Famous Supreme Court Cases
Case name / Citation
Summary
Beginning of active duty of Chief Justice John Jay, October 19, 1789
Van Staphorst v Maryland (1791)
1st docketed case of the Supreme Court, settled before arguments
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West v Barnes US 401 (1791)
1 decision of the Supreme Court, strictly interpreting procedural filing requirements mandated
by statute
Hayburn's Case US 409 (1792)
justiciability and separation of powers
Chisholm v Georgia US 419
1st “major” case; federal jurisdiction over suits vs. states; state sovereign immunity
(1793)
Georgia v Brailsford US 1 (1794)
Jury nullification
Beginning of active duty of Chief Justice John Rutledge, August 12, 1795
Federal district court has no authority over a foreign privateer when the captured ship was not
U S v Peters US 121 (1795)
within its jurisdiction.
Talbot v Janson US 133 (1795)
admiralty and citizenship
Beginning of active duty of Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth, March 8, 1796
Hylton v US US 171 (1796)
tax on carriages
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Hollingsworth v Virginia
ratification of 11 Amendment, presidential approval is unnecessary for Constitutional
US 378 (1798)
amendment
Calder v Bull US 386
ex post facto clause applies to criminal, not civil cases
NY v Connecticut US 1 (1799)
1st original jurisdiction suit between two States
Marshall Court (February 4, 1801 – July 6, 1835)
Talbot v Seeman US 1 (1801)
Marine salvage rights in time of war
Marbury v Madison
judicial review of laws enacted by the United States Congress
US 137 (1803)
Stuart v Laird US 299
enforceability of rulings issued by judges who have since been removed from office
Little v Barreme US 170 (1804)
presidential and congressional power
a citation (a court order for a person to appear) must accompany a writ of error in order for the
Bailiff v Tipping US 406 (1805)
Supreme Court to hear the case
Strawbridge v Curtiss US 267
federal diversity jurisdiction
(1806)
Ex parte Bollman US 75 (1807)
habeas corpus, definition of treason, Supreme Court's power to issue writs to circuit courts
Fletcher v Peck US 87 (1810)
property rights
US v Hudson and Goodwin
Federal court jurisdiction over common law crimes
US 32 (1812)
The Schooner Exchange v
capture and possession of foreign ships
M'Faddon US 116
Fairfax's Devisee v Hunter's
Loyalist property forfeiture
Lessee US 603 (1813)
Martin v Hunter's Lessee US 304
Loyalist property forfeiture, Supreme Court review of state court judgments
(1816)
Laidlaw v Organ US 178 (1817)
the rule of caveat emptor in a commodity delivery contract
McCulloch v Maryland US 316
doctrine of implied powers
(1819)
Sturges v Crowninshield US 122
constitutionality of state bankruptcy laws
Trustees of Dartmouth College v
impairment of contracts
Woodward US 518
Cohens v Virginia US 264 (1821)
judicial review of state supreme court decisions
Johnson v M'Intosh US 8 (1823)
inability of Native Americans to own land
Gibbons v Ogden US 1 (1824)
Congressional power to regulate interstate commerce
Osborn v Bank of the US US 738
scope of Article III jurisdiction; interpretation of the 11th Amendment
Ogden v Saunders US 213 (1827)
state bankruptcy law
American Ins. Co. v 356 Bales of
The Territorial Clause and the ability of Congress to set up Article I tribunals
Cotton US 511 (1828)
Willson v Black-Bird Creek Marsh
Dormant Commerce Clause
Co. US 245 (1829)
Cherokee Nation v Georgia
Indian nations as foreign states
US 1 (1831)
Worcester v Georgia
US 515 (1832)
Barron v Baltimore US 243 (1833)
Ex Parte Madrazzo US 627
Wheaton v Peters US 591 (1834)
US v Segui US 306 (1836)
Charles River Bridge v Warren
Bridge US 420 (1837)
The Amistad US 518 (1841)
Swift v Tyson US 1 (1842)
Prigg v Pennsylvania US 539
Luther v Borden US 1 (1849)
Passenger Cases US 283
Sheldon v Sill US 441 (1850)
Hotchkiss v Greenwood US 248
Strader v Graham US 82 (1851)
Cooley v Bd of Wardens US 299
(1852)
Dred Scott v Sandford
US 393 (1857)
Ableman v Booth US 506 (1859)
Prize Cases US 635 (1863)
Pervear v Massachusetts US 475
(1866)
Ex parte Milligan US 2 (1866)
Ex parte Garland US 333
Mississippi v Johnson
US 475 (1867)
Georgia v Stanton US 50
Crandall v Nevada US 35 (1868)
US v Kirby US 482
Ex parte McCardle US 506
Texas v White US 700 (1869)
Ex parte Yerger US 85
Paul v Virginia US 168
Hepburn v Griswold US 603
(1870)
Baker v Morton US 150
US v Klein US 128 (1871)
Taylor v Taintor US 366 (1872)
Slaughterhouse Cases
US 36 (1873)
Bradwell v State of Illinois US 130
Minor v Happersett
US 162 (1874)
Totten v US US 105 (1875)
US v Cruikshank US 542
Munn v Illinois US 113 (1876)
Pennoyer v Neff US 714 (1877)
City of Elizabeth v American
Indian removal
reach of the Bill of Rights
standing in an admiralty case
copyright perpetuity; common law copyright
Taney Court (March 28, 1836 – October 12, 1864)
upholding the validity of a Spanish land grant in Florida
Contract Clause of the Constitution
slave trade and slave ownership
Federal common law in diversity jurisdiction cases, later overturned
runaway slaves
guarantee clause of Article Four of the United States Constitution
taxation of immigrants, constitutionality of state laws regarding foreign commerce
Congressional control of the jurisdiction of the lower federal courts
Early standard for non-obviousness in US patent law
slavery and the application of state laws thereof.
pilotage laws under the Commerce Clause
slavery, the definition of citizenship
The contradiction of Federal law by States
presidential powers in wartime
Chase Court (December 15, 1864 – May 7, 1873)
upholding harsh penalty for violation of state liquor laws, and declining to apply 8th
Amendment to the states
habeas corpus, military tribunals
retroactive civil disability for former Confederate officers
power of the Supreme Court to constitutionally issue an injunction directed at the President
power of the Court to rule on constitutionality of Reconstruction Acts; parameters of the
Court's jurisdiction
Right to travel bars taxation of parties leaving a state
construction of criminal statutes
congressional power to limit Supreme Court’s appellate jurisdiction
constitutionality of state secession
habeas corpus case that became moot when Yerger was released before the court ruling;
therefore not actually heard by the Supreme Court
Privileges & Immunities Clause does not apply to corporations, Commerce Clause does not
apply to insurance policies
constitutionality of legal tender laws
land claims in the Nebraska Territory
separation of powers
rights and responsibilities of bail bondsmen
freedom of employment
equal protection, exclusion of women from employment
14th Amendment and the right to vote
Waite Court (March 4, 1874 – March 23, 1888)
jurisdiction over espionage agreements
application of the 1st and 2nd Amendments to the states
corporations and agricultural regulation
bases of personal jurisdiction over defendants
experimental use exception to the on-sale bar in United States patent law
Nicholson Pavement Co. US 126
(1878)
Reynolds v US US 145
Wilkerson v Utah US 130
Trade-Mark Cases US 82 (1879)
Baker v Selden US 99
Strauder v WV US 303 (1880)
Kilbourn v Thompson US 168
Springer v US US 586 (1881)
Egbert v Lippmann US 333
Pace v Alabama US 583 (1883)
US v Harris (the Ku Klux Case)
US 629
Civil Rights Cases US 3
Ex parte Crow Dog US 556
Hurtado v California
US 516 (1884)
Burrow-Giles Lithographic Co. v
Sarony US 53
New England Mutual Life
Insurance Co. v Woodworth
US 138
Elk v Wilkins US 94
Head Money Cases US 580
Cole v La Grange US 1 (1885)
Central Railroad & Banking Co. of
Ga. v Pettus US 116
Avegno v Schmidt US 293
Baylis v Travellers' Ins. Co. US 316
California Artificial Stone Paving
Co. v Molitor US 609
Winona & St. Peter R. Co. v
Barney US 618
Kansas Pacific R. Co. v Dunmeyer
US 629
Schmieder v Barney US 645
Camp v US US 648
Maxwell's Executors v Wilkinson
US 656
Flagg v Walker US 659
Railroad Commission Cases
US 307 (1886)
Yick Wo v Hopkins US 356
US v Kagama US 375
Santa Clara County v Southern
Pacific Railroad US 394
Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific
Railway Company v Illinois
US 557
Ker v Illinois US 436
polygamy and freedom of religion
capital punishment
Copyright Clause does not give Congress the power to regulate trademarks
differences between copyright & patent law
exclusion of blacks from juries
limitations on Congressional investigations
constitutionality of income tax set up by the Revenue Act of 1864
early case concerning the on-sale bar in patent law
affirmed that Alabama's anti-miscegenation statute banning interracial marriage and interracial
sex was not a violation of the 14th Amendment.
No Congressional power to pass ordinary criminal statutes
power of federal government to prohibit racial discrimination by private parties
repeal of law dealing with Native American Indians requires express language by Congress
no requirement that states use a grand jury to indict a defendant in a murder prosecution
copyrightability of photographs
insurance law
citizenship of native Americans
treaties
the court held that the Missouri legislature could not authorize a city to issue bonds to assist
corporations in their private business.
An appeal regarding monies owed and a lien upon the roadbed, depots, side tracks, turnouts,
trestles, and bridges owned and used by the appellants.
title to mortgaged property confiscated by the U.S. government during the Civil War
right to trial by jury in a civil case
Patent infringement case on an improvement in concrete paving
Public land grant for Railroad construction
Land ownership dispute
case regarding description of articles subject to duty
case to recover an alleged balance due as compensation for collecting and delivering to the US a
large amount of cotton in bales which was captured and abandoned property
writ of error brought by the executors of a former collector of the port of NY to reverse a
judgment in an action brought against him by the defendant in error to recover duties paid by
them on imported iron
deeds for several parcels of land were transferred from Flagg, who was in financial difficulty, to
Walker in return for paying off Flagg's debts and profits from the sale against a mortgage for
other property owned by Flagg.
contracts, police power, regulation of transport
equal protection, facially-neutral laws administered in a discriminatory manner
federal court jurisdiction over crimes committed on Indian reservations
corporate personhood
regulation of interstate commerce by individual states, creation of ICC
legality of abduction of criminal suspect abroad
Fuller Court (October 8, 1888 – July 4, 1910)
Kidd v Pearson US 1 (1888)
Dent v WV US 114 (1889)
Botiller v Dominguez US 238
Davis v Beason US 333 (1890)
Hans v Louisiana US 1
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Railroad v Minnesota US 418
In re Neagle US 1
Mormon Church v US US 1
In re Ross US 453 (1891)
Holy Trinity Church v US
US 457 (1892)
Illinois Central Railroad v Illinois
US 387
Nix v Hedden US 304 (1893)
Schillinger v US US 163 (1894)
US v E. C. Knight Co. US 1 (1895)
Sparf v US US 51
Coffin v US US 432
In re Debs US 564
Pollock v Farmers' Loan & Trust
Co. US 601
Hilton v Guyot US 113
Geer v Connecticut US 519 (1896)
Talton v Mayes US 376
Plessy v Ferguson US 537
US v Ball US 662
US v Trans-Missouri Freight
Association US 290 (1897)
ICC v Cincinnati, New Orleans and
Texas Pacific Railway Co. US 479
Barrett v US US 218 (1898)
Holden v Hardy US 366
US v Wong Kim Ark US 649
Hawker v NY US 189
Williams v Mississippi US 213
Brown v NJ US 172 (1899)
Malony v Adsit US 281
Cumming v Richmond Co Bd of Ed
US 528
The Paquete Habana
US 677 (1900)
Marks v Shoup US 562 (1901)
Scope of the Commerce Clause
state licensing of doctors
validity of Spanish and Mexican land grants within the Mexican Cession
US federal courts have jurisdiction to hear charges related to polygamy even though it be part
of a religious belief
sovereign immunity of states, interpreting the 11th Amendment
states and railway fees
authority of the U.S. Attorney General to appoint U.S. Marshals as bodyguards to Supreme
Court Justices
upheld revocation of Mormon Church charter and confiscation of church property
application of U.S. law to foreign sailors on U.S. flagged ships while in another country
contracts with foreign citizens, religion
railroad land dispute, public trust doctrine
status of the tomato as fruit or vegetable under Tariff Act of 1883
sovereign immunity forbids suit against the Federal government for patent infringement
antitrust action; “Sugar Trust Case”
jury instructions
the presumption of innocence
strikes and interstate commerce
income tax and tariffs
doctrine of comity
states owned the wild animals within their borders and can strictly regulate their management
and harvest
individual rights in U.S. Constitution not applicable to tribal governments
segregation; "separate but equal"
double jeopardy
railroads and rate fixing
powers of an administrative agency
SC had not been subdivided into separate federal judicial districts
working hours of miners
citizenship and race
character and doctor’s licenses
literacy tests
use of a struck jury
trial judge must authenticate bill of exceptions
segregation in public schools
prize in admiralty law and customary international law
Property issues
Insular Cases
DeLima v Bidwell US 1
Goetze v US US 221
Armstrong v US US 243
Downes v Bidwell US 244
Huus v NY & Porto Rico S.S. Co.
US 392
Dooley v US US 151
14 Diamond Rings v US US 176
Lone Wolf v Hitchcock
US 553 (1903)
constitutional status of Puerto Rico and the Philippines
power of Congress to abrogate treaties with Native American tribes
Bleistein v Donaldson
Lithographing Company US 239
Champion v Ames US 321
Giles v Harris US 475
Hawaii v Manikichi US 197
Missouri, Kansas, & Texas
Railway Company of Texas v Clay
May US 267 (1904)
Kepner v US US 100
Dorr v US US 138
Gonzales v Williams US 1
Northern Securities Co. v US
US 197
Rasmussen v US US 516 (1905)
Lochner v NY US 45
Harris v Balk US 215
Chicago Bd of Trade v Christie
Grain US 236
Hale v Henkel US 43 (1906)
Northwestern National Life
Insurance Co. v Riggs US 243
US v Shipp US 563
Adair v US US 161 (1908)
Loewe v Lawlor US 274
Muller v Oregon US 412
White-Smith Music Publishing Co
v Apollo Co US 1
Ex parte Young US 123
Ware & Leland v Mobile County
US 405
Bobbs-Merrill Co. v Straus US 339
Londoner v City and County of
Denver US 373
Continental Paper Bag Co. v
Eastern Paper Bag Co. US 405
Berea College v Kentucky US 45
Twining v NJ US 78
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co.
v Mottley US 149
Bailey v Alabama US 452
Moyer v Peabody US 78 (1909)
Welch v Swasey US 91
Weems v US US 349 (1910)
Muskrat v US US 346 (1911)
Flint v Stone Tracy Co. US 107
US v Grimaud US 506
Standard Oil Co. of NJ v US
US 1 (1910)
Dowdell v US US 325 (1911)
Gompers v Buck's Stove and
Range Co. US 418
Hoke v US US 308 (1913)
Bauer & Cie. v O'Donnell US 1
Stratton's Independence, Ltd. v
Howbert US 399
copyright protection of illustrations made for advertisements
Congressional Commerce Clause regulation of lottery tickets
voting rights, 11th Amendment
sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases
14th Amendment permits law which penalizes railroads for allowing weeds to grow
sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases
sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases
Puerto Ricans and illegal aliens
Antitrust, application of the Sherman Antitrust Act
sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases
freedom of contract, substantive due process
quasi in rem jurisdiction
upholding power of Chicago Board of Trade to regulate futures contracts
witness testimony in antitrust cases
upheld power of states to regulate insurance contracts against 14th Amendment challenge
Only criminal trial in the court's history. Lynching.
"Yellow Dog contract"
Sherman Antitrust Act applied against labor union boycott
protective labor laws, protection of women
manufacturers of player pianos need not pay royalties to copyright holders of music
exception to sovereign immunity under the 11th Amendment
contracts for the sales of cotton for future delivery that do not oblige interstate shipments are
not subjects of interstate commerce, and are taxable by states
First-sale doctrine, copyright holder cannot control resale prices by use of licenses
role of due process in administrative rulemaking
patent and antitrust
state laws and segregation of educational facilities
5th Amendment does not apply to state trials
federal question jurisdiction, the "well-pleaded complaint rule"
peonage laws and the 13th Amendment
citizens' rights during insurrection
Massachusetts' statute restricting building heights is constitutional
White Court (December 19, 1910 – May 19, 1921)
cruel and unusual punishment
Advisory opinion doctrine
constitutionality of corporate income tax
control of forest reserves
dissolving interstate monopolies
sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases
contempt for violating an injunction against a worker's boycott
upheld the Mann Act, but held that Congress could not regulate prostitution
extensions of patents by use of licenses, rights of copyright holder regarding “use” of
copyrighted works
Charlton v Kelly US 447
Ocampo v US US 91 (1914)
Shreveport Rate Case US 342
Weeks v US US 383
Coppage v Kansas US 1 (1915)
Burdick v US US 79
Mutual Film Corp v Industrial
Commission of Ohio US 230
Guinn v US US 347
Hadacheck v Sebastian US 394
Bi-Metallic Investment Co. v State
Brd of Equalization US 441
Brushaber v Union Pacific
Railroad US 1 (1916)
Stanton v Baltic Mining Co.
US 103
Georgia, Florida, & Alabama
Railway Co. v Blish Milling Co.
US 190
US v 40 Barrels and 20 Kegs of
Coca-Cola US 265
US v Oppenheimer US 85
American Well Works Co. v Layne
& Bowler Co. US 257
Caminetti v US US 470 (1917)
Bunting v Oregon US 426
Adams v Tanner US 590
Buchanan v Warley US 60
Chicago Bd of Trade v US
US 231 (1918)
Hammer v Dagenhart US 251
International News Service v
Associated Press US 215
Schenck v US US 47 (1919)
Debs v US US 211
Abrams v US US 616
Silverthorne Lumber Co. v US
US 385 (1920)
Eisner v Macomber US 189
Missouri v Holland US 416
US v Wheeler US 281
Smith v Kansas City Title & Trust
Co. US 180 (1921)
Newberry v US US 232
Dillon v Gloss US 368
US v Phellis US 156
Leser v Garnett US 130 (1922)
Balzac v Porto Rico US 298
US v Moreland US 433
Child Labor Tax Case US 20
Hill v Wallace US 44
procedures to approve extradition of criminal suspect to another country
sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases
Commerce clause, regulation of intrastate railroad rates
establishment of the exclusionary rule for illegally obtained evidence
Economic due process and yellow-dog contracts
Legal effect of a pardon
free speech and the censorship of motion pictures
constitutionality of Oklahoma's "grandfather law" used to disenfranchise African-American
voters
municipal regulation of land use
denial of due process procedural protections for legislative and rulemaking acts, as opposed to
adjudicatory proceedings
power to tax income under the 16th Amendment
power to tax income under the 16th Amendment
responsibilities of parties under a bill of lading
case brought against Coca-Cola under the Pure Food and Drug Act
doctrine of res judicata applies to criminal cases
scope of federal question jurisdiction in patent law case
Mann Act applies to consensual extramarital sex
Labor law, ten-hour workday
Substantive due process, state's prohibition of employment agencies was unconstitutional
under the 14th Amendment
constitutionality of local ordinance compelling racial segregation of residential housing
Rules of a commodities exchange examined under rule of reason
Congressional power to regulate child labor under the Commerce Clause
property rights in news
freedom of speech, “clear and present danger”, “shouting fire in a crowded theater”
sedition
validity of criminalizing criticism of the government
Fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine in a tax evasion case
pro rata stock dividend not taxable income
states’ rights
Privileges and Immunities Clause and kidnapping
federal question jurisdiction in state corporate law matter
Congress lacks the power to regulate primary elections
Constitutional amendment process
Taft Court (July 11, 1921 – February 3, 1930)
shares in a subsidiary corporation issued to stockholders in the parent corporation
considered taxable income
constitutionality of 19th Amendment
sometimes considered one of the Insular Cases
5th Amendment, hard labor in prison
docket title Bailey v. Drexel Furniture Co., found the Child Labor Tax Law of 1919 was not a valid
use of Congress' power under the Taxing and Spending Clause
use of congressional taxing power under the Taxing and Spending Clause; relationship to
Commerce
Federal Baseball Club v National
League US 200
Wyoming v Colorado US 419
Takao Ozawa v US US 178
Pennsylvania Coal Co. v Mahon
US 393
Moore v Dempsey US 86 (1923)
US v Bhagat Singh Thind US 204
Adkins v Children's Hospital
US 525
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. v
US US 592
Bd of Trade of City of Chicago v
Olsen US 1
Meyer v Nebraska US 390
Frothingham v Mellon US 447
Rindge Co. v County of Los
Angeles US 700
Rooker v Fidelity Trust Co. US 413
Chung Fook v White
US 443 (1924)
US v 95 Barrels (More or Less)
Alleged Apple Cider Vinegar
US 438
Carroll v US US 132 (1925)
George W. Bush & Sons Co. v
Maloy US 317
Linder v US US 5
Irwin v Gavit US 161
Pierce v Society of Sisters US 510
Gitlow v NY US 652
Bowers v Kerbaugh-Empire Co.
