The Oyez Project: 1999 Term Decisions

Apprendi v. New Jersey (No. 99-478) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 26 Jun 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Arizona v. California (No. 8 ORIG) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 19 Jun 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Are the Quechan Tribe and the United States claims for increased water rights for the Fort Yuma Reservation from the Colorado River precluded by the Supreme Court's prior decision in Arizona v. California and by a consent judgement?

Baral v. United States (No. 98-1667) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 22 Feb 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does a criminal defendant have a constitutional right to choose to represent himself on direct appeal?

Board of Regents Univ. Wisc. v. Southworth (No. 98-1189) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 22 Mar 2000 12:00:00 -0500

May a federal criminal defendant's excess prison time be credited towards this supervised release term, reducing its length?

Bond v. United States (No. 98-9349) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 17 Apr 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Must a jury must be instructed in the death penalty phase of sentencing that if the defendant is not given the death sentence, that he will be ineligible for parole if sentenced to life in prison?

Boy Scouts of America v. Dale (No. 99-699) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 28 Jun 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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California Democratic Party v. Jones (No. 99-401) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 26 Jun 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Carmell v. Texas (No. 98-7540) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 01 May 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Organic Act of Guam require a runoff election when a candidate slate has received a majority of the votes cast for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, but not a majority of the number of ballots cast in the simultaneous general election?

Carter v. United States (No. 99-5716) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 12 Jun 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Castillo v. United States (No. 99-658) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 05 Jun 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Christensen v. Harris County (No. 98-1167) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 01 May 2000 12:00:00 -0500

May a person injured by an action furthering a conspiracy sue under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act even if the action itself was not an act of racketeering?

Cortez Byrd Chips, Inc. v. Bill Harbert Constr. Co. (No. 98-1960) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 21 Mar 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Is a product's design is distinctive, and therefore protectible, from "knockoffs" in an action for infringement of unregistered trade dress under section 43(a) of the Trademark Act of 1946?

Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council (No. 99-474) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 19 Jun 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Dickerson v. United States (No. 99-5525) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 26 Jun 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Drye v. United States (No. 98-1101) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 07 Dec 1999 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Food and Drug Administration have the authority to regulate tobacco products as "drugs" and "devices" under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act?

Edwards v. Carpenter (No. 98-2060) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 25 Apr 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does federal jurisdiction extend to class actions in which not all the claims of individual class members satisfy the $50,000 amount-in-controversy requirement of 28 USC section 1332, as long as diversity jurisdiction exists over the claims of one named plaintiff and, thus, supplemental jurisdiction exists over the claims of the unnamed plaintiffs?

Erie v. Pap's A. M. (No. 98-1161) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 29 Mar 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does trial counsel have a duty to file a notice of appeal following a guilty plea if the defendant has not requested so, but has been informed of his appeal rights?

FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. (No. 98-1152) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 21 Mar 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Equal Protection Clause give rise to a cause of action on behalf of a "class of one" where the plaintiff did not allege membership in a class or group?

Fiore v. White (No. 98-942) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 12:00:00 -0500

The following will address the suitability for use and design characteristics of the product as sold by ACME. This report will not address the actions of Mr. Roadrunner or his contribution to this unfortunate event.

Fischer v. United States (No. 99-116) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 15 May 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Florida v. J. L. (No. 98-1993) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 28 Mar 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does the enactment of a new statute, which prevents the Federal Government from following a contractual promise to follow the terms of pre-existing statutes and regulations, constitute the repudiation of a contract?

Free v. Abbott Laboratories Inc. (No. 99-391) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 03 Apr 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Garner v. Jones (No. 99-137) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 28 Mar 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Geier v. American Honda Motor Co. (No. 98-1811) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 22 May 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Should federal habeas corpus relief be extended to protect a defendant whose conviction was upheld even though his co-defendant's conviction under the same law was invalidated after a state court ruled that he had been prosecuted under the wrong law? Does the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause require that the defendant's conviction be set aside?

Gutierrez v. Ada (No. 99-51) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 19 Jan 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Harris Trust & Sav. Bank v. Salomon Smith Barney Inc. (No. 99-579) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 12 Jun 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Hartford Underwriters v. Union Planters Bank NA (No. 99-409) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 30 May 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Hill v. Colorado (No. 98-1856) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 28 Jun 2000 12:00:00 -0500

May pro se petitioner Donald H. Brancato be granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis under Supreme Court Rule 39?

Hunt-Wesson, Inc. v. Franchise Tax Board of California (No. 98-2043) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 22 Feb 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 pre-empt tort claims, based on State statutory and common law, concerning a railroad's failure to maintain adequate warning devices at crossings where federal funds have participated in the installation of the devices?

Johnson v. United States (No. 99-5153) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 15 May 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Jones v. United States (No. 99-5739) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 22 May 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Kimel v. Florida Bd. Of Regents (No. 98-791) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 11 Jan 2000 12:00:00 -0500

May pro se petitioner Robert E. Prunty be granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis under Supreme Court Rule 39?

Los Angeles Police Dept. v. United Reporting Publishing Corp (No. 98-678) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 07 Dec 1999 12:00:00 -0500

Does Congress have the authority to enact the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 under either the Commerce Clause or Fourteenth Amendment?

