APPENDIX
CONSCIOUS CONGRESSIONAL OVERRIDING OF THE SUPREME COURT, GRIDLOCK, AND
PARTISAN POLITICS
JAMES BUATTI & RICHARD L. HASEN
CONSCIOUS CONGRESSIONAL OVERRIDES OF SUPREME COURT STATUTORY
INTERPRETATION CASES, 1991-2014
YEAR
CONGRESSIONAL ACT
2014
Gun Lake Trust Land
Reaffirmation Act
2011
America Invents Act of 2011
2011
Federal Courts Jurisdiction and
Venue Act of 2011
Fraud Enforcement and
Recovery Act of 2009
2009
2009
2009
Family Smoking Prevention
and Tobacco Control Act of
2009
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of
2009
2008
ADA Amendments Act of
2008
2007
Open Government Act of 2007
2006
Trademark Dilution Revision
Act of 2006
2006
Military Commission Act of
2006
Voting Rights Act
Amendments of 2006
2006
SUPREME COURT CASE
OVERRULED
Carcieri v. Salazar, 555 U.S.
379 (2009)
Pottawatomi v. Patchak, 132
S. Ct. 2199 (2012)
Holmes Grp, Inc. v. Vornado
Air Circulation Sys., Inc., 535
U.S. 826 (2002)
Hoffman v. Blaski, 363 U.S.
335 (1960)
United States v. Santos, 553
U.S. 507 (2008)
Allison Engine Co., Inc. v.
United States ex rel. Sanders,
553 U.S. 662 (2008)
FDA v. Brown & Williamson
Tobacco Corp., 529 U.S. 120
(2000)
Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire &
Rubber Co., 550 U.S. 618
(2007)
Sutton v. United Airlines, Inc.,
527 U.S. 471 (1999)
Toyota Motor Mfg.,
Kentucky, Inc. v. Williams,
534 U.S. 184 (2002)
Vaughn L. Murphy v. U.S.
Parcel Service, 527 U.S. 516
(1999)
Albertson’s, Inc. v. Hallie
Kirkingburg, 527 U.S. 555
(1999)
Buckhannon Bd. & Care
Home, Inc. v. W. Va. Dep’t of
Health & Human Resources,
532 U.S. 598 (2001)
Moseley v. V Secret
Catalogue, Inc., 537 U.S. 418
(2003)
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 548
U.S. 557 (2006)
Georgia v. Ashcroft, 539 U.S.
461 (2003)
Reno v. Bossier Parish Sch.
Bd., 528 U.S. 320 (2000)
2005
2005
2005
2003
2002
2002
2000
Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act for
Defense, the Global War on
Terror, and Tsunami Relief
Detainee Treatment Act of
2005
Class Action Fairness Act of
2005
Prosecutorial Remedies &
Tools Against the Exploitation
of Children Today Act of 2002
The Job Creation and Worker
Assistance Act of 2002
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
1998
Victims of Trafficking and
Violence Protection Act of
2000
Financial Services
Modernization Act of 1999
(Graham-Leach-Bliley)
IRS Restructuring Act of 1998
1998
Curt Flood Act of 1998
1998
Criminal Use of Guns Act of
1998
Credit Union Membership
Access Act of 1998
1999
1998
1997
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997
1996
Antiterrorism and Effective
Death Penalty Act of 1996
1996
False Statements
Accountability Act of 1996
Federal Courts Improvement
Act of 1996
1996
INS v. St. Cyr, 533 U.S. 289
(2001)
Rasul v. Bush, 542 U.S. 466
(2004)
United Steelworkers of
America, AFL-CIO v. R. H.
Bouligny, Inc., 382 U.S. 145
(1965)
Snyder v. Harris et al., 394
U.S. 332 (1969)
Zahn v. International Paper
Co., 414 U.S. 291 (1973)
Strawbridge v. Curtiss, 7 U.S.
267 (1806)
Stacey Koon v. United States,
518 U.S. 81 (1996)
Gitlitz v. Commissioner, 531
U.S. 206 (2001)
Lampf, Pleva, Lipkind, Prupis
& Petigrow v. John
Gilbertson, 501 U.S. 350
(1991)
United States v. Kozminski et
al., 487 U.S. 931 (1988)
Barnett Bank of Marion Cty.,
N.A. v. Nelson, 517 U.S. 25
(1996)
U.S. v. Marian Brockamp, 519
U.S. 347 (1997)
U.S. v. Lori Rabin Williams,
514 U.S. 527 (1995)
Welch v. Helvering, 289 U.S.