US 170 (1926)
Myers v US US 52
Village of Euclid, Ohio v Ambler
Realty Co. US 365
US v GE Co. US 476
Farrington v Tokushige
US 284 (1927)
Nixon v Herndon US 536
Buck v Bell US 200
Hess v Pawloski US 352
Whitney v California US 357
Gong Lum v Rice US 78
NM v Texas US 279
Miller v Schoene US 272 (1928)
Black and White Taxicab Co. v
Brown and Yellow Taxicab Co.
US 518
Olmstead v US US 438
Wisconsin v Illinois US 367 (1930)
Taft v Bowers US 470 (1929)
US v Schwimmer US 644
Pocket Veto Case US 655
Old Colony Trust Co. v
baseball and antitrust regulation
whether Colorado could divert water from the Laramie River, an interstate stream system
naturalization and race (Japanese-American)
Substantive Due Process, Takings clause of the 5th Amendment
mob-dominated trials, federal writ of habeas corpus, due process
naturalization and race (Indian-American)
freedom of contract, minimum wage laws
creation of implied-in-fact contracts
constitutionality of the Grain Futures Act under the Commerce Clause
constitutionality of law prohibiting teaching of foreign languages; substantive due process
rejection of taxpayer standing
eminent domain and the building of a scenic road
review of state court decisions by U.S. District Courts
Interpretation of Immigration Act of 1917; marked end of era of strict plain meaning
interpretation of statutes
legality of misleading but factually accurate packaging statements under the Pure Food and
Drug Act
whether police searches of automobiles without a warrant violate the 4th Amendment
Dormant Commerce Clause; states are not permitted to regulate common carriers engaged in
interstate commerce on state highways
prosecution of physicians under the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act
taxation of income from a trust
Privacy
prosecution of seditious speech
taxation of reduced loss on exchanged currency
Presidential authority to remove executive branch officials
zoning, due process
patentee who grants a single license to a competitor to manufacture the patented product may
lawfully fix the price at which the licensee may sell the product
constitutionality of anti-foreign language statute in the Territory of Hawaii under the due
process clause of the 5th Amendment
challenging the white primaries in Texas
compulsory sterilization, eugenics
consent to in personam jurisdiction
prosecution of criminal syndicalism
admission of Chinese girl to school for White children in Mississippi
determination of the border between New Mexico and Texas
Substantive due process, takings clause
what law is to be applied when courts sit in diversity jurisdiction
admissibility of illegally-obtained phone wiretaps as evidence
federal power over state interests, Chicago Sanitary Canal
taxation of a gift of shares of stock under the 16th Amendment (Chief Justice Taft did not
participate)
denial of naturalization to a pacifist, overruled by Girouard v. US (1946)
constitutionality of the pocket veto
third-party payment of income tax, effect of Revenue Act of 1926
Commissioner US 716
Lucas v Earl US 111 (1930)
US v Sprague US 716 (1931)
McBoyle v US US 25
Stromberg v California US 359
Burnet v Logan US 404
Near v Minnesota US 697
US v Kirby Lumber Co. US 1
Blackmer v US US 421 (1932)
Blockburger v US US 299
Crowell v Benson US 22
New State Ice Co. v Liebmann
US 262
Nixon v Condon US 73
North American Oil Consolidated
v Burnet US 417
Powell v Alabama US 45
Sorrells v US US 435
Home Building & Loan
Association v Blaisdell
US 398 (1934)
Burroughs v US US 534
Nebbia v NY US 502
Panama Refining Co. v Ryan
US 388 (1935)
Gregory v Helvering US 465
Schechter Poultry Corp. v. US
US 495
Humphrey's Executor v. US
US 602
Pacific States Box & Basket Co. v
White US 176
Fox Film Corp. v Muller US 207
US v. Constantine US 287
US v Butler US 1 (1936)
Grosjean v American Press Co.
US 233
Brown v Mississippi US 278
Wallace v Cutten US 229
Valentine v US US 5
Bourdieu v Pacific Western Oil Co.
US 65
US v Curtiss-Wright Export Corp.
US 304
DeJonge v Oregon US 353 (1937)
West Coast Hotel Co. v Parrish
US 379
National Labor Relations Bd v
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp U.S. 1
Steward Machine Company v
Davis US 548
Bogardus v Commissioner US 34
Palko v Connecticut US 319
Connecticut General Life
Hughes Court (February 24, 1930 – June 30, 1941)
origin of Assignment of income doctrine, contract to divide income between husband and wife
10th Amendment
National Motor Vehicle Theft Act held not to apply to aircraft
constitutionality of California red flag-banning statute, freedom of symbolic speech
Cost basis must be recovered before taxpayer realizes any taxable income
freedom of speech, prior restraints
taxation of gain on reduction of debt
International law and 5th Amendment allowed U.S. government to retain jurisdiction over its
citizens abroad
standard for double jeopardy
upholding adjudication of private rights by an administrative agency, not an Article III court
substantive due process
White primaries in Texas violated Equal Protection Clause
claim of right doctrine in U.S. tax law
access to counsel
Entrapment recognized as a valid defense
Minnesota's suspension of creditor's remedies did not violate the Contract Clause
upholding the constitutionality of the Federal Corrupt Practices Act
Substantive Due Process, economic regulation
delegation of authority, New Deal
tax law, business purpose doctrine
interstate commerce, New Deal
administrative action, separation of powers
early case on standard of review for regulations
contract dispute, "adequate and independent state ground"
taxation of liquor
Taxation power, 10th Amendment
Freedom of the press, taxation of newspapers
coerced confessions by means of violence
application of the Grain Futures Act
extradition powers of the executive branch
U.S. government as an indispensable party
export restrictions, Presidential power over international commerce
14th Amendment applied to freedom of assembly
freedom of contract, minimum wage laws; “the switch in time that saved nine”
interstate commerce; another consequence of “the switch in time that saved nine”
Court upholds the unemployment insurance provisions of the Social Security Act
distinction between taxable compensation and tax-exempt gifts under the Internal Revenue
Code
selective incorporation, double jeopardy
Insurance Company v Johnson
US 77 (1938)
Lovell v City of Griffin US 444
New Negro Alliance v Sanitary
Grocery Co. US 552
Hale v Kentucky US 613
Erie Railroad Co. v Tompkins
US 64
Hinderlider v La Plata River &
Cherry Creek Ditch US 92
US v Carolene Products Co.
US 144
NLRB v Mackay Radio &
Telegraph Co. US 333
Johnson v Zerbst US 458
Collins v Yosemite Park & Curry
Co. US 518
Kellogg Co. v NaBisCo US 111
Missouri ex rel. Gaines v Canada
US 337
US v Miller US 174 (1939)
Coleman v Miller US 433
Hague v CIO US 496
Schneider v NJ US 147
Chambers v Florida US 227 (1940)
Helvering v Bruun US 461
Thornhill v Alabama US 88
Cantwell v Connecticut US 296
US v American Trucking
Associations US 534
Minersville School Dist v Gobitis
US 586
Hansberry v Lee US 32
Helvering v Horst US 112
Sibbach v Wilson US 1 (1941)
Railroad Commission v Pullman
Co. US 496
Cox v NH US 569
US v Darby Lumber Co. US 100
US v Classic US 299
Edwards v California US 160
Lisenba v People of State of
California US 219
Chaplinsky v NH US 568 (1942)
Valentine v Chrestensen US 52
US v Univis Lens Co. US 241
Betts v Brady US 455
Skinner v Oklahoma US 535
Jones v City of Opelika I U.S. 584
Ex parte Quirin US 1
Wickard v Filburn US 111
Williams et al. v State of NC
US. 287
City ordinance requiring official permission to distribute literature held unconstitutionally broad
safeguard right to boycott and chips away at discriminatory hiring practices against African
Americans
exclusion of African Americans from juries
limiting general federal common law by requiring that state law apply except where federal law
exists
reaffirming existence of federal common law in other cases
interstate commerce, substantive due process, and (in footnote four) equal protection
Striking workers continue to be employees within the meaning of the National Labor Relations
Act, but use of strikebreakers is permissible
6th Amendment right to counsel in federal criminal cases
21st Amendment and the enforcement of state liquor laws in U.S. national parks
patent holder has no remedy in unfair competition law against competitor selling similar goods
under a non-trademarked name after patent expires—prelude to functionality doctrine
chipping away at separate but equal education
2nd Amendment, right to bear arms
length of time proposed Constitutional amendments remain pending
labor unions and freedom of assembly
enforcement of littering ordinances and free speech
coerced confessions in a murder case
A landlord realizes a taxable gain when he repossesses property improved by a tenant
free speech clause of 1st Amendment includes peaceful labor picketing
incorporated Free Exercise Clause
Motor Carrier Act of 1935 did not empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate
all employees of common and contract motor carriers, but rather only those whose duties
affect safety of operation
saluting the flag
res judicata may not bind a subsequent plaintiff who had no opportunity to be represented in
the earlier civil action
refinement of assignment of income doctrine
Erie doctrine, applicability of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Abstention doctrine
petitions on public property
power of the US Congress to regulate employment conditions; Commerce Clause
power of the federal government to regulate primary elections
Stone Court (July 3, 1941 – April 22, 1946)
Commerce Clause, privileges and immunities clause of the 14th Amendment
death penalty
fighting words
holding that commercial speech is unprotected by the 1st Amendment
exhaustion doctrine under U.S. patent law and its relation to price fixing
due process, incorporation
compulsory sterilization, eugenics
holding a statute prohibiting the sale of books without a license was constitutional
military tribunals for enemy spies
Commerce Clause
Divorce and marriage recognition between states
Parker v Brown US 341 (1943)
Clearfield Trust Co. v US US 363
Largent v State of Texas US 418
Jones v City of Opelika II US 103
Murdock v Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania US 105
Martin v Struthers US 141
Douglas v City of Jeannette
US 157
NBC, Inc. v US US 190
Burford v Sun Oil Co. US 315
Altvater v Freeman US 359
Galloway v US US 372
Oklahoma Tax Commission v US
US 598
WV State Bd of Ed v Barnette
US 624
Hirabayashi v US US 81
Yasui v US US 115
Prince v Massachusetts
US 158 (1944)
Follett v Town of McCormick
US 573
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad
Co. v Muscoda Local No. 123
US 590
Smith v Allwright US 649
US v Ballard US 78
NLRB v Hearst Publications
US 111
US v South-Eastern Underwriters
Association US 533
Skidmore v Swift & Co. US 134
Korematsu v US US 214
Ex parte Endo US 283
US v Willow River Power Co.
US 499 (1945)
Cramer v US US 1
Jewell Ridge Coal Corp. v United
Mine Workers of America US 161
Southern Pacific Co. v Arizona
US 761
Guaranty Trust Co. v York US 99
International Shoe Co. v
Washington US 310
Commissioner v Flowers
US 465 (1946)
Marsh v Alabama US 501
Tucker v Texas US 517
Estep v US US 114
Duncan v Kahanamoku US 304
Commissioner v Wilcox US 404
Lavender v Kurn US 645
Girouard v US US 61
Parker immunity doctrine in United States antitrust law
Negotiable instruments, Federal common law
city ordinance requiring permits in order to solicit orders for books is unconstitutional as
applied to the distribution of religious publications
Overruling Jones v. City of Opelika I on rehearing
licensing fee for door-to-door solicitors was an unconstitutional tax on the Jehovah's Witnesses'
right to freely exercise their religion—decided same day as Jones v. City of Opelika II
law prohibiting the distribution of handbills door-to-door violated the 1st Amendment rights of
a Jehovah's Witness--decided same day as Jones v. City of Opelika II
restraint of criminal prosecution for violation of ordinance disputed in Murdock v.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania--decided same day as Jones v. City of Opelika II
regulation of broadcasting networks
Abstention doctrine
justiciability and declaratory judgments
directed verdict, 7th Amendment
restricted Indian land is exempt from state estate taxes
1st Amendment, establishment of religion (Pledge of Allegiance)
curfews against members of a minority group during a war with their country of origin
validity of curfews against U.S. citizens of a minority group during war
religious liberty and child labor
licensing fees for distribution of religious materials violates freedom of religion
miners' travel time was "work" under the Fair Labor Standards Act
voting rights, segregation
religious fraud
determining whether newsboys are employees or independent contractors for the purposes of
the National Labor Relations Act
applying Sherman Antitrust Act to insurance contracts
early standard for judicial review of interpretive rules made by government agencies
Japanese Internment camps
Japanese-American internment and loyalty, decided same day as Korematsu
nature of property rights which constitute a compensable taking
conviction for treason
underground travel time of coal miners was considered compensable work time under the Fair
Labor Standards Act
Dormant Commerce Clause
Interpretation of the Erie Doctrine
personal jurisdiction of states over corporations in other states
tax deduction for travel expenses under the Internal Revenue Code
1st and 14th Amendments still applicable against a company town
Local ordinance prohibiting distribution of religious literature violated Clause of the 1st
Amendment
judicial review of draft board determinations
constitutionality of military tribunals under the Hawaiian Organic Act
embezzled funds not considered taxable income, later overruled by James v. US
sufficiency of evidence to send a case to a jury
pacifism is not a reason to deny an immigrant citizenship. Overturned US v. Schwimmer (1929).
US v Causby US 256
Securities and Exchange
Commission v W. J. Howey Co.
US 293
Colegrove v Green US 549
Pinkerton v US US 640
Anderson v Mt. Clemens Pottery
Co. (Girouard v US), US 61 US 680
US v Carmack US 230
Hickman v Taylor US 495 (1947)
Everson v Bd of Ed US 1
U.S. Public Workers v Mitchell
US 75
US v United Mine Workers US 258
Crane v Commissioner US 1
Adamson v California US 46
International Salt Co. v US US 392
Cox v US US 442
Sipuel v Bd of Regents of Univ. of
Okla. US 631 (1948)
Oyama v California US 633
Woods v Cloyd W. Miller Co.
US 138
McCollum v Bd of Ed US 203
Shelley v Kraemer US 1
US v Paramount Pictures, Inc.
US 131
Saia v People of the State of NY
US 558
US v National City Lines Inc.
US 573
US v Congress of Industrial
Organizations US 106
Goesaert v Cleary US 464
H.P. Hood & Sons v Du Mond
US 525
(1949)
Terminiello v Chicago US 1
US v Interstate Commerce
Commission US 426
Wheeling Steel Corp. v Glander
US 562
Wolf v Colorado US 25
Hirota v MacArthur
US 197 (1948)
Mullane v Central Hanover Bank
& Trust Co. US 306 (1950)
Graver Tank & Manufacturing Co.
v Linde Air Products Co. US 605
Sweatt v Painter US 629
McLaurin v Oklahoma State
Regents US 637
Johnson v Eisenträger US 763
Henderson v US US 816
Feres v US US 135
the ancient common law doctrine of ad coelum has no legal effect "in the modern world."
definition of "investment contract" under the Securities Act of 1933
federal courts had no power to become involved in state legislative apportionment—later
overruled by Baker v. Carr
the doctrine of conspiracy, Pinkerton Liability
Preliminary work activities are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act
Vinson Court (June 24, 1946 – September 8, 1953)
land held by a local government is still subject to eminent domain by the federal government
work-product doctrine
st
1 Amendment, establishment of religion
Hatch Act of 1940
injunction against a strike action
determination of basis of property secured by a nonrecourse mortgage
5th Amendment, incorporation
tying arrangements under the Sherman Act
scope of review for Jehovah's Witness classified as conscientious objector
14th Amendment, segregation
California Alien Land Laws, equal protection under the 14th Amendment
War Powers Clause
Separation of church and state, constitutionality of released time in public schools
equal protection, racial covenants
Hollywood studios monopoly
ordinance which prohibited the use of sound amplification devices except with permission of
the Chief of Police violates 1st Amendment
GM streetcar conspiracy
Labor union's publication of statement urging members to vote for a certain candidate for
Congress did not violate Taft-Hartley Act
Upholding employment restrictions against female bartenders
Dormant Commerce Clause
free speech and public order
justiciability
14th Amendment due process, Commerce Clause
14th Amendment, state court, evidence from unreasonable search and seizure
the US federal courts lacked the authority to review judgments of the International Military
Tribunal for the Far East
proper legal notice in the settlement of a trust
patent law, doctrine of equivalents
segregation, separate but equal
14th Amendment, segregation
jurisdiction of U.S. civilian courts over nonresident enemy aliens; habeas corpus
ending segregation in railroad dining cars
Military exception to government liability under the Federal Tort Claims Act
Kiefer-Stewart Co. v Seagram &
Sons, Inc. US 211 (1951)
Kunz v NY US 290
Feiner v NY US 315
Dean Milk Co. v City of Madison,
Wisconsin US 349
Universal Camera Corp. v NLRB
US 474
Canton Railroad Company v
Rogan US 511
Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee
Committee v McGrath US 123
Dennis v US US 494
Stack v Boyle US 1
Rochin v California US 165 (1952)
Morissette v US US 246
Dice v Akron, Canton &
Youngstown R. Co. US 359
Perkins v Benguet Mining Co.
US 437
Frisbie v Collins US 519
Ray v Blair US 214
Beauharnais v Illinois US 250
Zorach v Clauson US 306
Joseph Burstyn, Inc. v Wilson
US 495
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v
Sawyer US 579
Kawakita v US US 717
Arrowsmith v Commissioner US 6
US v Reynolds US 1 (1953)
Fowler v RI US 67
Poulos v NH US 395
Securities and Exchange
Commission v Ralston Purina Co.
US 119
Toolson v NY Yankees US 356
Brown v Bd of Ed of Topeka
US 483 (1954)
Hernandez v Texas US 475
Bolling v Sharpe US 497
US v Harriss US 612
Berman v Parker US 26
US v International Boxing Club of
NY US 236 (1955)
Tee-Hit-Ton Indians v US U.S. 272
Commissioner v Glenshaw Glass
Co. US 426
Williamson v Lee Optical Co.
