila
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542 U.S. 200 (2004)
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ERISA's effect on federal jurisdiction of cases involving utilization review
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| Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
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542 U.S. 241 (2004)
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foreign tribunals
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| Blakely v. Washington
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542 U.S. 296 (2004)
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jury must find all elements of a criminal sentence beyond a reasonable doubt
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| Schriro v. Summerlin
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542 U.S. 348 (2004)
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retroactively applying the rule set in Ring v. Arizona that a jury must find the aggravating factors in a capital murder case
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| Rumsfeld v. Padilla
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542 U.S. 426 (2004)
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detention of American citizens
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| Rasul v. Bush
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542 U.S. 466 (2004)
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jurisdiction over foreign nationals detained in Guantanamo Bay
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| Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
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542 U.S. 507 (2004)
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detention of American citizens
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| Missouri v. Seibert
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542 U.S. 600 (2004)
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Missouri's practice of interrogating suspects without reading them a Miranda warning, then reading them the warning and asking them to repeat their confession is unconstitutional
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| Leocal v. Ashcroft
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543 U.S. 1 (2004)
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DUI is not a "crime of violence" requiring deportation of an alien
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| Koons Buick, Inc. v. Nigh
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543 U.S. 50 (2004)
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Truth in Lending Act imposes a $1000 limit on statutory damages for violations of the Act involving personal-property loans.
|
| KP Permanent Make-Up, Inc. v. Lasting Impression I, Inc.
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543 U.S. 111 (2004)
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fair use defense to a trademark infringement action does not require proof that there is no likelihood of confusing the marks
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| United States v. Booker
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543 U.S. 220 (2005)
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applying Blakely v. Washington to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
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| Clark v. Martinez
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543 U.S. 371 (2005)
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detention of aliens awaiting deportation
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| Illinois v. Caballes
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543 U.S. 405 (2005)
|
4th Amendment search and seizure
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| Commissioner v. Banks
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543 U.S. 426 (2005)
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Whether or not the portion of a money judgment or settlement paid to a taxpayer's attorney under a contingent-fee agreement is income to the taxpayer for federal income tax purposes.
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| Johnson v. California
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543 U.S. 499 (2005)
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proper standard for reviewing constitutional race-discrimination claim in sorting prison inmates
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| Roper v. Simmons
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543 U.S. 551 (2005)
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imposing the death penalty on juvenile murderers; overruling Stanford v. Kentucky
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| Cherokee Nation of Okla. v. Leavitt
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543 U.S. 631 (2005)
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a Federal contract with an Indian tribe is binding, even if Congress did not appropriate funds
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| Tenet v. Doe
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544 U.S. 1 (2005)
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enforceability of contracts between the government and spies (undercover CIA agents)
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| Shepard v. United States
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544 U.S. 13 (2005)
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proving prior convictions obtained through guilty pleas under Taylor v. United States
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| City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation of N. Y.
|
544 U.S. 197 (2005)
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the repurchase of tribal land by an Indian tribe does not restore tribal sovereignty to the land
|
| Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp.
|
544 U.S. 280 (2005)
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state court decisions and the application of the Rooker-Feldman doctrine
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| Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Broudo
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544 U.S. 336 (2005)
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standard for pleading loss causation in a securities fraud claim
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| Small v. United States
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544 U.S. 385 (2005)
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resolution of split appeals court decisions on inclusion of foreign courts in the term "any court"
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| Granholm v. Heald
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544 U.S. 460 (2005)
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interstate shipment of wine under the Dormant Commerce Clause
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| Deck v. Missouri
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544 U.S. 622 (2005)
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shackling a defendant during the penalty phase of a capital murder trial
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| Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States
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544 U.S. 696 (2005)
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legality of document destruction in the face of likely government investigation
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| Cutter v. Wilkinson
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544 U.S. 709 (2005)
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religious freedom for prison inmates
|
| Tory v. Cochran
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544 U.S. 734 (2005)
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defamation, enjoinment of speech; continuity of injunction after death
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| Gonzales v. Raich
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545 U.S. 1 (2005)
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legitimacy of using marijuana as a medicine, and power of the federal government to regulate intrastate activities
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| Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd.
|
545 U.S. 119 (2005)
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applicability of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to foreign-held companies
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| Merck KGaA v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd.
|
545 U.S. 193 (2005)
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applicability of patents in preclinical studies
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| Wilkinson v. Austin
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545 U.S. 209 (2005)
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due process requirements for placing prisoners in Supermax prisons
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| Miller-El v. Dretke
|
545 U.S. 231 (2005)
|
clarification of Batson v. Kentucky standard for peremptory challenges
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| Kelo v. City of New London
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545 U.S. 469 (2005)
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eminent domain; takings of private property for private development
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| Van Orden v. Perry
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545 U.S. 677 (2005)
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legality of a Ten Commandments display
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| Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales
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545 U.S. 748 (2005)
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liability of police departments under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for failing to respond to domestic violence calls
|
| McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky
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545 U.S. 844 (2005)
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constitutionality of a Ten Commandments display; potential reformulation of the Lemon test
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| MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.
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545 U.S. 913 (2005)
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Copyright infringement in P2P file-sharing; re-examination of Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios
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| National Cable and Telecomm. Assn v. Brand X Internet Services
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545 U.S. 967 (2005)
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allowing small internet service providers to lease bandwidth from privately owned coaxial cable lines
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