111 (1933)
Flood v. Kuhn et al., 407 U.S.
258 (1972)
Roland J. Bailey v. U.S., 517
U.S. 137 (1995)
National Credit Union
Administration v. First
National Bank & Trust Co. et
al., 522 U.S. 479 (1998)
Commissioner of Internal
Revenue v. Robert F. Lundy,
516 U.S. 235 (1996)
Commissioner of Internal
Revenue v. Nader E. Soliman,
506 U.S. 168 (1993)
Schlup v. Delo, 513 U.S. 298
(1995)
J.C. Keeney, Superintendent,
Oregon State Penitentiary v.
Jose Tamayo-Reyes, 504 U.S.
1 (1992)
Teague v. Lane, Director,
Illinois Department of
Corrections, 489 U.S. 288
(1989)
Hubbard v. United States, 514
U.S. 695 (1995)
Int’l Primate Prot. League v.
Adm’rs of Tulane Educ. Fund,
500 U.S. 72 (1991)
Pulliam v. Allen, 466 U.S. 522
(1984)
1996
1995
1995
1995
1995
1994
1994
1994
1993
Illegal Immigration Reform
and Immigrant Responsibility
Act of 1996
Reversal of Adams Fruit Co. v.
Barrett
ICC Termination Act of 1995
Reconciliation of Budget of
1996
Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995
Money Laundering and
Suppression Act of 1994
Bankruptcy Reform Act of
1994
Uniformed Services
Employment & Reemployment
Rights Act of 1994
Religious Freedom Restoration
Act of 1993
1993
Negotiated Rates Act of 1993
1993
Freedom of Access to Clinic
Entrances Act
1993
Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1993
Federal Facility Compliance
Act of 1992
Criminal Jurisdiction Over
Indians Act of 1991
Incarcerated Witness Fee Act
of 1991
FDIC Improvement Act of
1991
Civil Rights Act of 1991
1992
1991
1991
1991
1991
Rosenberg, District Director,
INS v. Fleuti, 374 U.S. 449
(1963)
Adams Fruit Co. v. Barrett,
494 U.S. 638 (1990)
Oklahoma Tax Comm’n v.
Jefferson Lines, Inc., 514 U.S.
175 (1995)
Brown v. Gardner, 513 U.S.
115 (1994)
Dole v. United Steelworkers
of America, 494 U.S. 26
(1990)
Ratzlaf v. United States, 510
U.S. 135 (1994)
Hoffman v. Connecticut Dep’t
of Income Maint., 492 U.S. 96
(1989)
United States v. Nordic
Village, Inc., 503 U.S. 30
(1992)
Rake v. Wade, 508 US 464
(1993)
Dwight H. Owen v. Helen
Owen, 500 U.S. 305 (1991)
Leonard Nobelman v.
American Savings Bank, 508
U.S. 324 (1993)
Monroe v. Standard Oil Co.,
452 U.S. 549 (1981)
United States v. Nordic
Village, Inc., 503 U.S. 30
(1992)
Maislin Indus., U.S., Inc. v.
Primary Steel, Inc., 497 U.S.
116 (1990)
Jayne Bray et al. v. Alexandria
Women’s Health Clinic et al.,
506 U.S. 263 (1993)
Newark Morning Ledger Co.
v. U.S., 507 U.S. 546 (1993)
United States Dep’t of Energy
v. Ohio, 503 U.S. 607 (1992)
Duro v. Reina, 495 U.S. 676
(1990)
Demarest v. Manspeaker, 498
U.S. 184 (1991)
Lampf v. Gilbertson, 501 U.S.
350 (1991)
Patterson v. McLean Credit
Union, 491 U.S. 164 (1989)
Wards Cove Packing Co. v.
Atonio, 490 U.S. 642 (1989)
Lorance v. AT&T Techs., 490
U.S. 900 (1989)
Library of Cong. v. Shaw, 478
U.S. 310 (1986)
Marek v. Chesny, 473 U.S. 1
(1985)
Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins,
490 U.S. 228 (1989)
Crawford Fitting Co. v. J.T.
Gibbons, Inc., 482 U.S. 437
(1987)
Evans v. Jeff D., 475 U.S. 717
(1986)
Martin v. Wilks, 490 U.S. 755
(1989)
Indep. Fed’n of Flight
Attendants v. Zipes, 491 U.S.
754 (1989)
Jett v. Dallas Independent
School District, 491 U.S. 701
(1989)