US 483
Griffin v Illinois US 12 (1956)
Radovich v NFL US 445 (1957)
Reid v Covert US 1
agreement among competitors in interstate commerce to fix maximum resale prices of their
products violates the Sherman Act
free speech restrictions must be "narrowly tailored"
Free speech v. public safety--decided same day as Kunz v. NY
Dormant Commerce Clause
judicial review of agency decisions
Maryland's franchise tax on imported and exported goods held not to violate the Import-Export
Clause of the US Constitution
freedom of association
1st Amendment and the Smith Act
defines excessive bail
restriction of police power
strict liability offenses
reverse Erie doctrine, federal standard binding on state court
general personal jurisdiction over a business that was temporarily based in the court's
jurisdiction
kidnapping of fugitives by state officials is constitutional
state rights in the electoral college
1st Amendment and "group libel"
release time programs
1st Amendment and the censorship of films
presidential power to seize steel mills during strike to ensure wartime production
treason accusation against a person with dual citizenship.
Taxpayers classified a payment as an ordinary business loss, which would allow them to take a
greater deduction for the loss than would be permitted for a capital loss
State secrets privilege
ordinance construed to penalize a minister of Jehovah's Witnesses for preaching at a peaceful
religious meeting in a public park unconstitutional
religious meetings and the Free Exercise Clause
a corporation offering "key employees" stock shares is still subject to Section 4(1) of the
Securities
Warren Court (October 5, 1953 – June 23, 1969)
baseball antitrust exemption upheld
segregation, “separate inherently unequal”
application of the 14th Amendment to Mexican Americans
segregation in the District of Columbia
constitutionality of the Federal Regulation of Lobbying Act
eminent domain, takings
boxing not exempt from antitrust regulation
Federal government did not owe Indian tribe compensation for timber taken from tribaloccupied lands in Alaska under the 5th Amendment
definition of taxable income
Due Process Clause, economic liberties
access to court transcript for indigent appeals
professional football covered by antitrust laws
treaty power, right to jury trial
Watkins v US US 178
Yates v US US 298
Roth v US US 476
Conley v Gibson US 41
McGee v International Life
Insurance Co. US 220
Lambert v California US 225
One, Inc. v Olesen US 371 (1958)
Perez v Brownell US 44
Trop v Dulles US 86
Sherman v US US 369
Byrd v Blue Ridge Rural Electric
Cooperative, Inc. US 525
Kent v Dulles US 116
Societe Internationale v Rogers
US 197
NAACP v Alabama US 449
Speiser v Randall US 513
Cooper v Aaron US 1
Cammarano v US US 498 (1959)
Bartkus v Illinois US 121
Frank v Maryland US 360
Beacon Theatres v Westover
US 500
Louisiana Power & Light Co. v City
of Thibodaux US 25
Barenblatt v US US 109
Smith v California US 147
Bates v City of Little Rock
U.S. 516 (1960)
US v Raines US 17
Federal Power Commission v
Tuscarora Indian Nation US 99
Flora v US US 145
Dusky v US US 402
Commissioner v Duberstein
US 278
Flemming v Nestor US 603
Boynton v Virginia US 454
Monroe v Pape US 167 (1961)
Aro Mfg. Co. v Convertible Top
Replacement Co. US 336
Burton v Wilmington Parking
Authority US 715
Gomillion v Lightfoot
US 339 (1960)
James v US US 213 (1961)
McGowan v Maryland US 420
Braunfeld v Brown US 599
Gallagher v Crown Kosher Super
Market of Massachusetts, Inc.
US 617
Jarecki v GD Searle & Co. US 303
Torcaso v Watkins US 488
rights of a witness in refusing to answer questions before the House Un-American Activities
Committee
free speech, distinction between expression of opinion and advocacy of action
obscenity
liberal pleading standards under Rule 8 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
California did not violate the Due Process Clause when entering a binding judgment on a Texas
corporation with "substantial connection[s]" to California
mens rea and ignorance of the law
pro-homosexual writings and the Comstock laws
revocation of citizenship for voting in a foreign election
8th Amendment, loss of citizenship
Entrapment provisions apply to actions of government informers as well as agents
application of the Erie doctrine
right to travel, power of Secretary of State
appropriateness of involuntary dismissal of a case in which petitioner failed to produce records
of a Swiss bank account
freedom of association, privacy of membership lists
loyalty oaths
enforcement of desegregation, "massive resistance"
business expenses incurred for the "promotion or defeat of legislation" are not tax deductible
"separate sovereigns" exception to double jeopardy; federal and state officials may cooperate
in criminal investigations
warrantless administrative searches are permissible under the 4th Amendment
right to civil jury trial under the 7th Amendment, determination of legal & equitable issues
Abstention doctrine
upholding conviction for refusing to answer questions before the House Un-American Activities
Committee against 1st Amendment challenge
sale of obscene books
1st Amendment, compelled disclosure of membership lists
15th Amendment, Civil Rights Act
eminent domain over Indian lands
Pay Income Tax Then Litigate, Internal Revenue Act
standard for adjudicative competence
definition of a 'gift' for taxation purposes
no property right in Social Security benefits
racial segregation
municipalities cannot be held liable under the Civil Rights Act of 1871
doctrine of repair and reconstruction in US patent law
state action
race-based electoral districting
assessment of income tax on embezzled funds
constitutionality of laws with religious origins but secular purposes
constitutionality of Sabbath laws requiring Sunday closure of stores
Massachusetts blue laws upheld against challenge by Kosher grocery store
using noscitur a sociis to interpret the Excess Profits Tax Act of 1950
oaths, religious test, 1st Amendment
Poe v Ullman US 497
Mapp v Ohio US 643
Hamilton v Alabama US 52
Hoyt v Florida US 57
Oyler v Boles US 448 (1962)
Fong Foo v US US 141
Baker v Carr US 186
Goldblatt v Hempstead US 590
Engel v Vitale US 421
Manual Enterprises v Day US 478
Jones v Cunningham
US 236 (1963)
Wong Sun v US US 471
Schlude v Commissioner US 128
Edwards v SC US 229
Gideon v Wainwright US 335
Douglas v California US 353
Gray v Sanders US 368
Gibson v Florida Legislative
Investigation Committee US 539
Ferguson v Skrupa US 726
Brady v Maryland US 83
Florida Lime & Avocado Growers,
Inc v Paul US 132
Silver v NY Stock Exchange US 341
Ker v California US 23
Abington School Dist v Schempp
US 203
Sherbert v Verner US 398
England v Louisiana State Bd of
Medical Examiners US 411 (1964)
Wesberry v Sanders US 1
Compco Corp. v Day-Brite
Lighting, Inc U.S. 234
Sears, Roebuck & Co v Stiffel Co
US 225
NY Times Co v Sullivan US 254
Banco Nacional de Cuba v
Sabbatino US 398
Schneider v Rusk US 163
Massiah v US US 201
Griffin v County School Bd of
Prince Edward County US 218
Wilbur-Ellis Co v Kuther US 422
Reynolds v Sims US 533
Malloy v Hogan US 1
Griffin v Maryland US 130
Barr v City of Columbia US 146
Robinson v Florida US 153
Jacobellis v Ohio US 184
Bell v Maryland US 226
Bouie v City of Columbia US 347
ripeness to challenge statute banning contraceptives
search and seizure, exclusionary rule
Absence of defendant's counsel at the time of his arraignment violated his rights under the Due
Process Clause of the 14th Amendment
all-male jury in a woman's murder trial did not violate 14th Amendment
habitual criminal sentencing and due process
double jeopardy against federal courts
reapportionment issues
due process, takings clause, safety regulations
school prayer
magazine containing nude photographs of men not considered obscene
state prison inmates have the right to petition for habeas corpus
fruit of the poisonous tree doctrine in a narcotics case
what income must be included for income tax purposes when accounting is used
1st Amendment, protest marches at state capital
right to counsel
14th Amendment; right of poor defendants to criminal court appeals
“one man, one vote”
requiring person divulge information contained in an organization's membership lists violates
freedom under 1st Amendment
substantive due process, economic liberties
exculpatory evidence and due process
Preemption, Dormant Commerce Clause
duty of self-regulation imposed upon the NY Stock Exchange by the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 did not exempt it from the antitrust laws
incorporation of the 4th Amendment protections against unreasonable search & seizure against
the states
constitutionality of mandatory bible reading in public schools
strict scrutiny for religiously-based discrimination in unemployment compensation
refining procedures for Pullman abstention from deciding issues of state law
“one man, one vote”
preemption of state unfair competition laws which restrict sale of unpatented items
preemption of state unfair competition laws which restrict sale of unpatented items, decided
same day as Compco Corp. v. Day-Brite Lighting, Inc.
freedom of speech, libel
jurisdiction of federal courts over acts of foreign countries; act of state doctrine
Naturalized U.S. citizens have the right to return to and reside in their native countries, and
retain their US citizenship, even if they never return to the US
6th Amendment prohibition on police speaking to suspect represented by counsel
closing the local school and giving white students vouchers to attend schools outside of the
county was unconstitutional under the equal protection clause
extension of doctrine of repair and reconstruction to enhancement of device's function
“one man, one vote” (state senates)
5th Amendment right against self-incrimination was applicable within state courts as well as
federal courts
segregation protests
due process and ex post facto law
segregation protests
“I know [obscenity] when I see it[.]” – Justice Potter Stewart
segregation protests
due process and ex post facto law
US v Continental Can Co US 441
Escobedo v Illinois US 478
Cooper v Pate US 546
Beck v Ohio US 89
McLaughlin v Florida US 184
Heart of Atlanta Motel v US
US 241
Katzenbach v McClung US 294
Stanford v Texas US 476 (1965)
Cox v Louisiana US 536
Freedman v Maryland US 51
US v Seeger US 163
Swain v Alabama US 202
Hanna v Plumer US 460
Dombrowski v Pfister US 479
Harman v Forssenius US 528
Griffin v California US 609
One 1958 Plymouth Sedan v
Pennsylvania US 693
Griswold v Connecticut US 479
Estes v Texas US 532
Lamont v Postmaster General
US 301
Albertson v Subversive Activities
Control Bd US 70
Graham v John Deere Co
US 1 (1966)
Baxstrom v Herold US 107
Brown v Louisiana US 131
SC v Katzenbach US 301
Memoirs v Massachusetts US 413
Harper v Virginia Bd of Elections
US 663
United Mine Workers of America
v Gibbs US 715
US v Price US 787
Sheppard v Maxwell US 333
Miranda v Arizona US 436
Federal Trade Commission v Dean
Foods Co US 597
Katzenbach v Morgan US 641
Schmerber v California US 757
Garrity v NJ US 493 (1967)
Whitus v Georgia US 545
Redrup v NY US 767
In Re Gault US 1
Abbott Laboratories v Gardner
US 136
Toilet Goods Assn, Inc v Gardner
US 158
Afroyim v Rusk US 253
Reitman v Mulkey US 369
antitrust
right to remain silent
The court ruled for the 1st time that state prison inmates have the standing to sue in federal
court to address their grievances under the Civil Rights Act of 1871.
probable cause and searches incident to a lawful arrest
striking down an anti-miscegenation law aimed at prevent cohabitation of interracial couples
interstate commerce, civil rights, public accommodations
civil rights and interstate commerce, decided same day as Heart of Atlanta Motel v US
4th Amendment, 14th Amendment, Unconstitutionality of State issued general warrants
1st Amendment, "breach of the peace" statutes
1st Amendment, motion picture censorship
definition of religion for a military draft exemption
use of struck jury
interpretation of the Erie Doctrine, Civil Procedure
federal injunction against state criminal trial for subversion
Virginia's partial repeal of the poll tax violated 24th Amendment
prosecutor commenting on a defendant's refusal to testify violates the defendant's 5th
Amendment rights
evidence which is obtained in violation of the 4th Amendment may not be relied on to sustain
a civil forfeiture
privacy, birth control
overturning Billy Sol Estes conviction on 14th Amendment due process grounds due to pretrial
publicity
Declared unconstitutional a Federal statute requiring that addressees of "Communist political
propaganda" affirmatively indicate their request to receive such mailings
Communist Party of the USA members could not be required to register with the government
under the 5th Amendment
nonobviousness as a condition of patentability
Prisoners committed to civil mental institutions have a right to a hearing to determine whether
or not they are in fact mentally disordered.
1st amendment, right to protest
Voting Rights Act, 15th Amendment
obscenity
poll taxes are unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause
federal court jurisdiction over pendent claims
the Mississippi civil rights workers murders
the Sam Sheppard case, defendant's right to fair trial vs. freedom of the press
self-incrimination (“right to remain silent”)
federal agencies can use the All Writs Act to seek an injunction against a threatened action that
will substantially interfere with the agency’s performance of its statutory duty
voting rights, Section 5 power
state can take blood sample from a suspect without his consent, without violating his 4th rights
rights of police officers against self-incrimination
racial discrimination in jury selection
striking down state power to censor written works of fiction
due process, juveniles
reviewability of administrative decisions
ripeness in the context of judicial review of administrative decisions
federal government cannot strip a person of his citizenship
states may repeal laws providing protection against racial discrimination by Amending their
state Constitution of referendum if their immediate objective is neutral and not to facilitate
Loving v Virginia US 1
Berger v NY US 41
Curtis Publishing Co. v Butts
US 130
US v Wade US 218
Gilbert v California US 263
US v Robel US 258
Prima Paint Corp. v Flood &
Conklin Mfg Co US 395
Katz v US US 347
Zschernig v Miller US 429 (1968)
Mora v McNamara US 934 (1967)
Haynes v US US 85 (1968)
Provident Tradesmens Bank &
Trust Co v Patterson US 102
Albrecht v Herald Co US 145
Avery v Midland County US 474
Levy v Louisiana US 68
Duncan v Louisiana US 145
US v O'Brien US 367
Menominee Tribe v US US 404
Green v County School Bd of New
Kent County US 430
Witherspoon v Illinois US 510
Pickering v Bd of Ed US 563
Terry v Ohio US 1
Flast v Cohen US 83
US v Southwestern Cable Co
US 157
King v Smith US 309
Jones v Mayer US 409
Epperson v Arkansas US 97
Tinker v Des Moines Independent
Community School Dist US 503
(1969)
Shuttlesworth v Birmingham
US 147
Stanley v Georgia US 557
Street v NY US 576
Shapiro v Thompson US 618
Leary v US US 6
Red Lion Broadcasting Co v FCC
US 367
Brandenburg v Ohio US 444
Powell v McCormack US 486
Kramer v Union School Dist
US 621
Lear, Inc. v Adkins US 653
Chimel v California US 752
Benton v Maryland US 784
Anderson's-Black Rock, Inc. v
Pavement Salvage Co US 57
Alexander v Holmes County Bd of
private racism
state laws banning interracial marriage (anti-miscegenation laws)
Telephone tapping in a bribery case, 4th Amendment
libel; effect of Sullivan on private figures
no police lineup without counsel
handwriting
1st Amendment, right of association
Separability principle: challenges to enforceability of contracts with arbitration clauses must be
decided by arbitrator unless clause itself is challenged
wiretapping as search and seizure
foreign relations and state property law preventing inheritance by nonresident aliens
denial of certiorari in a case questioning the legality of the Vietnam War
Compulsory firearm registration as self-incrimination
indispensable parties under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
minimum price agreements between wholesalers and franchisees unlawful under the Sherman
local government districts must conform to "one man, one vote"
An illegitimate child may still sue on behalf of a deceased parent; to deny them this right
violates the 14th Amendment
selective incorporation, trial by jury
free speech, burning draft cards
Tribal hunting and fishing rights, treaty interpretation
"freedom-of-choice" desegregation plan held unconstitutional
constitutional status of a death-qualified jury
public employees' free speech rights
search and seizure, power of police to stop and frisk suspicious persons
taxpayer standing
Administrative law
Aid to Families with Dependent Children cannot be denied to families of qualifying children
based on a substitute father
housing discrimination
religiously motivated state law prohibiting the teaching of evolution in publicly funded schools
freedom of speech in public schools
over breadth of local ordinance used by city officials to ban civil rights march
private possession of obscene material protected under 1st Amendment
free speech and flag burning
Right to travel
Marihuana Tax Act ruled unconstitutional under the 5th Amendment
Fairness Doctrine, broadcaster responsibilities, freedom of speech
freedom of speech, incitement to riot
political question doctrine, justiciability
right to vote in a special election district
overturning the doctrine of licensee estoppel in U.S. patent law
search and seizure incident to arrest
double jeopardy
Burger Court (June 23, 1969 – September 26, 1986)
standard of nonobviousness in US patent law
delays in school desegregation
Ed US 1218
Goldberg v Kelly US 254 (1970)
In re Winship US 358
Waller v Florida US 387
Ashe v Swenson US 436
Walz v Tax Commission of the
City of NY US 664
Rowan v US Post Office Dept
US 728
Williams v Florida US 78
NC v Alford US 25
Oregon v Mitchell US 112
Massachusetts v Laird US 886
Baird v State Bar of Arizona
US 1 (1971)
In re Stolar US 23
Younger v Harris US 37
Citizens to Preserve Overton Park
v Volpe US 402
Griggs v Duke Power Co US 424
Haywood v NBA US 1204
Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Bd of Ed US 1
Richardson v Perales US 389
California v Byers US 424
Coates v Cincinnati US 611
Cohen v California US 15
Bivens v 6 Unknown Named
Agents US 388
Lemon v Kurtzman US 602
Clay v US US 698
NY Times Co v US US 713
Reed v Reed US 71
Parisi v Davidson US 34 (1972)
Papachristou v Jacksonville
US 156
Federal Trade Commission v
Sperry & Hutchinson Trading
Stamp Co US 233
Hawaii v Standard Oil Co. of
California US 251
Cruz v Beto US 319
Commissioner v First Security
Bank of Utah, NA US 394
Eisenstadt v Baird US 438
Sierra Club v Morton US 727
Wisconsin v Yoder US 205
Apodaca v Oregon US 404
Jackson v Indiana US 715
Aikens v California US 813
procedural due process, hearing requirement
when a juvenile is charged with an act which would be a crime if committed by an adult, every
element of the offense must be proved beyond a reasonable doubt
collateral estoppel as applied to the same factual situation in criminal trials, double jeopardy
same as in Waller v. Florida, above
tax exemption for churches
addressees have unreviewable discretion to refuse further mail from a given sender; senders
don't have a Constitutional right to send keep someone on a mailing list for unwanted mail
twelve-man jury
guilty plea in criminal case
age and voting rights in state elections
Court declined to hear a case related to the Constitutionality of the Vietnam War
states cannot ban people from legal practice due to Communist party membership
a state cannot require bar applicants to list every organization he or she belonged to since
starting law school--decided same day as Baird v State Bar of Arizona
abstention doctrine
judicial review of administrative agency actions
employment discrimination; disparate effect of employer practices
Sherman Antitrust Act applied to the NBA
use of busing for school desegregation
physicians' written reports of medical examinations of a disability claimant could constitute
"substantial evidence" supportive of finding nondisability under the Social Security Act.