Miller v. French (No. 99-224) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 19 Jun 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Mitchell v. Helms (No. 98-1648) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 28 Jun 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does California's amended public record statute, under which an arrestee's address disclosed by governmental agency may not be used to sell a product or service, violate the First Amendment's protection of commercial speech?

Mobil Oil Exploration v. United States (No. 99-244) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 26 Jun 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Nelson v. Adams USA, Inc. (No. 99-502) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 25 Apr 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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New York v. Hill (No. 98-1299) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 11 Jan 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Are treatment decisions made by a health maintenance organization, acting through its physician employees, fiduciary acts within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974?

Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC (No. 98-963) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 24 Jan 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Norfolk Southern R. Co. v. Shanklin (No. 99-312) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 17 Apr 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Ohler v. United States (No. 98-9828) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 22 May 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Pegram v. Herdrich (No. 98-1949) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 12 Jun 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does the retroactive application of a Georgia provision permitting the extension of intervals between parole considerations violate the Ex Post Facto Clause?

Portuondo v. Agard (No. 98-1170) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 06 Mar 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Are remittances of withholding tax and estimated income tax paid on the due date of the taxpayer's income tax return?

Public Lands Council v. Babbitt (No. 98-1991) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 15 May 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination protect a witness from being compelled to disclose the existence of incriminating documents that the Government is unable to describe with reasonable particularity? If the witness produces such documents, pursuant to a grant of immunity, may the Government use them to prepare criminal charges against him?

Raleigh v. Illinois Dept. of Revenue (No. 99-387) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 30 May 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Ramdass v. Angelone (No. 99-7000) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 12 Jun 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Products (No. 99-536) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 12 Jun 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Rice v. Cayetano (No. 98-818) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:00:00 -0500

May pro se petitioner Frederick W. Bauer be granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis under Supreme Court Rule 39?

Roe v. Flores-Ortega (No. 98-1441) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Do the Secretary of the Interior's amendments governing grazing preferences, permit issuance, and ownership of range improvements to the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 exceed the authority that this statute grants the Secretary and violate the Act?

Rotella v. Wood (No. 98-896) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does federal law, as amended by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, bar an evidentiary hearing, if the petitioner has failed to develop the factual basis of his claims in State court proceedings despite diligent efforts?

Santa Fe Independent School Dist. v. Doe (No. 99-62) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 19 Jun 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Shalala v. Illinois Council on Long Term Care, Inc. (No. 98-1109) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 29 Feb 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 prohibit a public employer from compelling its employees to use their compensatory time without a preexisting agreement?

Sims v. Apfel (No. 98-9537) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 05 Jun 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Smith v. Robbins (No. 98-1037) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 19 Jan 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Medicare Act bar judicial review, under federal-question jurisdiction, of challenges to the validity of Medicare regulations?

Stenberg v. Carhart (No. 99-830) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 28 Jun 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Troxel v. Granville (No. 99-138) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 05 Jun 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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United States v. Martinez-Salazar (No. 98-1255) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 19 Jan 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1966 pre-empt a tort action in which the plaintiff claims that the defendant auto manufacturer, who was in compliance with the safety standard promulgated under the Act, should nonetheless have equipped an automobile with airbags?

United States v. Hubbell (No. 99-166) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 05 Jun 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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United States v. Johnson (No. 98-1696) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 01 Mar 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Was Terry Williams' constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel violated? Was the judgment of the Virginia Supreme Court refusing to set aside Williams' death sentence "contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States?"

United States v. Locke (No. 98-1701) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 06 Mar 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does the four year statute of limitations on claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act begin to run before a claimant actually discovers that a defendant's racketeering activity caused the harm?

United States v. Morrison (No. 99-5) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 15 May 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. (No. 98-1682) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 22 May 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Hawaiian Constitutional provision, which limits the right to for the trustees of the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to qualified "Hawaiians," violate the Fifteenth Amendment by creating a race-based voting qualification?

Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States ex rel. Stevens (No. 98-1828) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 22 May 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does Buckley v. Valeo govern state regulations on contributions to state political candidates? Do the federal limits approved in Buckley, with or without adjustment for inflation, define the scope of permissible state limitations? Is Missouri's statutory limit on campaign contributions unconstitutional?

Village of Willowbrook v. Olech (No. 98-1288) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does Colorado's statutory requirement that speakers obtain consent from people within 100 feet of a health care facility's entrance before speaking, displaying signs, or distributing leaflets to such people violate the First Amendment rights of the speaker?

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Samara Bros. Inc. (No. 99-150) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 22 Mar 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Weeks v. Angelone (No. 99-5746) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 19 Jan 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Weisgram v. Marley (No. 99-161) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 22 Feb 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Williams v. Taylor (No. 99-6615) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 18 Apr 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Williams v. Taylor (No. 98-8384) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 18 Apr 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Is the Constitution's due process requirement violated when a trial judge directs a capital jury's attention to a specific paragraph of a constitutionally sufficient instruction in response to a question regarding the proper consideration of mitigating circumstances?