Statute requiring drivers to provide personal information at the scene of an accident does not
infringe on one's 5th Amendment privilege against self-incrimination
criminal offenses on sidewalk
freedom of speech, fighting words/obscenity, “fuck the draft”
implied right of action in the 4th Amendment
laws without a secular purpose violate the Establishment Clause
Since the Appeal Board gave no reason for the denial of a conscientious objector exemption,
petitioner's conviction must be reversed
freedom of the press, national security, Pentagon Papers
gender discrimination in estate settlement
conscientious objector status
vagrancy ordinance held void for vagueness
FTC may act against a company’s “unfair” business practices even though the practice is not
an antitrust violation
states cannot sue for general economic damage due to violation of antitrust laws
free exercise of religion while in prison custody
tax reporting for banks prohibited from doing insurance business
privacy, birth control
standing in cases in which plaintiffs assert interest in aesthetic or recreational interest in
property (in this case, Mineral King area)
freedom of religion, high school education
state juries may convict a defendant by less than unanimity
indefinite detention of a defendant incompetent to stand trial violates due process and equal
protection
mootness in a death penalty case
The Bremen v Zapata Off-Shore
Company US 1
Fuentes v Shevin US 67
Pennsylvania v NY US 223
Flood v Kuhn US 258
US v U.S. District Court US 297
Barker v Wingo US 514
Lloyd Corp. v Tanner US 551
Laird v Tatum US 1
Kois v Wisconsin US 229
Furman v Georgia US 238
Bd of Regents v Roth US 564
Perry v Sindermann US 593
Gravel v US US 606
Branzburg v Hayes US 665
Kleindienst v Mandel US 753
Gottschalk v Benson US 63
Bronston v US US 352 (1973)
US v Dionisio US 1
US v Mara aka Marasovich US 19
US v Glaxo Group Ltd US 52
Roe v Wade US 113
Doe v Bolton US 179
US v Florida East Coast Railway
Co US 224
San Antonio Independent School
Dist. v Rodriguez US 1
Mescalero Apache Tribe v Jones
US 145
McClanahan v Arizona State Tax
Comm'n US 164
US v Russell US 423
Frontiero v Richardson US 677
Gagnon v Scarpelli US 778
McDonnell Douglas Corp. v Green
US 793
Schneckloth v Bustamonte US 218
US v Students Challenging
Regulatory Agency Procedures
(SCRAP) US 669
Miller v California US 15
Pittsburgh Press Co. v Pittsburgh
Commission on Human Relations
US 376
Norwood v. Harrison US 455
Broadrick v Oklahoma US 601
Espinoza v Farah Mfg Co US 86
ND State Bd of Pharmacy v
Snyder's Drug Stores, Inc US 156
Lau v Nichols US 563 (1974)
Cleveland Bd of Ed v LaFleur
enforceability of a forum selection clause
Opportunity to be heard
state of escheat for unclaimed money orders
baseball and antitrust regulation
4th Amendment, Search and seizure, Search warrant, Wiretapping
6th Amendment and speedy trial
st
1 Amendment; private property; rights
freedom of speech rights cannot be chilled by the mere existence of government surveillance
and data gathering
nude photographs accompanying and rationally related to a newspaper story are entitled to
Constitutional free press protection
death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment under the 8th Amendment; overruled by Gregg
procedural due process in firing non-tenured professor
1st Amendment; de facto professor tenure
protection offered by the Speech or Debate Clause to non-legislative activity
1st Amendment; grand jury, journalists’ rights
U.S. Attorney General's power to deny persons entry to the US
Computer algorithms not considered patentable subject matter
Literally truthful statements under oath cannot be prosecuted as perjury even if intent was to
mislead questioner
Compelled production of voice samples and the 4th and 5th Amendment.
Compelled production of handwriting samples.
when a patent is directly involved in an antitrust violation, the Government may challenge the
validity of the patent
abortion, due process, privacy
restrictions on abortion
due process right to a hearing when administrative rules are to be changed
equal protection, education
Indian taxation by states
Indian taxation by states
Active government agent involvement in criminal conspiracy does not constitute entrapment;
Rehnquist inadvertently creates possible "outrageous government conduct" standard.
equal protection, gender discrimination in military dependency regulation
probation hearings and due process
standard of proof in employment discrimination cases
Voluntary searches are permissible without the knowledge to refuse them
standing to sue
freedom of speech, Miller test for obscenity
freedom of the press, discriminatory commercial speech in classified advertising
equal protection does not require equal state assistance to public and private schools and
forbids assistance to private schools that discriminate on the basis of race
overbreadth of Oklahoma statute forbidding political activities by state employees
employers can refuse to hire foreign citizens without violating their civil rights
Court upholds ND pharmacy ownership statute against process attack
foreign-language education and discrimination under the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Overly restrictive maternity leave regulations in public schools violate the Due Process Clause of
US 632
Schlesinger v Holtzman
US 1316 (1973)
US v Matlock US 164 (1974)
Morton v Ruiz US 199
Johnson v Robison US 361
Edelman v Jordan US 651
Storer v Brown US 724
Village of Belle Terre v Boraas
US 1
DeFunis v Odegaard US 312
Bob Jones University v Simon
US 725
Geduldig v Aiello US 484
Morton v Mancari US 535
Commissioner v Idaho Power Co
US 1
Jenkins v Georgia US 153
Miami Herald Publishing Co v
Tornillo US 241
Gertz v Robert Welch, Inc US 323
US v Nixon US 683
Milliken v Bradley US 717
Taylor v Louisiana US 522 (1975)
Goss v Lopez US 565 (1974)
NLRB v J Weingarten, Inc
US 251 (1975)
Lefkowitz v Newsome US 283
US v Feola US 671
Schlesinger v Councilman US 738
Stanton v Stanton US 7
Dunlop v Bachowski US 560
US v Park US 658
Blue Chip Stamps v Manor Drug
Stores US 723
Bigelow v Virginia US 809
Cort v Ash US 66
Erznoznik v City of Jacksonville
US 205
City of Richmond v US US 358
Warth v Seldin US 490
US v Peltier US 531
O'Connor v Donaldson US 563
Faretta v California US 806
US v Brignoni-Ponce US 873
Rose v Locke US 48
Rizzo v Goode US 362 (1976)
Buckley v Valeo US 1
the 14th Amendment.
presidential war power
4th Amendment, Search and seizure, "co-occupant consent rule"
administrative law, Bureau of Indian Affairs improperly limited eligibility for general assistance
benefits
different benefits for combat veterans and conscientious objectors does not violate equal
protection or the free exercise clause
11th Amendment and disability payments
political campaign laws
upholding a zoning ordinance which prevented multiple unrelated people from living together
mootness
A private university, notified by the IRS, about a new policy of denying tax-exempt status for
private schools with racially discriminatory admissions policies. Petitioner sued for injunctive
relief to prevent revocation
Denial of benefits for work loss resulting from normal pregnancy does not violate the Equal
Protection Clause
hiring preferences given by Congress to Native Americans at the Bureau of Indian Affairs are not
violative of the Due Process Clause of the 5th Amendment.
Income tax, capitalization of costs related to acquisition of capital assets
obscenity; motion picture Carnal Knowledge
freedom of speech
1st Amendment and defamation—narrowing NY Times v Sullivan
judicial review, executive privilege, separation of powers
segregation, busing
women cannot be excluded from a jury pool, overturning Hoyt v Florida
Due process in suspending a student from school
The Weingarten rights--rights of union members facing disciplinary proceedings
guilty pleas in state court and federal habeas corpus proceeding
mens rea requirement for conspiracy is no greater than that for the substantive crime
scope and jurisdiction of courts martial
different ages of majority in the context of child support did not pass review regarding equal
protection
judicial power and judicial review
criminal liability of chief executive officer of a corporation for the misdeeds of the company
private damages actions under Rule 10b-5 is confined to actual purchasers or sellers of
securities
st
1 Amendment and commercial speech
election law, implied cause of action
city ordinance prohibiting the showing of films containing nudity by a drive-in theater violated
1st Amendment
A case that limited Richmond, Virginia's right to annex land from surrounding counties
law of standing
Exclusionary Rule Not Applicable when officer relied on statute subsequently ruled
unconstitutional
institutionalization of a non-dangerous mentally ill person
criminal defendants have the constitutional right to refuse counsel
The 4th Amendment requires reasonable suspicion for border patrol agents to stop vehicles near
the border and ask about citizenship and immigration status; apparent Mexican ancestry does
not qualify
vagueness of a law against cunnilingus
federalism and injunctions against city officials
1st Amendment and campaign finance reform
Mathews v Eldridge US 319
Imbler v Pachtman US 409
Time, Inc v Firestone US 448
Colorado River Water
Conservation District v US US 800
Dann v Johnston US 219
Hills v Gautreaux US 284
Hampton v US US 484
Estelle v Williams US 501
Virginia State Pharmacy Bd v
Virginia Citizens Consumer
Council US 748
Washington v Davis US 229
Bryan v Itasca County US 373
TSC Industries, Inc v Northway,
Inc US 438
Kleppe v NM US 529
Doyle v Ohio US 610
Serbian Orthodox Diocese v
Milivojevich US 696
Hughes v Alexandria Scrap Corp
US 794
National League of Cities v Usery
US 833
Young v American Mini Theatres
US 50
Runyon v McCrary US 160
New Orleans v Dukes US 297
Fitzpatrick v Bitzer US 445
Nebraska Press Association v
Stuart US 529
Planned Parenthood of Central
Missouri v Danforth US 52
Gregg v Georgia US 153
Mathews v Eldridge US 319
Woodson v NC US 280
SD v Opperman US 364
US v Janis US 433
Stone v Powell US 465
US v Martinez-Fuerte US 543
Estelle v Gamble US 97
Craig v Boren US 190
Arlington Heights v Metropolitan
Housing Corp US 252 (1977)
Mount Healthy City School Dist
Bd of Ed v Doyle US 274
Whalen v Roe US 589
Califano v Goldfarb US 199
Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v
Brady US 274
Brewer v Williams US 387
Ingraham v Wright US 651
Wooley v Maynard US 705
procedural due process for termination of Social Security benefits
immunity of prosecutors when acting within their official capacity
rights of the media and public figures in defamation suits
Abstention doctrine
early case on the patentability of Business method patent
5th Amendment and Civil Rights Act of 1964
entrapment and drug distribution
trying a criminal defendant while he is clad in prison garb violates due process
commercial speech—advertising prescription drug prices
equal protection
State taxation of Indians
materiality of false or misleading statements in proxy statements under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934
protection of animals on land held by the Bureau of Land Management
impeaching a defendant with his silence in response to the warnings required by Miranda v.
Arizona violates the 5th Amendment
judicial determination of internal disputes of church governance violates the Establishment
Clause
"market participant exception" to the Dormant Commerce Clause
10th amendment sufficient to invalidate federal Fair Labor Standards Act; overruled by Garcia
upholding Detroit's ordinance regulating location of adult-oriented businesses
race discrimination in private school admissions under 42 U.S.C. § 1981
equal protection does not limit a state's regulatory power regarding grandfather clauses
limitations imposed by the 11th Amendment on damages paid by states under Title VII
standards for regulating publicity in advance of a criminal trial
constitutionality of various abortion regulations; the 1st such challenge after Roe v Wade
capital punishment does not per se violate the 8th Amendment
procedural due process for termination of Social Security benefits
mandatory death penalties and capital punishment
searching an impounded vehicle is permissible under the 4th Amendment
the exclusionary rule does not apply in civil forfeiture proceedings
violations of the exclusionary rule may not be asserted in federal corpus proceedings
routine stops of vehicles entering the US made by the Border Patrol do not violate the 4th
Amendment
deliberate indifference to prisoner medical needs is required to make out a violation of the 8th
sex discrimination in drinking ages
discriminatory intent required to make out a violation of the Equal Protection Clause
retaliatory adverse employment action that rises to the level of a constitutional violation and42
U.S.C. § 1983
The NY Controlled Substances Act's requirement that doctors send a copy of prescriptions to
the state department of health did not violate privacy rights
differing Social Security benefits for widows and widowers violates equal protection
constitutional requirements for imposing state business privilege taxes on out-of-state
corporations
6th Amendment requires criminal defendants to have counsel during police interrogation
conducted after indictment
corporal punishment of public school students
State cannot compel citizens to display the state motto upon their vehicle license plates
Bounds v Smith US 817
Linmark Associates, Inc., v
Township of Willingboro US 85
Abood v Detroit Bd of Ed US 209
Moore v City of East Cleveland
US 494
Carey v Population Services
International US 678
National Socialist Party of
America v Village of Skokie US 43
Hunt v Washington State Apple
Advertising Commission US 333
Beal v Doe US 438
US v Chadwick US 1
Shaffer v Heitner US 186
Bates v State Bar of Arizona
US 350
Nixon v Administrator of General
Services US 425
Zacchini v Scripps-Howard
Broadcasting Co US 562
Coker v Georgia US 584
Commissioner v Kowalski US 77
Pennsylvania v Mimms US 106
Moore v Illinois US 220
Browder v Director, Dept of
Corrections US 257 (1978)
Pfizer, Inc. v Government of India
US 308
Bordenkircher v Hayes US 357
Zablocki v Redhail US 374
Oliphant v Suquamish Indian
Tribe US 191
Ballew v Georgia US 223
Lakeside v Oregon US 333
Stump v Sparkman US 349
Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power
Corp. v Natural Resources
Defense Council, Inc US 519
Frank Lyon Co v US US 561
McDaniel v Paty US 618
Elkins v Moreno US 647
1st National Bank of Boston v
Bellotti US 765
Landmark Communications, Inc v
Virginia US 829
Santa Clara Pueblo v Martinez
US 49
the right of prisoners to access the courts requires prisons to furnish legal assistance
municipality's ban on real estate signs unconstitutionally inhibited commercial speech
compelling nonunion members to support union political activities violates the 1st Amendment
zoning ordinances forbidding extended families to live in the same house violate due process
availability of contraceptives to girls under the age of 16
procedure to be afforded those denied the right to march
Dormant Commerce Clause
right of a state to restrict use of federal funds for abortion
warrantless search of double-locked luggage just placed in the trunk of a parked vehicle is not
justified under the automobile exception to the 4th Amendment
quasi in rem jurisdiction and minimum contacts
1st Amendment constraints on advertising by lawyers
papers of President Nixon
1st Amendment limitations on suits for invasion of privacy
death penalty for rape unconstitutional under the 8th Amendment
taxation of meals furnished by an employer. [1]In this case, the Court interpreted Internal
Revenue Code §119(a)-(b)(4) and (d) and Treas. Reg. §1.119-1
applying Terry v Ohio to passengers in an automobile
6th Amendment requires a criminal defendant to counsel at a lineup conducted after being
indicted
federal courts of appeals lack jurisdiction to hear untimely filed appeals
foreign nations, who may sue in federal court, may also obtain triple damages for violations of
the Clayton Act
prosecutors may threaten defendants with more serious charges in order to induce a guilty plea
marriage as a fundamental right
Indian tribal courts do not have inherent criminal jurisdiction to try and to punish non-Indians
juries in criminal trials may not have fewer than 6 members
Jury instructions regarding the right against self incrimination and refusal to testify
judicial immunity
judicial deference to government agencies
ownership of realty in sale-leaseback for tax deduction for depreciation purposes.
qualification of ministers to hold political office
in-state tuition at state universities for non-citizen students
1st Amendment and corporate political contributions
press freedom in judicial discipline proceedings
sovereign immunity of Indian tribes
Flagg Bros., Inc v Brooks US 149
upholding section of NY Uniform Commercial Code permitting repossession of goods
by warehouse
Baldwin v Fish and Game
Commission of Montana US 371
affirmed the right of the state of Montana to charge higher fees for out of state elk hunters
Taylor v Kentucky US 378
instructing the jury in a criminal trial on the presumption of innocence and the meaning of proof
beyond a reasonable doubt
Ohralik v Ohio State Bar
Association US 447
Zurcher v Stanford Daily US 547
Monell v Department of Social
Services US 658
state regulation of in-person solicitation of clients by lawyers
standards for issuing search warrants to 3rd parties; special 1st Amendment protections for the
press in keeping evidence of possible crimes
liability of municipal officials for violations of constitutional rights; they are not liable for merely
employing the person who violated the person's rights, and do not enjoy absolute immunity for
their actions
Exxon Corp v Governor of
Maryland US 117
TVA v Hill US 153
Owen Equipment & Erection Co v
Kroger US 365
Mincey v Arizona US 385
Parker v Flook US 584
City of Philadelphia v NJ US 617
Duke Power Co. v Carolina
Environmental Study Group US 59
Penn Central Transp Co v NYC
US 104
Franks v Delaware US 154
Regents of the University of
California v Bakke US 265
Lockett v Ohio US 586
FCC v Pacifica Foundation US 726
Rakas v Illinois US 128
Marquette Nat. Bank of
Minneapolis v 1st of Omaha
Service Corp US 299
Parklane Hosiery Co, Inc. v Shore
US 322 (1979)
Colautti v Franklin US 379
Thor Power Tool Co v
Commissioner US 522
Hisquierdo v Hisquierdo US 572
Scott v Illinois US 367
Nevada v Hill US 410
National Labor Relations Bd v
Catholic Bishop of Chicago US 490
NYC Transit Authority v Beazer
US 568
Dormant Commerce Clause and state petroleum regulation
interpretation of the Endangered Species Act
joinder and diversity jurisdiction
4th Amendment does not provide a "murder scene exception" to the warrant-and-probablecause requirement
Algorithms and patent law
Dormant Commerce Clause prohibits banning importation of trash into a state
constitutionality of Price-Anderson Nuclear Industries Indemnity Act
substantive due process, taking clause, landmarks preservation
challenging false statements made in support of issuing a search warrant
racial discrimination, affirmative action
mitigating evidence required by the 8th Amendment in capital sentencing proceedings
obscenity, FCC policing of obscenity
asserting the 4th Amendment rights of third persons
State anti-usury laws cannot be enforced against nationally-chartered banks located out of state
preclusion doctrine
Pennsylvania's Abortion Control Act held void for vagueness
Income tax in the United States; depreciation of a publisher's inventory
dividing federal railroad retirement benefits under state community property laws
6th Amendment right to counsel applies only to crimes for which the actual penalty is
imprisonment
states are not immune from suit in the courts of other states
the National Labor Relations Act does not extend to teachers employed by church-operated
schools
Civil Rights Act of 1964 and legality of discrimination against methadone users
th
Delaware v Prouse US 648
US v Caceres US 741
Burch v Louisiana US 130
Addington v Texas US 418
US v 564.54 Acres of Land US 506
Bell v Wolfish US 520
Cannon v University of Chicago
US 677
Greenholtz v Inmates of the
Nebraska Penal and Correctional
Complex US 1
Personnel Administrator of
4 Amendment forbids stopping a motorist to check for a driver's license in the absence of
reasonable suspicion to believe the driver has violated a traffic law
th
4 Amendment does not require exclusion of evidence seized in violation of governmental
regulation
at a criminal trial, a 6-member trial must be unanimous
involuntarily committing a person to a mental hospital requires a clear and convincing standard
of proof
Takings Clause only requires payment of fair market value to landowner
rights of accused persons being held in prison pending trial.
gender discrimination, implied cause of action
due process liberty interest in parole
government employment preferences for veterans do not constitute sex discrimination
Massachusetts v Feeney US 256
Torres v Puerto Rico US 465
Sandstrom v Montana US 510
Wilson v Omaha Tribe US 653
Califano v Yamasaki US 682
Fare v Michael C. US 707
Smith v Maryland US 735
Arkansas v Sanders US 753
United Steel Workers of America
v Weber US 193
Gannett Co. v DePasquale US 368
Bellotti v Baird US 622
Ybarra v Illinois US 85
Goldwater v Carter US 996
Vance v Terrazas US 252 (1980)
World-Wide Volkswagen Corp v
Woodson US 286
Village of Schaumburg v Citizens
for a Better Environment US 620
Trammel v US U.S. 40
Rummel v Estelle US 263
Vitek v Jones US 380
Payton v NY US 573
Owen v City of Independence
US 622
Mobile v Bolden US 55
RI v Innis US 291
Cuyler v Sullivan US 335
Godfrey v Georgia US 420
US v Mendenhall US 544
Walker v Armco Steel Corp
US 740
Pruneyard Shopping Center v
Robins US 74
Jenkins v Anderson US 231
Agins v City of Tiburon US 255
Diamond v Chakrabarty US 303
Consolidated Edison Co. v Public
Service Commission US 530
Central Hudson Gas & Electric
Corp. v Public Service Commission
US 557
Beck v Alabama US 625
US v Raddatz US 667
US v Payner US 727
Maine v Thiboutot US 1
Adams v Texas US 38
Ohio v Roberts US 56
4th Amendment applies to Puerto Rico
instructing the jury on the burden of proof in criminal trials
federal law governs an Indian tribe's right of possession to land
procedural due process and the Social Security Act
invocation of the Miranda rights by asking for a probation officer
leaves call detail records outside the protection of the 4th Amendment.
absent exigency, the warrantless search of personal luggage merely because it was located in an
automobile lawfully stopped by the police is not justified under the automobile exception to
the 4th Amendment
regarding affirmative action, reverse discrimination
standing of the press to assert violations of the right to a public trial
parental notification requirements for abortion are constitutional with a judicial bypass
provision
a person's mere presence at a place for which the police have a warrant to search does not
allow the police to search that person
justiciability, political question doctrine
a US citizen cannot have his or her US citizenship taken away without proof, by
a preponderance of evidence, that he or she acted with an intention to relinquish that
citizenship.
Personal jurisdiction, strict liability
1st Amendment protection for door-to-door soliciting
marital privilege under the Federal Rules of Evidence
life in prison with possibility of parole is not cruel and unusual punishment for a habitual
offender convicted of passing bad checks
due process liberty interest in forcible commitment to a mental hospital
4th Amendment prohibits warrantless entry into a home to effect a routine felony arrest
municipal liability under the Civil Rights Act
At-Large voting system and the 15th Amendment
meaning of "interrogation" under Miranda v Arizona
criminal defendant's right to counsel not saddled by a conflict of interest
8th Amendment overbreadth of an aggravating circumstance required for imposing the death
penalty
police may obtain consent to detain a person and search them under the 4th Amendment
Erie Doctrine – state statute of limitations vs. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
federalism, freedom of speech
criminal defendant's silence prior to arrest may be held against him in court
zoning and regulatory takings
patentability of genetically modified organisms
freedom of speech (companies including information inserts with bills)
commercial speech—energy company advertising
lesser-included instructions in capital murder cases
federal district court review of determinations by federal magistrate judges
Court's supervisory power does not allow application of exclusionary rule even where third
party's 4th Amendment rights were clearly violated
42 U.S.C. § 1983 allows suits for violations of federal statutory law
juror oaths regarding factual deliberations in capital cases
hearsay is admissible under the 6th Amendment if it bears particular guarantees of
trustworthiness; overruled by Crawford v Washington
White Mountain Apache Tribe v
Bracker US 136
Harris v McRae US 297
US v Sioux Nation of Indians
US 371
Fullilove v Klutznick US 448
Industrial Union Department v
American Petroleum Institute
US 607
Stone v Graham US 39
Upjohn Co. v US US 383 (1981)
Minnesota v Clover Leaf
Creamery Co US 456
Fedorenko v US US 490
Diamond, Commissioner of
Patents and Trademarks v Diehr
et al US 175
HL v Matheson US 398
Michael M v Superior Court of
Sonoma County US 464
Kassel v Consolidated
Freightways Corp US 662
Thomas v Review Bd of the
Indiana Employment Security Div
US 707
Estelle v Smith US 454
Edwards v Arizona US 477
Parratt v Taylor US 527
Lassiter v Dept of Social Services
US 18
Connecticut Brd of Pardons v
Dumschat US 458
Rostker v Goldberg US 57
City of Newport v Fact Concerts,
Inc US 247
Haig v Agee US 280
California v Prysock US 355
NY v Belton US 454
Metromedia, Inc v City of San
Diego US 490
Dames & Moore v Regan US 654
Piper Aircraft Co v Reyno US 235
Widmar v Vincent US 263
Polk County v Dodson US 312
Cabell v Chavez-Salido
US 432 (1982)
Valley Forge Christian College v
Americans United for Separation
of Church and State US 464
Community Communications Co.
v City of Boulder US 40
state is not allowed to tax a non-Indian contractor who works exclusively on a reservation
states are not required to fund abortions
seizure of Native American lands
Equal protection, government contract set-aside for minority owned businesses
administrative law, determining OSHA's powers to regulate toxic chemicals in the workplace
requiring privately-funded posting of the 10 Commandments in public school classrooms
violates the Establishment Clause
attorney-client privilege
ban on nonreturnable milk containers under the rational basis test of equal protection law
revoking the citizenship of a naturalized former concentration camp guard
patentability of machines controlled by computer software
upholding parental notification law for minors' abortions
sex discrimination in statutory rape laws
Iowa state restriction on tractor trailer length violated Dormant Commerce Clause
religious pacifism and unemployment benefits under the Free Exercise Clause
statements taken in violation of the 5th and 6th Amendment rights to counsel may not be
admitted at a capital sentencing proceeding
police may not initiate questioning once a suspect has invoked his rights under Miranda v
Arizona
mere negligence does not state a claim for a due process violation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
right to counsel in parental termination proceedings
due process right to commutation of life sentences
Equal Protection Clause, women exempt from Selective Service registration
punitive damages against municipalities in suits under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
power of Executive Branch to revoke passports
phrasing of the warnings required by Miranda v Arizona
scope of a lawful search incident to the arrest of a passenger in an automobile includes things
inside the passenger compartment
municipal regulation of billboards under the 1st Amendment
executive authority over foreign affairs, International Emergency Economic Powers Act
forum non conveniens doctrine
use of state university classroom space by religious student groups
liability under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violations of constitutional rights allegedly committed by
public defenders
citizenship requirements for probation officers
standing to sue for alleged violations of the Establishment Clause
municipalities may not allow monopolies under home rule and instead must rely on policies
enacted at the state level.
Eddings v Oklahoma US 104
Merrion v Jicarilla Apache Tribe
US 130
US v Lee US 252
Rose v Lundy US 509
Santosky v Kramer US 745
Connecticut Bd of Pardons v
Dumschat US 458 (1981)
American Society Of Mechanical
Engineers v Hydrolevel Corp
US 556 (1982)
Oregon v Kennedy US 667
US v Ross US 798
Plyler v Doe US 202
Youngberg v Romeo US 307
Nixon v Fitzgerald US 731
Harlow v Fitzgerald US 800
Bd of Ed, Island Trees School Dist
v Pico US 853
Northern Pipeline Co v Marathon
Pipe Line Co US 50
Loretto v Teleprompter
Manhattan CATV Corp US 419
Mississippi University for Women
v Hogan US 718
NY v Ferber US 747
Enmund v Florida US 782
US v Valenzuela-Bernal US 858
NAACP v Claiborne Hardware Co
US 886
Sporhase v Nebraska ex rel.
Douglas US 941
Larkin v Grendel's Den, Inc US 116
Hewitt v Helms US 460 (1983)
SD v Neville US 553
scope of mitigation evidence presented at a sentencing hearing in a capital case required by
the 8th Amendment
tribal sovereignty, an Indian tribe is authorized to impose a severance tax on non-Indian oil
companies drilling on reservation land
religious opposition to participation in Social Security
exhaustion requirement in federal habeas proceedings
standard of proof in parental termination proceedings must be at least clear and convincing
evidence
due process right to commutation of life sentences
non-profit associations are liable for treble damages under the Sherman Antitrust Act due to
antitrust violations
double jeopardy protections for retrial after a mistrial is granted
acceptable scope of a warrantless search of an automobile that has been legitimately stopped
and that the police have probable cause to believe contains contraband
illegal immigrants and public education
rights of the involuntarily committed and mentally retarded
qualified immunity of executive branch officials
absolute immunity for executive branch officials
right to remove "objectionable" books from school libraries
Article III of the US Constitution and the Bankruptcy Code
per se rule of takings clause
single-sex nursing schools and the Equal Protection Clause
States may ban sexual images of minors even where material does not meet existing tests
of obscenity
felony murder and the death penalty
constitutionality of deporting aliens who might give testimony in criminal alien smuggling
prosecutions
1st Amendment protection for boycotts
Nebraska statute forbidding commercial exportation of water violated the Dormant Commerce
Clause
allowing churches to veto nearby liquor licenses violates the Establishment Clause
procedural due process protections for prisoners transferred to administrative segregation
admitting evidence of refusal to submit to field sobriety tests does not violate the 5th
Amendment privilege against self-incrimination
Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital
v Mercury Constr. Corp US 1
Colorado River abstention and enforcement of arbitration clauses in diversity
Briscoe v LaHue US 325
A case where the court held that Title 42 U.S.C. § 1983 did not authorize a convicted state
defendant to assert a claim for damages against a police officer for giving perjured testimony at
the defendant's criminal trial.
DC Court of Appeals v Feldman
US 462
Florida v Royer US 491
Metropolitan Edison Co. v People
Against Nuclear Energy US 766
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Company v Commissioner US 575
Anderson v Celebrezze US 780
City of Los Angeles v Lyons
US 95 (1982)
Connick v Myers US 138 (1983)
review of state court decisions by US District Courts
search and seizure of an airline passenger walking through an airport
environmental law; psychological effects do not need to be evaluated as part of an
Environmental
Special taxes on ink and paper violate the 1st Amendment
Filing deadlines for independent candidates may not be extraordinarily early.
standing, requirement of plausible threat of future injury for an injunction to issue
Free speech rights of public employees for public speech at work
Pacific Gas & Electric v State
Energy Resources Conservation of
Development Commission US 190
Commissioner v Tufts US 300
Kolender v Lawson US 352
Heckler v Campbell US 458
Regan v Taxation with
Representation of Washington
US 540
Bob Jones University v US US 574
Illinois v Gates US 213
City of Akron v Akron Center for
Reproductive Health US 416
US v Place US 696
INS v Chadha US 919
Oregon v Bradshaw US 1039
Bolger v Youngs Drug Products
Corp US 60
Solem v Helm US 277
Jones v US US 354
Dirks v Securities & Exchange
Commission US 646
Marsh v Chambers US 783
Barefoot v Estelle US 880
Michigan v Long US 1032
Sony Corp v Universal City
Studios (Betamax case)
US 417 (1984)
Southland Corp v Keating US 1
McKaskle v Wiggins US 168
Grove City College v Bell US 555
Lynch v Donnelly US 668
Calder v Jones US 783
United Building & Construction
Trades Council v Mayor and
Council of Camden US 208
Oliver v US US 170
Immigration and Naturalization
Service v Delgado US 210
Helicopteros Nacionales de
Colombia, S. A. v Hall US 408
Bose Corp v Consumers Union of
US, Inc US 485
Strickland v Washington US 668
Members of the City Council of
the City of Los Angeles v
Taxpayers for Vincent US 789
Waller v Georgia US 39
South-Central Timber
Development, Inc v Wunnicke
Preemption, Nuclear Power
unanimous decision on when a taxpayer sells or disposes of property encumbered by a
nonrecourse obligation exceeding the fair market value of the property sold, the Commissioner
of Internal Revenue may require him to include in the “amount realized” the outstanding
amount of the obligation; the fair market value of the property is irrelevant to this calculation.
requiring loiterers or wanderers on the streets to present identification and to account for their
presence when requested by a police officer is unconstitutional
HHS Secretary's power to promulgate guidelines defining disability
restricting 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations from engaging in political activity does not violate
the First Amendment
freedom of religion and tax exemptions
validity of searches conducted pursuant to warrants predicated on an informant's tip
requiring abortions to be performed in a hospital, restricting abortion to girls over 16, and
requiring a doctor to impart certain information before performing an abortion are all
unconstitutional
dog sniff is not a search under the 4th Amendment
unconstitutionality of the legislative veto
protections of Miranda v Arizona when the suspect reinitiates conversation with the police
1st Amendment, definition of commercial speech
life without parole for passing bad checks is cruel and unusual punishment
verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity is sufficiently probative of mental illness and
dangerousness to justify involuntary commitment
Insider trading, interpretation of Rule 10b-5 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Establishment Clause does not forbid state legislatures from employing chaplains
Admissibility of psychiatrist's testimony about a criminal's future dangerousness
“adequate and independent state ground”
copyright, VCR "time-shifting", fair use
Federal Arbitration Act applies to actions in state courts
standby counsel does not violate criminal defendant's 6th Amendment right to present his own
case in a criminal trial
acquiescence to federal anti-discrimination regulations through acceptance of federal funds
public religious display on private property
minimum contacts for personal jurisdiction based on a libelous publication
Privileges and Immunities clause
reaffirmed open fields doctrine in a case where the defendant grew marijuana in his field
4th Amendment requirements for administrative searches
Purchases in the US by a non-resident corporation are insufficient under the minimum test to
establish in personam jurisdiction
appellate courts may make finding of "actual malice" required for libel claims against public
figures by the 1st Amendment
standard for ineffective assistance of counsel under the 6th Amendment
1st Amendment regulation of posting of campaign signs
6th Amendment right to a public trial
market participant exception to the Dormant Commerce Clause
US 82
US v Gouveia US 180
Bernal v Fainter US 216
Hawaii Housing Authority v
Midkiff US 229
Immigration and Naturalization
Service v Stevic US 407
California v Trombetta US 479
NY v Quarles US 649
Chevron USA v Natural Resources
Defense Council US 837
FCC v League of Women Voters of
California US 364
Brown v Hotel and Restaurant
Employees US 491
Roberts v US Jaycees US 609
Regan v Time, Inc US 641
Allen v Wright US 737
US v Leon US 897
Mills Music, Inc v Snyder
US 153 (1985)
NJ v T L O US 325
Evitts v Lucey US 387
Wainwright v Witt US 412
US v Maine US 504
Garcia v San Antonio
Metropolitan Transit Authority
US 528
Ake v Oklahoma US 68
Supreme Court of NH v Piper
US 274
Oregon v Elstad US 298
Cleveland Bd of Ed v Loudermill
US 532
Winston v Lee US 753
Heckler v Chaney US 821
Tennessee v Garner US 1
Burger King v Rudzewicz US 462
Harper & Row v Nation
Enterprises US 539
Landreth Timber Co v Landreth
US 681
Wallace v Jaffree US 38
Superintendent, Mass.
Correctional Institute at Walpole
v Hill US 445
McDonald v Smith US 479
Brockett v Spokane Arcades, Inc
US 491
Mitchell v Forsyth US 511
Aspen Skiing Co v Aspen
Highlands Skiing Corp US 585
Thornton v Caldor US 703
Dun & Bradstreet, Inc v
right to counsel for prisoners under administrative segregation
citizenship of notaries public
land use law, takings to redistribute private property
aliens must establish a clear probability of persecution to avoid deportation
preservation of breath samples in DUI cases not required under the Due Process Clause
Miranda rights
judicial review of the interpretation of statutes by government agencies
revert regulation on "editorializing" by government funded broadcasters
NJ Casino Control Act was not preempted by the National Labor Relations Act
1st Amendment freedom of association and excluding women as members of a private club
artistic depictions of US currency
standing to sue for executive action alleged to promote racial discrimination by 3rd parties
search and seizure, "good faith" exception to exclusionary rule
assignment of royalties under the Copyright Act
search & seizure at a public high school
effective assistance of counsel in appeals in criminal cases
selection of jurors in death penalty cases
Long Island is an extension of the mainland and the bordering sounds are therefore under state
regulatory control
application of minimum wage laws to state governments
right of the accused asserting insanity to a state-appointed psychiatrist
residency requirements for membership in the state bar
applying the exclusionary rule to violations of the Miranda rights
due process right of public employees to be heard before termination
compelled surgical intrusion into an individual's body for evidence violates suspect's 4th
Amendment rights
forcing the Food and Drug Administration to determine whether it is legal to use certain drugs
for lethal injection
Restriction on the use of deadly force as part of the Fleeing felon rule.
personal jurisdiction, "purposeful availment"
fair use of copyrighted material
The Securities Act of 1933 and the "sale of business" doctrine
school sponsorship of voluntary religious observances
prison disciplinary decisions to revoke good-time credits must be supported by "some evidence"
Petition Clause of 1st Amendment does not provide absolute immunity to charges of defamation
regulation of adult bookstores
civil liability for conducting warrantless wiretaps
antitrust and alteration of marketing cooperation agreement
constitutionality of Sabbath laws
1 Amendment, libel in credit reporting
st
Greenmoss Builders, Inc US 749
Dowling v US US 207
Aguilar v Felton US 402
City of Cleburne v Cleburne Living
Center, Inc US 432
US v Montoya de Hernandez
US 531
Thomas v Union Carbide
Agricultural Products Co US 568
US v Bagley US 667
Heath v Alabama US 82
Witters v Washington Dept of
Services For the Blind US 481
Vasquez v Hillery US 254 (1986)
Cabana v Bullock US 376
Nix v Whiteside US 157
Fisher v City of Berkeley US 260
Goldman v Weinberger US 503
Michigan v Jackson US 625
Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc v
Hepps US 767
Batson v Kentucky US 79
Poland v Arizona US 147
California v Ciraolo US 206
Dow Chemical Co v US US 227
Brown-Forman Distillers Corp v
NY State Liquor Authority US 573
Bowen v Roy US 693
Thornburgh v American College of
Obstetricians and Gynecologists
US 747
Meritor Savings Bank v Vinson
US 57
McMillan v Pennsylvania US 79
Maine v Taylor US 131
Anderson v Liberty Lobby US 242
Celotex Corp v Catrett US 317
Ford v Wainwright US 399
Press-Enterprise Co v Superior
Court US 1
Bowers v Hardwick US 186
Posadas de Puerto Rico
Associates v Tourism Company of
Puerto Rico US 328
Allen v Illinois US 364
Bethel School Dist v Fraser US 675
Bowsher v Synar US 714
Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc
v Thompson US 804
copyright infringement as theft
using federal funds to pay teachers in parochial schools under the Establishment Clause
equal protection for the mentally disabled
constitutionality of body cavity searches at the border under the 4th Amendment
Article III and the arbitration provisions of FIFRA
prosecutors must disclose information useful for impeaching government witnesses under
Brady
the double jeopardy clause of the 5th Amendment does not prevent one state from trying and
punishing someone for an act for which he has already been convicted and sentenced by
another state
constitutionality of public aid paid directly to students of Christian colleges
race discrimination in selecting grand juries
appellate courts may make the finding required by Enmund v Florida in the first instance
presentation of perjured testimony at a criminal trial; 6th Amendment right to counsel
rent control ordinances and the Sherman Antitrust Act
religious headwear for military personnel under the Establishment Clause
suspect confessions and the Sixth Amendment right to counsel
1st Amendment constraints on libel actions; private-figure plaintiffs must show falsity of
statements
peremptory challenge, racial discrimination
reimposing the death penalty after the underlying murder conviction has been vacated
naked-eye aerial observation of defendant's backyard by police does not violate the 4th
Amendment
aerial photography of industrial facilities by the EPA does not violate 4th Amendment--decided
same day as Ciraolo
price controls on alcoholic beverages and the Commerce Clause
freedom of religion and Social Security numbers
requiring "informed consent" before an abortion
"hostile work environment" as sexual harassment
mandatory minimum sentences are not elements of crimes subject to proof beyond a
reasonable doubt
exception to Dormant Commerce Clause
standard for summary judgment
standard for summary judgment
competence to be executed
1st Amendment free press guarantee and the right to a transcript of a preliminary hearing
sodomy and substantive due process; overruled by Lawrence v Texas (2003)
Central Hudson test and 1st Amendment commercial speech
statements made in civil commitment proceedings for sex offenders are not subject to the 5th
privilege against self-incrimination
censorship of obscene speech at a school assembly
Gramm–Rudman–Hollings Balanced Budget Act, office of Comptroller General, separation of
powers
Federal courts cannot claim original jurisdiction for violation of a statute which does not provide
a private cause of action
Commodity Futures Trading
Commission v Schor US 833
Colorado v Connelly US 157
Griffith v Kentucky US 314 (1987)
Commissioner v Groetzinger
US 23
Maryland v Garrison US 79
Asahi Metal Industry Co. v
Superior Court of California
US 102
Arizona v Hicks US 321
US v Dunn US 294
Immigration and Naturalization
Service v Cardoza-Fonseca US 421
Keystone Bituminous Coal Ass'n v
Debenedictus US 470
O'Connor v Ortega US 709
Tison v Arizona US 137
McCleskey v Kemp US 279
Pennsylvania v Finley US 551
Saint Francis College v al-Khazraji
US 604
Hodel v Irving US 704
US v Salerno US 739
Turner v Safley US 78
1st English Evangelical Lutheran
Church v Los Angeles County
US 304
O'Lone v Estate of Shabazz
US 342
Bd of Airport Commissioners of
Los Angeles v Jews for Jesus, Inc
US 569
Edwards v Aguillard US 578
SD v Dole US 203
Puerto Rico v Branstad US 219
Rankin v McPherson US 378
US v Stanley US 669
Nollan v California Coastal
Commission US 825
Hazelwood v Kuhlmeier US 260
(1988)
Hustler Magazine v Falwell US 46
Immigration and Naturalization
Service v Abudu US 94
Basic Inc v Levinson US 224
Lying v Northwest Indian CPA
US 439
SC v Baker US 505
Huddleston v US US 681
Jurisdiction of Article I and Article III tribunals, waiver of Article III jurisdiction
Rehnquist Court (September 26, 1986 – September 3, 2005)
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
criminal defendants receive the benefit of new constitutional rules announced before their
cases are final on direct review
addressed the issue of what qualifies as being either a trade or business under Section 162(a) of
the Internal Revenue Code
reasonable belief by police in the validity of a search warrant
due process, personal jurisdiction, Minimum contacts
probable cause relating to the plain view doctrine under the 4th Amendment
open fields doctrine
Asylum applicants must show "well-founded fear" of persecution to establish their eligibility
substantive due process, the takings clause of the 5th Amendment
4th Amendment rights of public employees
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
race discrimination and the death penalty
right to counsel in post-conviction proceedings
persons of Arabian ancestry may make claims for race discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1981
5th Amendment taking of fractional interests in Native American lands
upholding Bail Reform Act of 1984 as not violating Due Process or Excessive Bail clauses
free speech and marriage rights of prison inmates
substantive due process, temporary taking
not a violation of the Free Exercise Clause to deprive an inmate of attending a religious service
for "legitimate penological interests."
constitutionality of broad free speech prohibitions
constitutionality of mandating teaching of creation science in conjunction with evolution
use of federal funding to encourage changes in state laws—here, raising the drinking age in all
states from 18 to 21
Federal court enforcement of extradition of fugitives
free speech rights of federal employees
soldier's tort claim related to Project MKULTRA barred
substantive due process, the takings clause
freedom of speech in secondary school newspapers
1st Amendment; parody, emotional distress
Federal courts of appeals must review denials of motions to reopen immigration proceedings
for abuse of discretion
interpretation of SEC Rule 10b-5, market price manipulation
religious rights of Native American vs. public interest
Federal requirement that state and local bonds be issued in registered form did not violate
the 10th Amendment
admissibility of prior "bad acts" under the Federal Rules of Evidence
California v Greenwood US 35
Maynard v Cartwright US 356
Webster v Doe US 592
Schweiker v Chilicky US 412
Frisby v Schultz US 474
Morrison v Olson US 654
Thompson v Oklahoma US 815
Arizona v Youngblood US 51
Mistretta v US US 361 (1989)
Florida v Riley US 445
City of Richmond v JA Croson Co
US 469
Bonito Boats, Inc v Thunder Craft
Boats, Inc US 141
DeShaney v Winnebago County
Dept of Social Services US 189
Teague v Lane US 288
Blanton v North Las Vegas US 538
Skinner v Railway Labor
Executives’ Ass’n US 602
National Treasury Employees
Union v Von Raab US 656
Bd of Estimate of City of NY v
Morris US 688
US Dept of Justice v Reporters
Committee for Freedom of the
Press US 749
Mississippi Band of Choctaw
Indians v Holyfield US 30
Graham v Connor US 386
Lauro Lines srl v Chasser et al
US 495
Finley v US US 545
Wards Cove Packing Co v Atonio
US 642
Hernandez v Commissioner
US 680
Community For Creative NonViolence v Reid US 730
Martin v Wilks US 755
Will v Michigan Dept of State
Police US 58
Texas v Johnson US 397
Ward v Rock Against Racism
US 781
Granfinanciera v Nordberg US 33
Penry v Lynaugh US 302
Stanford v Kentucky US 361
Webster v Reproductive Health
Services US 490
County of Allegheny v ACLU
US 573
University of Pennsylvania v EEOC
US 182 (1990)
4th Amendment; even absent a warrant, the search and seizure of garbage left for collection
outside the curtilage of a home
cruel and unusual punishment, death penalty
ability for CIA firings and hirings to be judicially reviewed
no implied cause of action in the Social Security Act
1st Amendment, privacy, restrictions on abortion protests
independent counsel's office
8th Amendment; cruel and unusual punishment; capital punishment for juveniles under 16
state's failure to preserve evidence in a criminal case, absent bad faith, is not a due process
violation
US Sentencing Commission, separation of powers
aerial surveillance and the 4th Amendment
Affirmative action, constitutionality of minority business set-aside programs for municipal
contracts
state anti-plug molding law struck down under preemption doctrine for interfering with federal
patent law
child welfare department's failure to protect a child from known child abuse does not violate
due process
new constitutional rules do not generally apply retroactively to cases on collateral review
Jury trial is unnecessary for petty offenses
requiring drug tests for railroad employees is not an unreasonable search under the 4th
Amendment
requiring drug tests for customs inspectors is not an unreasonable search under the 4th
Amendment
NY City Board of Estimate representation scheme was held to violate Equal Protection Clause
FBI rap sheets may not be disclosed to third parties under the Freedom of Information Act
held that the Indian Child Welfare Act governed the adoption of Indian children, and clarified
the jurisdiction of the tribal court
standard for claims for violations of the 4th Amendment
interlocutory appeals
pendent party jurisdiction, later overturned by statute
standard of evidence for disparate impact employment discrimination cases
Scientology courses do not qualify as charitable deductions under the Internal Revenue Code
copyright, work for hire
civil procedure in employment affirmative action
States and their officials acting in their official capacity are not persons under Section 1983
freedom of speech (flag burning)
freedom of speech, excessive noise
7th Amendment right to jury trials in bankruptcy proceedings
8th Amendment permits executing the mentally retarded; overruled by Atkins v Virginia
th
8 Amendment permits executing offenders who were 16 or 17 years old at the time of the
offense; overruled by Roper v Simmons
state funding for abortion rights
holiday displays and state endorsement of religion
peer review privilege not required by Federal Rules of Evidence or 1st Amendment
Commissioner v Indianapolis
Power & Light Co US 203
FW/PBS v City of Dallas US 215
Sullivan v Zebley US 521
Washington v Harper US 210
US v Verdugo-Urquidez
U.S. 259
Chauffeurs, Teamsters, & Helpers
Local No. 391 v Terry US 558
Employment Division v Smith
US 872
Missouri v Jenkins US 33
Osborne v Ohio US 103
Stewart v Abend US 207
Grady v Corbin US 508
Taylor v US US 575
Burnham v Superior Court of
California US 604
Duro v Reina US 676
Westside School Dist v Mergens
US 226
US v Eichman US 310
Perpich v Dept of Defense US 334
Eli Lilly & Co v Medtronic, Inc
US 661
Milkovich v Lorain Journal Co
US 1
Illinois v Rodriguez US 177
Cruzan v Director, Missouri Dept
of Health US 261
Hodgson v Minnesota US 417
Walton v Arizona US 639
Maryland v Craig US 836
Perry v Louisiana US 38
Cheek v US US 192 (1991)
Bd of Ed of Oklahoma City Public
Schools v Dowell US 237
Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v Citizen
Band of Potawatomi Tribe of Okla
US 505
Feist Publications v Rural
Telephone Service Co US 340
Cottage Savings Ass'n v
Commissioner US 554
Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc v Shute
US 585
County of Riverside v McLaughlin
US 44
Rust v Sullivan US 173
Hernandez v NY US 352
Lehnert v Ferris Faculty Ass’n
US 507
California v Acevedo US 565
customer deposits constituting taxable income to a utility company
regulation of "sexually oriented businesses"
determination of SSI benefits for children
permissibility of involuntary treatment of psychotic inmates
search and seizure of nonresident alien in foreign country
scope of 7th Amendment right to jury trial in civil cases
religious freedom with respect to drug use
power of federal courts to order taxation by state or local governments
states have the power to ban possession of child pornography without violating the 1st
Amendment
rights of the successor of a copyright interest
double jeopardy and subsequent prosecutions
definition of "burglary" under certain sentence enhancement provisions of the federal criminal
code
physical presence as a requirement for personal jurisdiction
Indian tribes have no jurisdiction over nonmember Indians
Bible study clubs in schools
freedom of speech (flag burning)
Congressional powers over U.S. National Guard
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
1st Amendment and defamation--no "opinion privilege"
4th Amendment, "co-occupant consent rule"
incompetent persons may not refuse medical treatment under the 14th Amendment
requiring parental notification for abortion is constitutional with a judicial bypass provision
Capital punishment and sentencing procedure, partially overruled by Ring v Arizona
the right of criminal defendants to confront witnesses
forcibly medicating a death row inmate with a mental disorder in order to make sure he is
competent is impermissible
mistake of law is a valid defense to criminal tax evasion because of mens rea
case "hasten[ing] the end of federal court desegregation orders.
an Indian tribe was not subject to state sales tax for sales to tribal members
minimal quantum of creativity is required for copyright protection
income tax consequences of mortgage interest exchange, examination of the consequences of
the Savings and Loan crisis
enforcement of forum selection clauses
suspects arrested without a warrant must be brought into court for a probable cause
determination within 48 hours
government is not required to fund abortion
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
unions may compel contributions from nonmembers only for the costs of performing its duties
as exclusive bargaining agent
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 US 614
Connecticut v Doehr US 1
Toibb v Radloff US 157
McNeil v Wisconsin US 171
Florida v Bostick US 429
Barnes v Glen Theatre, Inc US 560
Cohen v. Cowles Media Co.
U.S. 663
Payne v Tennessee US 808
Peretz v US US 923
Harmelin v Michigan US 957
Simon & Schuster v Crime Victims
Bd US 105
Immigration and Naturalization
Service v Doherty US 314 (1992)
INS v Elias-Zacarias US 478
Lechmere, Inc v National Labor
Relations Board US 527
Hudson v McMillian US 1
INDOPCO, Inc v Commissioner
US 79
US v Felix US 378
US Dept of Commerce v Montana
US 442
Jacobson v US US 540
Foucha v Louisiana US 71
Riggins v Nevada US 127
Quill Corp v ND US 298
US v Thompson-Center Arms
Company US 505
Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife
US 555
US v Alvarez-Machain US 655
Morgan v Illinois US 719
Georgia v McCollum US 42
Gade v National Solid Wastes
Mgmt Ass’n US 88
Forsyth County, Georgia v The
Nationalist Movement US 123
NY v US US 144
Wisconsin Dept of Revenue v
William Wrigley, Jr., Co US 214
R A V v City of St. Paul US 377
Lee v Weisman US 577
Planned Parenthood v Casey
Batson's prohibition on race-based use of peremptory challenges applies in civil trials
Connecticut state statute that authorizes prejudgment attachment of real estate without prior
notice or hearing violated the 14th Amendment right to due process
holding that individual debtors may file for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy
Code
differences between the rights secured by the 5th Amendment and the 6th Amendment
random bus searches routinely conducted pursuant to passenger's consent
1st Amendment and the restriction of nude dancing
1st Amendment, freedom of the press
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.
role of magistrate judges in jury selection in a felony trial
life imprisonment for cocaine possession
holding that NY's Son of Sam law violated the 1st Amendment
U.S. Attorney General has broad discretion to reopen deportation proceedings
asylum on account of political opinion must be based on the refugee's political opinion
employer can exclude nonemployee union organizers from private company property
excessive force against prison inmates, 8th Amendment
Expenditures incurred by a target corporation in the course of a friendly takeover are
nondeductible capital expenditures under the Internal Revenue Code
conviction of a defendant for a crime and for a conspiracy to commit the same offense does not
create double jeopardy
formula used for reapportionment
entrapment occurs when government creates predisposition to commit offense where it did not
exist
criteria for the continued involuntary commitment of an individual who had been found not
guilty by reason of insanity
Forced psychiatric medication during trial violated defendant's rights under 6th and 14th
Amendments
Requiring out-of-state mail order vendor to collect use tax unconstitutionally burdened
interstate commerce
taxation of firearms
Standing in a suit to enforce the Endangered Species Act
application of the Ker-Frisbie doctrine
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
standard on peremptory challenges from Batson v Kentucky applied to criminal defendant
federal preemption of state labor safety laws
1st Amendment protection and police protection
the take title provision of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985
violated the 10th Amendment
permissible scope of taxation of out-of-state corporations doing business within a particular
state.
fighting words, hate speech
1st Amendment, establishment of religion (prayer at high school graduations)
abortion; reaffirming the "core holding" of Roe v Wade
US 833
US v Fordice US 717
Lucas v SC Coastal Council
US 1003
Commissioner v Soliman US 168
(1993)
Nixon v US US 224
Bray v Alexandria Women's
Health Clinic US 263
Herrera v Collins US 390
Spectrum Sports, Inc v McQuillan
US 447
Shaw v Reno US 630
Reno v Flores US 292
Saudi Arabia v Nelson US 349
Cincinnati v Discovery Network,
Inc US 410
US Dept of Justice v Landano
US 165
Mertens v Hewitt Associates
US 248
Wisconsin v Mitchell US 476
Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v
City of Hialeah US 520
Minnesota v Dickerson US 366
Lamb's Chapel v Center Moriches
Union Free School Dist US 384
segregation of colleges and universities
per se rule of takings clause
"principal place of business" under the Internal Revenue Code
judicial impeachment, political question doctrine
Civil Rights Act of 1871 could not be used to halt blockades of abortion clinics
claim of actual innocence is not grounds for federal habeas corpus relief
quantum of proof required for a claim of attempted monopolization under § 2 of the Sherman
Antitrust Act
appropriateness of considering race in redistricting
procedures for detaining juvenile aliens awaiting deportation
jurisdiction in an action based upon a "commercial activity" under the Foreign Sovereign
Immunities Act
1st Amendment protections against restrictions on distributing handbills
Freedom of Information Act and confidentiality
Preemption, non-fiduciary liability under ERISA
enhanced sentencing for hate crimes and the 1st Amendment
animal cruelty, freedom of religion
seizure of contraband during stop & frisk
access by religious groups to public school facilities
SD v Bourland US 679
an Indian tribes hunting and fishing rights were terminated on land the Federal government
acquired for a reservoir
Sale v Haitian Centers Council
US 155
illegal immigration
Godinez v Moran US 389
Alexander v US US 544
Daubert v Merrell Dow
Pharmaceuticals US 579
Hartford Fire Insurance Co v
California US 764
Fogerty v Fantasy US 517 (1994)
Campbell v Acuff-Rose Music, Inc
US 569
Oregon Waste Systems, Inc v
Dept of Environmental Quality of
Ore. US 93
JEB v Alabama ex rel TB US 127
Central Bank of Denver v 1st
Interstate Bank of Denver US 164
Landgraf v USI Film Products
US 244
C&A Carbone, Inc v Town of
Clarkstown US 383
Farmer v Brennan US 825
Dolan v City of Tigard US 374
TBS v FCC US 622
Bd of Ed of Kiryas Joel Village
School Dist v Grumet US 687
competency standard for pleading guilty or waiving the right to counsel
is the same as the competency standard for standing trial
RICO's forfeiture provision does not violate the 1st Amendment
federal judges as gatekeepers for allowing expert witnesses to testify in trials; see also Daubert
Standard
application of Sherman Antitrust Act to foreign companies
attorney's fees in copyright litigation
copyright, commercial fair use is possible, parody
Commerce Clause
peremptory jury challenges based on sex violate equal protection clause
private plaintiffs may not maintain an aiding and abetting lawsuit under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934
retroactive application of statutory amendments effective while cases are pending in court
Dormant Commerce Clause
civil liability under the 8th Amendment for rape of a transgender prison inmate
substantive due process, takings clause
upholding must-carry rules against cable television provider's 1st Amendment challenge
school district coinciding with religious community
Madsen v Women's Health
Center, Inc US 753
United Mine Workers of America
v Bagwell US 821
US v Shabani US 10
US v X-Citement Video, Inc US 64
Schlup v Delo US 298 (1995)
Arizona v Evans US 1
Qualitex Co v Jacobson Products
Co, Inc US 159
Plaut v Spendthrift Farm, Inc
US 211
McIntyre v Ohio Elections
Commission US 334
US v Lopez US 549
US Term Limits, Inc v Thornton
US 779
First Options v Kaplan US 938
Adarand Constructors v Peña
US 200
Witte v US US 389
Hurley v. Irish-American Gay,
Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of
Boston US 557
Florida Bar v Went For It, Inc
US 618
Vernonia School Dist 47J v Acton
US 646
Capitol Square Review & Advisory
Bd v Pinnette US 753
Rosenberger v University of
Virginia US 819
Miller v Johnson US 900
Bailey v US US 137
Lotus Dev Corp v Borland Int'l, Inc
US 233
Behrens v Pelletier US 299 (1996)
Hercules, Inc v US US 417
Bennis v Michigan US 442
Seminole Tribe v Florida US 44
Markman v Westview
Instruments, Inc US 370
44 Liquormart, Inc v State of RI
US 484
BMW of North America, Inc v
Gore US 559
Smiley v Citibank US 735
Romer v Evans US 620
Jaffee v Redmond US 1
1st amendment, restrictions on abortion protests
constitutional limitations on the contempt powers of courts
elements of criminal conspiracy (i.e., requirement for an overt act)
conviction under federal child pornography laws requires proof that the defendant knew the
subjects were minors
Standard of proof required for a habeas corpus petition to reopen a case in light of new
evidence of innocence
Exclusionary rule does not require suppressing evidence obtained through good-faith reliance
on a search warrant that contains a clerical error
color trademarks are appropriate subject matter under the Lanham Act
separation of powers and finality of judgments
anonymous campaign literature under the 1st Amendment
interstate commerce, gun-free school zones
preventing states from enacting term limits to the US House and Senate
independent judicial review of arbitration clause
constitutionality of race-based set-asides (strict scrutiny test)
using "relevant conduct", as defined by the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, at sentencing does
not violate double jeopardy principles
1st Amendment freedom of association as applied to a private parade organizer seeking to
exclude a group inconsistent with its stated message
under the commercial speech doctrine of the 1st Amendment, states may forbid lawyers from
directly soliciting personal injury cases for short periods of time after an accident or a disaster
constitutionality of public school drug testing; 4th and 14th Amendments
display of religious symbols on government property
discrimination by state universities against student religious organizations
racial gerrymandering
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
scope of software copyrights
appeal over ruling on qualified immunity
liability for producing Agent Orange
held that innocent owner defense is not constitutionally mandated by 14th Amendment Due
Process in cases of civil forfeiture
Article I and the 11th Amendment
claim construction of patents
restrictions on commercial speech
whether punitive damages are limited by substantive due process; 14th Amendment
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.
equal protection limitation on forbidding elimination of discrimination on the basis of
homosexuality
federal evidentiary privilege for medical confidentiality
Gasperini v Center For
Humanities, Inc US 415
US v Virginia US 515
Ohio v Robinette US 33
Caterpillar, Inc v Lewis US 61
MLB v SLJ US 102
Old Chief v US US 172
Schenck v Pro-Choice Network of
Western NY US 357 (1997)
Auer v Robbins US 452
Warner-Jenkinson Company, Inc v
Hilton Davis Chemical Co US 17
Clinton v Jones US 681
Agostini v Felton US 203
Kansas v Hendricks US 346
City of Boerne v Flores US 507
Washington v Glucksberg US 702
Vacco v Quill US 793
Raines v Byrd US 811
Printz, Sheriff/Coroner, Ravalli
County, Montana v US US 898
Reno v ACLU US 844
State Oil Co v Khan US 3
Alaska v Native Village of Venetie
Tribal Government US 520 (1998)
NCUA v 1st National Bank & Trust
US 479
Lexecon Inc v Milberg Weiss
Bershad Hynes & Lerach US 26
Oncale v Sundowner Offshore
Services US 75
Quality King Distributors Inc, v
L'anza Research International Inc
US 135
7th Amendment, modern interpretation of the Erie doctrine
separate but equal gender discrimination
informing motorists that a traffic stop has ended and the motorist is "free to go" is not required
under the 4th Amendment
diversity of citizenship must exist at the time of entry of judgment
states must provide transcripts to poor litigants wishing to appeal adverse parental termination
decisions
admitting evidence of prior convictions and the danger of "unfair prejudice" under Rule 403 of
the Federal Rules of Evidence
protesters at abortion clinics
FLSA and overtime pay of police officers
patent law, doctrine of equivalents
Executive privilege and immunity
reexamination of Establishment Clause jurisprudence as it applies schools
procedures for involuntary indefinite civil commitment of dangerous persons
scope of Congressional enforcement power under § 5 of the 14th Amendment
constitutionality of state law forbidding assisted suicide
right to die and assisted suicide
line item veto, legal standing; redirects to Clinton v City of NY
background checks before purchasing handguns
free speech, obscenity, CDA
rule of reason applied to vertical maximum price fixing, overturned Albrecht v Herald Co
native rights over tribal lands
intent of Congress wrt the Federal Credit Union Act of 1934
pretrial procedures in multi-district litigation
applicability of sexual harassment laws to same sex harassment
application of first-sale doctrine of U.S. copyright law to reimported goods
Almendarez-Torres v US US 224
prior convictions used to enhance a sentence need not be proved to a jury beyond a reasonable
doubt
Feltner v Columbia Pictures
Television, Inc US 340
7th Amendment right to jury trial in a copyright infringement case
Breard v Greene US 371
Miller v Albright US 420
Stewart v Martinez-Villareal
US 637
Kiowa Tribe of Okla v
Manufacturing Technologies, Inc
US 751
County of Sacramento v Lewis
US 833
Federal Election Commission v
Akins US 11
US v Bajakajian US 321
Swidler & Berlin v US US 399
Clinton v City of NY US 417
Eastern Enterprises v Apfel
criminal defendant could not raise a defense under the Vienna Convention on Consular
Relations on federal habeas corpus review
citizenship of a child born outside the US to a citizen father and an alien mother
proper timing of a claim under Ford v Wainwright, regarding competency to be executed, in
federal habeas proceedings
an Indian tribe is entitled to sovereign immunity to contract lawsuits, whether made on or off
the reservation
liability of police under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for causing death during high-speed chases
standing conferred by statute
excessive fines
death of an attorney's client does not terminate the attorney-client privilege
constitutionality of the Line Item Veto
Substantive Due Process, Economic Liberties
US 498
National Endowment for the Arts
v Finley US 569
Bragdon v Abbott US 624
Marquez v Screen Actors Guild Inc
US 33
Pfaff v Wells Electronics, Inc
US 55
Knowles v Iowa US 113
Dept of Commerce et al v US
House of Representatives et al
US 316 (1999)
Holloway v US US 1
Federal Republic of Germany v US
US 111
Kumho Tire Co v Carmichael
US 137
Minnesota v Mille Lacs Band of
Chippewa Indians US 172
Jones v US US 227
Wyoming v Houghton US 295
Immigration and Naturalization
Service v Aguirre-Aguirre US 415
Saenz v Roe US 489
Hunt v Cromartie US 541
Chicago v Morales US 41
Olmstead v LC US 581
Florida Prepaid Postsecondary
Education Expense Bd v College
Savings Bank US 627
College Savings Bank v Florida
Prepaid Postsecondary Education
Expense Bd US 666
Alden v Maine US 706
Kimel v Florida Bd of Regents
US 62 (2000)
Illinois v Wardlow US 119
Reno v Condon US 141
Friends of the Earth, Inc. v
Laidlaw Environmental Services,
Inc US 167
Nixon v Shrink Missouri
Government PAC US 377
Rice v Cayetano US 495
FDA v Brown & Williamson
Tobacco Corp US 120
Bd of Regents of the University of
Wisconsin System v Southworth
US 217
Christensen v Harris County
US 576
US v Morrison US 598
1st amendment, government funding
application of the Americans with Disabilities Act to an asymptomatic HIV patient
union shop contracts
on-sale bar of US patent law
search subsequent to a traffic citation without consent
Census figures adjusted for undercount based on sampling may not be used for Congressional
federal carjacking statute applies to carjacking crimes committed by defendants with the
"conditional intent" of harming drivers who resist the highjacker.
application of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations to death penalty cases
non-scientists as expert witnesses in federal trials
usufructuary rights of Native Americans on certain lands
subsections of federal carjacking statute define separate crimes subject to 6th Amendment jury
trial requirement
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 4th
Amendment
application of Chevron deference standard to Board of Immigration Appeals actions
welfare benefits to new state citizens and the right to travel
gerrymandering
loitering as gang activity
undue institutionalization of mental patients violates Americans With Disabilities Act
sovereign immunity of the States
Congress's enforcement powers under the 14th Amendment do not extend to the abrogation of
state sovereign immunity under the 11th Amendment where the discrimination is rationally
based on age
reasonable suspicion for a Terry stop
upholding the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994 against a 10th Amendment challenge
standing, mootness, "voluntary cessation"
campaign contributions to state political parties
race-based voting restrictions for state government offices
administrative agency power over an area heavily regulated by Congress
compulsory student fees to support political campus groups; 1st Amendment
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
limits of Congress's power under the commerce clause
US v Playboy Entertainment
Group US 803
US v Hubbell US 27
Troxel v Granville US 57
Santa Fe Ind School Dist v Doe
US 290
Crosby v National Foreign Trade
Council US 363
Dickerson v US US 428
Apprendi v NJ US 466
California Dem Party v Jones
US 567
Boy Scouts of America v Dale
US 640
Stenberg v Carhart US 914
City of Indianapolis v Edmond
US 32
Eastern Associated Coal Corp v
Mine Workers US 57
Bush v Gore US 98
Brentwood Academy v Tennessee
Secondary School Athletic Ass’n
US 288 (2001)
Bd of Trustees of the University of
Alabama v Garrett US 356
Whitman v American Trucking
Associations, Inc US 457
Semtek International Inc v
Lockheed Martin Corp US 497
TrafFix Devices, Inc v Marketing
Displays, Inc US 23
Ferguson v City of Charleston
US 67
Egelhoff v Egelhoff US 141
Texas v Cobb US 162
Easley v Cromartie US 234
Alexander v Sandoval US 275
Atwater v City of Lago Vista
US 318
C & L Enterprises, Inc v Citizen
Band Potawatomi Tribe of Okla
US 411
Cooper Industries v Leatherman
Tool Group, Inc US 424
Rogers v Tennessee US 451
US v Oakland Cannabis Buyers'
Cooperative US 483
Bartnicki v Vopper US 514
PGA Tour, Inc v Martin US 661
Kyllo v US US 27
Good News Club v Milford Central
School US 98
Saucier v Katz US 194
US v Mead Corp US 218
scrambling of adult material on cable channels; 1st Amendment
criminal charges based on subpoenaed documents
fundamental rights of parents to raise their children, third-party visitation rights
prayer in public schools
federal preemption of state foreign trade regulation
legislative abrogation of Miranda right
Juries must decide all elements of a crime beyond reasonable doubt
freedom of association and political primary elections
right of free association, homosexuality
"late term" or "partial birth" abortions
use of dogs at random traffic stops
public policy considerations do not require courts to refuse to enforce an award ordering an
employer to reinstate an employee truck driver who twice tested positive for marijuana
vote recounts in presidential election, the only court decision to determine the winner of a
presidential election
expansion of state action to include "public entwinement"
11th Amendment sovereign immunity and Equal Protection in a disability case
determining the scope of the EPA's power to set air quality standards
res judicata effect of federal judgments in state court
trademark protection for patented designs
private hospitals that test pregnant women for drugs without their consent and then turn the
results over to the police violate the 4th Amendment
preemption of state law by ERISA
6th 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
racial discrimination, gerrymandering
no private right of action for disparate impact under Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964
Tribal sovereign immunity, waiver by contract to arbitration
The correct standard of review to use on appeals for excessive punitive damages
due process, "year and a day rule" in murder cases
necessity defense under the Controlled Substances Act for medical use of marijuana
1st Amendment and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act
the Americans with Disabilities Act allows reasonable accommodations of handicaps in
professional golf
defining 'search' under the 4th Amendment with respect to heat sensors
free speech, establishment clause
qualified immunity of a police officer to a civil rights case brought through a Bivens action
Court declines to extend Chevron doctrine to US Customs Service decisions
Immigration and Naturalization
Service v St Cyr US 289
NY Times Co v Tasini US 483
Palazzolo v RI US 606
Correctional Services Corp v
Malesko US 61
Chickasaw Nation v. US US 84
US v Knights US 112
Toyota Motor Manufacturing,
Kentucky, Inc v Williams US 184
(2002)
Kansas v Crane US 407
Owasso Ind School Dist v Falvo
US 426 (2001)
Ashcroft v Free Speech Coalition
US 234 (2002)
Tahoe-Sierra Preservation
Council, Inc v Tahoe Regional
Planning Agency US 302
City of Los Angeles v Alameda
Books US 425
Festo Corp v Shoketsu Kinzoku
Kogyo Kabushiki Co US 722
The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act and the Illegal Immigration Reform and
Immigrant Responsibility Act, and their effect on habeas corpus petitions
copyright in databases
substantive due process, takings clause
civil rights lawsuits against privately run prisons
Indian tribes are liable for Federal taxes on gambling revenue
warrantless searches of probationers
meaning of the phrase "substantially impairs" under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
as-applied challenge to Kansas' involuntary indefinite civil commitment of dangerous persons,
different result from Kansas v Hendricks
peer grading does not violate the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
1st Amendment protection for simulated child pornography
substantive due process, takings clause
zoning of adult bookstores
prosecution history estoppel
McKune v Lile US 24
mandatory treatment for imprisoned sex offenders does not violate the Amendment privilege
against self-incrimination
Watchtower Society v Village of
Stratton US 150
door-to-door religious advocacy and the 1st Amendment
Gonzaga University v Doe US 273
Atkins v Virginia US 304
Rush Prudential HMO, Inc v
Moran US 355
Utah v Evans US 452
Harris v US US 545
Ring v Arizona US 584
Zelman v Simmons-Harris US 639
Hope v Pelzer US 730
Rep Party of Minnesota v White
US 765
Bd of Ed of Ind School Dist No 92
of Pottawatomie County v Earls
US 822
Sattazahn v Pennsylvania US 101
(2003)
Barnhart v Peabody Coal Co
US 149
Eldred v Ashcroft US 186
Scheidler v National Organization
for Women US 393
Moseley v V Secret Catalogue, Inc
US 418
US v White Mountain Apache
Tribe US 465
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act does not create a right which is enforceable under 42
U.S.C. § 1983
imposing the death penalty on the mentally retarded; overruling Penry v Lynaugh
no preemption of Illinois insurance statute under ERISA
use of statistical sampling in the decennial census
6th 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
6th Amendment requires that aggravating factors necessary for eligibility for a death sentence
must be found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt; overruling Arizona in part
constitutionality of school voucher program
use of the hitching post in prisons is prohibited by the 8th Amendment
election of state judges, freedom of speech
constitutionality of drug testing of high school students who participate in competitive
interscholastic activities
the Double Jeopardy Clause does not forbid seeking the death penalty after an acquittal on firstdegree murder charges
Social Security benefit assignment for coal industry workers
extending the duration of the term of copyright under US law
applying RICO to activities of abortion clinic protesters
claims of trademark dilution require proof of actual dilution
the Federal government has a duty to maintain land held in trust for an Indian tribe
US v Navajo Nation US 488
Connecticut Dept of Public Safety
v Doe US 1
Ewing v California US 11
Lockyer v Andrade US 63
Smith v Doe US 84
Virginia v Black US 343
State Farm v Campbell US 408
Nevada Dept of Human
Resources v Hibbs US 721
Dastar Corp v 20th Century Fox
Film Corp US 23
Sell v US US 166
US v American Library Association
US 194
Gratz v Bollinger US 244
Grutter v Bollinger US 306
American Insurance Ass’n v
Garamendi US 396
Wiggins v Smith US 510
Lawrence v Texas US 558
McConnell v FEC US 93
Verizon Comm v Law Offices of
Curtis V Trinko, LLP US 398 (2004)
Illinois v Lidster US 419
Fellers v US US 519
Doe v Chao US 614
Locke v Davey US 712
Crawford v Washington US 36
National Archives and Records
Administration v Favish US 157
US v Flores-Montano US 149
Vieth v Jubelirer US 267
Tennessee v Lane US 509
Nelson v Campbell US 637
Republic of Austria v Altmann
US 677
Central Laborers' Pension Fund v
Heinz US 739
Dept of Trans v Public Citizen
US 752
Elk Grove Unified School Dist v
Newdow US 1
US v Dominguez Benitez US 74
Hiibel v 6th Judicial District Court
of Nevada US 177
Aetna Health Inc v Davila US 200
Intel Corp v Advanced Micro
Devices, Inc US 241
Blakely v Washington US 296
Schriro v Summerlin US 348
compensation for modification a lease of mining rights to land on an Indian reservation
holding that Connecticut's sex offender registration statute did not violate due process clause
California's Three strikes law is not cruel and unusual punishment
retroactive application of sex offender registration program is not an ex post facto law
constitutionality of laws forbidding cross burning for purposes of intimidation
due process limits on punitive damages
Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 validly abrogated state sovereign immunity
"reverse passing off" and rights to public domain works
Forced psychiatric medication by lower federal courts is permissible under some circumstances
Congressional requirement that libraries install web-filtering software held not to violate 1st
Amendment
racial discrimination, affirmative action, equal protection
California state insurance statute struck down for interfering with Presidential foreign policy
ineffective assistance of counsel at sentencing
finding laws restricting sodomy between consenting adults unconstitutional; overruling Bowers
1st Amendment; political speech
the Sherman Antitrust Act and requirements of telecommunications companies under the
Telecommunications
accident investigation checkpoints do not violate the 4th Amendment
once judicial proceedings have been initiated against a defendant, police officers cannot elicit
information from the defendant without the defendant's counsel present
governmental violation of privacy rights
a religion clauses case upholding a Washington state scholarship program which excluded
funding devotional studies.
prior testimony exception to hearsay in criminal trials, 6th Amendment right to confront
witnesses; abrogating Ohio v Roberts
availability of death-scene images under the Freedom of Information Act over the objection of
family members; investigation into the suicide of Vince Foster
reasonableness of removing a gas tank from a vehicle crossing the border under the 4th
Amendment
justiciability of suit to enjoin gerrymandering
Congress's power under the 14th amendment, section 5; Americans With Disabilities Act
challenging lethal injection protocols under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
retroactive application of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
an ambiguity in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
Presidential foreign affairs and foreign trade actions
validity of “under God” in Pledge of Allegiance; standing to bring suit on another’s behalf
appellate review standard for violations of Rule 11 of the Procedure governing the taking of
guilty pleas
constitutionality of state law requiring citizens to identify themselves to police
ERISA's effect on federal jurisdiction of cases involving utilization review
foreign tribunals
jury must find all elements of a criminal sentence beyond a reasonable doubt
retroactively applying the rule set in Ring v Arizona that a jury must find the aggravating factors
in a capital murder case
Rumsfeld v Padilla US 426
Rasul v Bush US 466
Hamdi v Rumsfeld US 507
Missouri v Seibert US 600
Leocal v Ashcroft US 1
Koons Buick, Inc v Nigh US 50
KP Permanent Make-Up, Inc v
Lasting Impression I, Inc US 111
US v Booker US 220 (2005)
Clark v Martinez US 371
Illinois v Caballes US 405
Commissioner v Banks US 426
Johnson v California US 499
Roper v Simmons US 551
Cherokee Nation of Okla v Leavitt
US 631
Tenet v Doe US 1
Shepard v US US 13
City of Sherrill v Oneida Indian
Nation of NY US 197
Exxon Mobil Corp v Saudi Basic
Industries Corp US 280
Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc v
Broudo US 336
Small v US US 385
Granholm v Heald US 460
Deck v Missouri US 622
Arthur Andersen LLP v US US 696
Cutter v Wilkinson US 709
Tory v Cochran US 734
Gonzales v Raich US 1
Spector v Norwegian Cruise Line
Ltd US 119
Merck KGaA v Integra
Lifesciences I, Ltd US 193
Wilkinson v Austin US 209
Miller-El v Dretke US 231
Kelo v City of New London US 469
Van Orden v Perry US 677
Town of Castle Rock v Gonzales
US 748
McCreary County v ACLU of
Kentucky US 844
MGM Studios, Inc v Grokster, Ltd
US 913
National Cable and Telecomm
Assn v Brand X Internet Services
US 967
Gonzales v Oregon US 243 (2006)
Ayotte v Planned Parenthood of
Northern New England US 320
detention of American citizens
jurisdiction over foreign nationals detained in Guantanamo Bay
detention of American citizens
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
DUI is not a "crime of violence" requiring deportation of an alien
Truth in Lending Act imposes a $1000 limit on statutory damages for violations of the Act
involving personal-property loans.
fair use defense to a trademark infringement action does not require proof that there is no
likelihood of confusing the marks
applying Blakely v Washington to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
detention of aliens awaiting deportation
4th Amendment search and seizure
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.
proper standard for reviewing constitutional race-discrimination claim in sorting prison inmates
imposing the death penalty on juvenile murderers; overruling Stanford v Kentucky
a Federal contract with an Indian tribe is binding, even if Congress did not appropriate funds
enforceability of contracts between the government and spies (undercover CIA agents)
proving prior convictions obtained through guilty pleas under Taylor v US
the repurchase of tribal land by an Indian tribe does not restore tribal sovereignty to the land
state court decisions and the application of the Rooker-Feldman doctrine
standard for pleading loss causation in a securities fraud claim
resolution of split appeals court decisions on inclusion of foreign courts in the term "any court"
interstate shipment of wine under the Dormant Commerce Clause
shackling a defendant during the penalty phase of a capital murder trial
legality of document destruction in the face of likely government investigation
religious freedom for prison inmates
defamation, enjoinment of speech; continuity of injunction after death
legitimacy of using marijuana as a medicine, and power of the federal government to regulate
intrastate activities
applicability of the Americans with Disabilities Act to foreign-held companies
applicability of patents in preclinical studies
due process requirements for placing prisoners in Supermax prisons
clarification of Batson v. Kentucky standard for peremptory challenges
eminent domain; takings of private property for private development
legality of a 10 Commandment display
liability of police departments under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for failing to respond to domestic violence
calls
constitutionality of a 10 Commandments display; potential reformulation of the Lemon test
Copyright infringement in P2P file-sharing; re-examination of Sony Corp v Universal City Studios
allowing small internet service providers to lease bandwidth from privately-owned coaxial cable
lines
Roberts Court (September 29, 2005 to the present)
Attorney General did not permissibly construe Controlled Substances Act to prohibit the
distribution of drugs for physician-assisted suicide
Invalidating statute and lower courts rendering narrower declaratory and injunctive relief
Rice v Collins US 333
Central Virginia Community
College v Katz US 356
Gonzales v O Centro Espirita
Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal
US 418
Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc v
Cardegna US 440
Domino's Pizza, Inc v McDonald
US 470
Dolan v US Postal Service US 481
Arbaugh v Y & H Corporation
US 500
Oregon v Guzek US 517
Texaco, Inc v Dagher US 1
Scheidler v National Organization
for Women US 9
Illinois Tool Works, Inc v
Independent Ink, Inc US 28
Rumsfeld v Forum for Academic
and Institutional Rights US 47
US v Grubbs US 90
Georgia v Randolph US 103
Day v McDonough US 198
Northern Ins. Co of NY v Chatham
County US 268
Jones v Flowers US 220
Hartman v Moore US 250
Ark. Dep't of Human Servs v
Ahlborn US 268
Marshall v Marshall US 293
Holmes v SC US 319
DaimlerChrysler Corp v Cuno
US 332
Sereboff v Mid Atlantic Medical
Services, Inc US 356
eBay Inc. v MercExchange, LLC
US 388
SD. Warren Co v Maine Bd of Env
Protection US 370
Brigham City v Stuart US 398
Garcetti v Ceballos US 410
Anza v Ideal Steel Supply Corp
US 451
Zedner v US US 489
House v Bell US 518
Hill v McDonough US 573
Hudson v Michigan US 586
Habeas corpus relief may not be granted on the basis of debatable inferences used to overturn
the trial court's finding vis-á-vis peremptory challenges
state sovereign immunity under the 11th Amendment and the Bankruptcy Clause
Federal government could not bar religious use of hallucinogenic tea
Arbitrator must decide legality of contract unless arbitration clause is itself being challenged
agent of a party to a contract cannot state a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 because he himself
does not have rights to make or enforce under the contract
scope of immunity of the US Postal Service under the Federal Tort Claims Act
"Employee-numerosity" requirement of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is substantive,
rather than jurisdictional in nature
States may constitutionally limit the evidence of innocence a defendant convicted of a capital
offense may present at his sentencing hearing to the evidence already presented at his trial.
joint venture was not a price-fixing scheme under antitrust law
physical violence unrelated to robbery or extortion falls outside the scope of the Hobbs Act
patented products involved in product tying arrangements are not presumed to have market
power under antitrust law
law schools receiving federal funds may not ban military recruiters
anticipatory search warrant did not violate the particularity clause of the 4th Amendment
police cannot conduct a warrantless search in a home where one occupant consents and the
other objects
A State's unintentional failure to object to the filing of a habeas corpus petition after the
statute has expired does not prevent a district court from dismissing the petition on its own
initiative
sovereign immunity does not apply to admiralty suit against county
sufficiency of notice for tax sale
A plaintiff in a retaliatory-prosecution action against federal officials must plead and show the
absence of probable cause for pressing the underlying criminal charges.
state liens on personal injury settlements
federal bankruptcy court binding state court on inheritance question
limitations on exclusion of evidence in murder case, 6th Amendment
taxpayer standing in a Dormant Commerce Clause case
fiduciary's recovery of personal injury settlement under ERISA
nature of patent injunctions - revisiting Continental Paper Bag Co. v Eastern Paper Bag Co.
interpreting scope of activities covered by the Clean Water Act
reasonableness of officers' warrantless entry into a home to stop a fight under the "emergency
aid exception"
extent of public employees' 1st Amendment right to free speech in the workplace
activities subject to RICO
a criminal defendant may not prospectively waive his rights under the Speedy Trial Act
Post-conviction DNA forensic evidence can be considered in death penalty appeals
a challenge to lethal injection as violating the 8th Amendment properly raised a claim under 42
U.S.C. § 1983, and is not barred by previous habeas corpus petition
evidence obtained with a search warrant is admissible even when police violate 'knock-andannounce' rule
Rapanos v US US 715
Davis v Washington US 813
Samson v California US 843
Dixon v US US 1
Burlington Northern & Santa Fe
Railway Co v White US 53
Woodford v Ngo US 81
US v Gonzalez-Lopez US 140
Kansas v Marsh US 163
Randall v Sorrell US 230
Arlington Central School Dist. Bd.
of Ed. v Murphy US 291
Sanchez-Llamas v Oregon US 331
League of United Latin American
Citizens v Perry US 399
Hamdan v Rumsfeld US 557
Clark v Arizona US 735
Lopez v Gonzales US 47
Carey v Musladin US 70
BP America Production Co v
Burton US 84 (2007)
Medimmune, Inc v Genentech, Inc
US 118
Cunningham v California US 270
Philip Morris USA v
WilliamsUS 346
Marrama v Citizens Bank of
Massachusetts US 365
Sinochem International Co, Ltd. v
Malaysia International Shipping
Corporation US 422
Massachusetts v EPA US 497
Gonzales v Carhart US 124
James v US US 192
Microsoft v AT&T US 437
Scott v Harris US 372
KSR v Teleflex US 398
Ledbetter v Goodyear Tire &
Rubber Co US 618
Davenport v Washington
Education Association US 117
Permanent Mission of India v City
of NY US 193
Bowles v Russell US 205
whether wetlands are part of the "navigable waters of the US” and thus regulated by the Clean
Water Act
whether a 911 call is "testimonial" under Crawford v Washington
evidence obtained in a suspicionless search of parolees is admissible, and not prohibited under
the 4th Amendment
burden of proof for duress as a defense to Federal firearms law violations
a job reassignment which is dirtier and more strenuous may constitute retaliatory
discrimination under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as may a month of suspension without pay
even when the employee receives back pay
the Prison Litigation Reform Act requires proper remedies before an inmate can file a lawsuit
trial court's erroneous deprivation of a criminal defendant's choice of counsel entitles him to
reversal of his conviction
statute allowing the death penalty in cases where the aggravating and mitigating evidence are
equal does not violate the 8th Amendment
campaign finance laws which limit expenditures violate the 1st Amendment, and the
anticorruption benefits of contribution limits must be weighed against their 1 st Amendment
costs
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act does not authorize the award of experts' fees to
prevailing plaintiffs
informing a suspect of his rights under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
Texas's 2003 redistricting of District 23 constituted a violation of Latinos' rights under the
Voting of 1965, however mid-decade redistricting is constitutional as long as it is
not solely motivated by partisan gain
Guantanamo Bay detainees may not be tried by a military commission under the Detainee
Treatment Act of 2005, and said military commission violates the Uniform Code of Military
Justice and the Geneva Conventions, both of which apply to the detainees, in that accused and
their counsels may be excluded from their trial and knowing what evidence has been put
against them
constitutionality of Arizona's insanity defense statute
misdemeanor drug crimes as aggravated felonies
spectator publicity and the right to a fair trial; "clearly established" law under the AEDPA
Statute of limitations on contract actions by the Federal Government under 28 U.S.C. § 2415 is
not applicable to administrative proceedings
enforceability of patents before infringement
applicability of Blakely v. Washington to California's determinate sentencing law
constitutional limitations on punitive damages
bad-faith exception to the right to convert Chapter 7 bankruptcy case to a Chapter 13 case
District Court may respond immediately to defendant's forum non conveniens motion before
resolving jurisdictional or other threshold concerns
power to regulate carbon dioxide emissions
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act
attempted burglary as a predicate crime under the Armed Career Criminal Act
copying software in a foreign country cannot violate US patent law
4th Amendment seizure in a high speed chase, qualified immunity
Patent law, nonobviousness
statute of limitations on employment discrimination claims
A state may require that its public-sector unions receive authorization from nonmembers
before spending their agency fees for election-related purposes
whether a municipality can sue other countries to collect unpaid taxes
Federal Courts of Appeals lack jurisdiction to hear habeas appeals that are filed late, even if the
district court said the petitioner had additional time to file
Brendlin v California US 249
Credit Suisse v Billing US 264
Rita v US US 338
Tellabs, Inc. v Makor Issues &
Rights, Ltd US 308
Hein v Freedom From Religion
Foundation US 587
Morse v Frederick US 393
Federal Election Commission v
Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc
US 449
Parents Involved in Community
Schools v Seattle School District
No. 1
Meredith v Jefferson County
Board of Education (companion
case) U.S. 701
Panetti v Quarterman US 930
Leegin Creative Leather Products,
Inc v PSKS, Inc US 877
CBOCS West v Humphries
US 442 (2008)
Watson v US US 74 (2007)
Kimbrough v US US 85
Gall v US US 38
Stoneridge Investment Partners v
Scientific-Atlanta US 147 (2008)
Ali v Federal Bureau of Prisons
US 214
Riegel v Medtronic, Inc US 312
Preston v Ferrer US 346
Snyder v Louisiana US 472
Medellín v Texas US 491
NJ v Delaware US 597
MeadWestvaco Corp v Illinois
Dept. of Revenue US 16
Baze v Rees US 35
Virginia v Moore US 164
Crawford v Marion County
Election Board US 181
Department of Revenue of
Kentucky v Davis US 328
US v Williams US 285
Gomez-Perez v Potter US 474
whether a passenger in an automobile is "detained" so that he may assert a 4th
Amendment violation stemming from the traffic stop itself
Whether Congress's creation of the SEC implicitly exempted regulated industries from
antitrust lawsuits
"reasonableness" of a federal prison sentence under US v Booker; continuing application of
the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
The proper standard for determining whether a plaintiff has alleged a "strong inference" of
scienter under the PSLRA
taxpayer standing to pursue an Establishment Clause claim against President Bush's faith-based
initiative
free speech rights of high school students ("Bong Hits 4 Jesus")
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act's restriction on issue ads in election campaigns
affirmative action; using race as a tie-breaker in assigning students to public schools
executing the mentally ill
applying rule of reason under Section 1 of the Sherman Act
race retaliation claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1981
whether trading drugs for a gun constitutes use of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 924 and Bailey
whether the 100:1 ratio between powder and crack cocaine imposed by the US Sentencing
Commission yields "reasonable" sentences
"reasonableness" of a federal prison sentence under United States v Booker; continuing
application of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
3rd parties, such as investment banks, accounting firms and suppliers, can be shielded from
liability if they engage in business with companies that are involved in securities fraud.
Case upholding the US’ sovereign immunity against tort claims brought when "any law
enforcement officer" loses a person's property.
Medical Device Amendment’s preemption clause bars common-law claims challenging the
safety or effectiveness of a medical device marketed in a form that received premarket approval
from the FDA.
the Federal Arbitration Act preempts state laws declaring that certain disputes must be resolved
by a state administrative agency
racial discrimination in jury selection; playing the "O.J. card"
whether the president may direct state courts to obey an order of the World Court ruling
regarding the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
boundary dispute between NJ and Delaware involving the 19-Mile Circle
determination of state tax liability for corporation operating in multiple states according to the
"unitary business rule"
constitutionality of lethal injection protocols under the 8th Amendment
whether the 4th Amendment requires suppression of evidence discovered in a search conducted
in violation of state law
constitutionality of requiring voters to show ID before voting
Kentucky statute providing a preferential tax break to Kentucky residents who invest in
bonds issued by the state and its municipalities does not discriminate against interstate
commerce
constitutionality of the PROTECT Act, a 2003 law intended to bolster federal restriction
against child pornography, in the wake of Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition
Federal employees who face retaliation after filing an age discrimination claim are authorized to
sue under the federal-sector provision of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967.
Quanta v LG Electronics US 617
Boumediene v Bush US 723
Munaf v Geren US 674
Indiana v. Edwards U.S. 164
Greenlaw v US US 237
Rothgery v Gillespie County
US 191
Exxon Shipping Co v Baker US 471
Kennedy v Louisiana US 407
Giles v California US 353
DC v Heller US 570
Davis v Federal Election
Commission US 724
Winter v Natural Resources
Defense Council US 7
Altria Group, Inc v Good US 70
Herring v US US 135 (2009)
Oregon v Ice US 160
patent exhaustion and its applicability to certain types of method patents
whether the Military Detainee Treatment Act of 2006 unconstitutionally suspends the writ of
habeas
habeas corpus statute extends to American citizens held overseas by American forces operating
subject to an American chain of command
may a criminal defendant be competent to stand trial yet simultaneously not competent to
represent at that trial?
may a federal appeals court sua sponte increase a defendant's sentence on appeal, without a
formal appeal by the government?
does a criminal defendant have a right to counsel at an ex parte arraignment?
legality of punitive damages award under federal maritime law for the Exxon Valdez oil spill
does the 8th Amendment forbid the death penalty for rape of a child?
the forfeiture by wrongdoing exception to out of court statements by a witness only applies
where the defendant caused the witness's absence in order to eliminate their testimony at trial
does the 2nd Amendment allow a state or local government to outlaw the private possession of
handguns?
"Millionaire's amendment" to the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 violates the 1st
Amendment
military preparedness outweighs environmental concerns, as Navy needs to train its crews to
detect modern, silent submarines
federal law does not preempt the states' prerogative to regulate the advertisement of tar and
nicotine rates in cigarettes
evidence obtained during a search the police conducted as a result of an isolated act of
negligence not related to the search is not subject to the exclusionary rule
the facts necessary for imposing consecutive prison terms need not be submitted to a jury in
accordance with Apprendi v NJ
Decided, but not yet reported
The cases listed in this section may be up to a year and a half old; however, they are not yet included in the U.S. Reports. They are
listed in order of the date on which they were decided, and a link is included to the Supreme Court's opinion.
Case name/ Decided
Summary
Waddington v Sarausad
on federal habeas review, courts must accept state court determinations that jury instructions fully
1/21/09
and correctly set out state law with regard to accomplice liability
Saucier v Katz is overruled; courts need not determine whether a civil-rights plaintiff's
Pearson v Callahan
constitutional rights were violated if they determine that the right was not clearly established at
1/21/09
the time of the injury
Crawford v Nashville
employees who cooperate with an internal investigation of alleged sexual harassment are
1/26/09
protected against retaliation under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Van de Kamp v Goldstein
prosecutors are immune from suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for improperly supervising the
1/26/09
disclosures made by line prosecutors pursuant to Brady v Maryland
under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9) people who have been convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence
US v Hayes
crimes may not possess firearms as long as the government proves that the underlying offense
2/24/09
involved a domestic relationship
Pleasant Grove City v Summum
a municipality that allows a privately donated 10 Commandments monument to be displayed
2/25/09
on public property need not permit the religion of Summum to put up its own statue of similar size
under Chevron v Natural Resources Defense Council, the Board of Immigration Appeals must
Negusie v Mukasey
decide in the first instance whether the so-called "persecutor bar" applicable to asylum applicants
3/3/09
applies to those who were forced to persecute others in their home country
Wyeth v Levine
federal drug labeling requirements do not preempt state drug labeling requirements enacted to
3/4/09
ensure that the public knew certain drugs are safe
Fitzgerald v Barnstable School
Earlier decision overruled. Parents have the right to sue a school committee based on sexual
Committee 3/4/09
harassment
14 Penn Plaza LLC v Pyett
an employer and a union can agree that employees must resolve discrimination claims in
4/1/09
arbitration instead of court
Arizona v Gant
police power to search an arrested person's vehicle is limited to safety concerns and evidence
4/21/09
related to the actual arrest
AT&T Corp v Hulteen
Held that maternity leave taken before the passage of the 1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act is
5/18/09
FCC v Fox Television Stations
4/28/09
Dean v US
4/29/09
Caperton v AT Massey Coal
Co.
6/8/09
US ex rel Eisenstein v City of NY
6/8/09
Allison Engine Co v US ex rel
Sanders 6/9/08
District Attorney's Office v
Osborne 6/18/09
Safford Unified School Dist v
Redding 6/25/09
Ricci v DeStefano
6/29/09
Melendez-Diaz v
Massachusetts
6/25/09
Entergy v Riverkeeper
4/1/09
Ashcroft v Iqbal
5/18/09
Cone v Bell
4/28/09
Harbison v Bell
4/1/09
Citizens United v FEC
1/21/10
Flores-Figueroa v US
5/4/09
Northwest Austin Municipal
Utility Dist #1 v Mukasey
6/22/09
Padilla v Kentucky
3/31/09
Salazar v Buono 4/28/10
Reed Elsevier, Inc v Muchnick
3/2/10
Graham v Florida
5/17/10
Ontario v Quon 6/17/10
McDonald v Chicago
6/28/10
Abbott v US 11/15/2010
Los Angeles County v
Humphries 11/30/10
Premo, Superintendent,
Oregon State Penitentiary v
Moore 01/19/11
Swarthout v Cooke
01/24/11
not retroactive and cannot be considered in calculating employee pension benefits.
upheld regulation of the FCC to ban "fleeting expletives" on television broadcasts
Upheld sentence for discharging a firearm during a violent crime, Congress intended a defendant
to be held strictly liable for such an offense
Due process requirements for judges' recusal
Where the Government has not intervened or actively participated, private plaintiffs under the
False Claims Act must filed an appeal within 30 days of the judgment or order being appealed,
according to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure
Plaintiffs under the False Claims Act must demonstrate that the defendants intended to deceive
the government, not simply that government money was used to pay the claim.
Found no due process, post conviction right to access to the state's evidence for DNA testing.
strip search of a middle schooler violated the 4th Amendment where the school lacked reasons to
suspect either that the drugs presented a danger or that they were concealed in her underwear
White firefighters in New Haven suffered unfair discrimination because of their race when the city
scrapped the results of a promotional exam.
are forensic laboratory reports admissible under the Confrontation Clause as interpreted in
Crawford?
may the EPA require power companies to engage in a cost-benefit analysis when selecting the
"best technology available for minimizing adverse environmental impact" at cooling water intake
structures?
whether top government officials can be held personally liable for allegedly knowing or condoning
of racial and religious mistreatment of suspected terrorists
whether a death row inmate has forfeited the opportunity to argue that prosecutors withheld
evidence important to his defense
whether the federal government must provide lawyers to death row inmates seeking clemency in
state proceedings
whether federal campaign finance laws apply to a critical film about Senator Hillary Clinton
intended to be shown in theaters and on-demand to cable subscribers
whether the law enhancing the sentence for identity theft requires proof that an individual knew
that the identity card or number he had used belonged to another, actual person
whether Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which gives the US government authority to
oversee state electoral-law changes, is no longer needed and is unconstitutional
must a criminal defendant's lawyer advise him of the immigration-related consequences of a
criminal conviction?
1st Amendment restrictions on displaying a cross on public property
settlement of copyright infringement claims relating to an electronic database
whether Roper v Simmons should also apply to sentences of life without the possibility of parole
Privacy rights of public employees over text messages on employer-issued pagers.
whether the 2nd Amendment should also apply against state and local governments
Mandatory minimum sentences under federal sentencing law
§ 1983 actions are limited to those caused by a municipality's "policy or custom" regardless of
whether the plaintiff seeks monetary or prospective relief
Habeas relief may not be granted with respect to any claim a state-court has found on the merits
unless the state-court decision denying relief involves an "unreasonable application" of "clearly
established federal law, as determined by" the Court.
State prisoners have no Constitutional right to parole