http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990/podcast-decisions U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Announcements, presented by The Oyez Project (www.oyez.org) en The Oyez Project at Chicago-Kent http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_615/opinion None Thu, 27 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57640 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_762/opinion Does 26 U.S.C. 7443A(a) permit the assignment of particularly complex cases dealing with large amounts of money to "special trial judges" appointed by the Chief Judge of the U.S. Tax Court, provided that the special trial judges do not enter the decision but simply prepare an opinion for review and adoption by a regular Tax Court judge? Under the Appointments Clause of Article II Section 2, may Congress permit the Chief Judge of the U.S. Tax Court to appoint "special trial judges" to "any other proceeding which the chief judge may designate"? Thu, 27 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57626 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_5721/opinion Does the Eighth Amendment prohibit a capital sentencing jury from considering the impact that a victim's death had upon surviving family members? Thu, 27 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57764 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1836/opinion None Thu, 27 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57794 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_7272/opinion Is a statutorily mandated sentence that does not allow for consideration of mitigating factors a violation of the Eighth Amendment's protection against cruel and unusual punishments? Thu, 27 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57630 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1448/opinion First, can a proxy statement couched in conclusory or qualitative terms, such as "high value," purporting to explain the directors' reasons for recommending a corporate action, be materially misleading within the meaning of Rule 14a-9? Second, can causation of damages compensable under Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. Section 78n(a), be shown by members of a class of minority shareholders whose votes are not required by law or corporate bylaw to authorize the corporate action subject to the proxy solicitation? Thu, 27 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57782 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1714/opinion None Mon, 24 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57800 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_7662/opinion None Mon, 24 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57664 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1782/opinion None Mon, 24 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57817 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_634/opinion Does the First Amendment bar a plaintiff from recovering damages, under state promissory estoppel law, for a newspaper's breach of a promise of confidentiality? Mon, 24 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57652 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_68/opinion None Mon, 24 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57725 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_26/opinion Does a state prohibition against complete nudity in public places violate the First Amendment's freedom of expression guarantee? Fri, 21 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57682 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1905/opinion None Fri, 21 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57691 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_5551/opinion Does the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment require juries in capital cases to be instructed on every lesser offense, includeding non-capital offenses, (e.g., robbery) that are supported by the evidence? Fri, 21 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57831 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1799/opinion Does the First Amendment give the New Yorker a right to publish fabricated quotations attributed to a public figure? Thu, 20 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57798 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_680/opinion None Thu, 20 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57786 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_757/opinion Does the 1982 amendment to section 2 of the Voting Rights Act apply to judicial elections? Thu, 20 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57656 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_50/opinion Did Missouri's mandatory retirement requirement for its state court judges violate the the 1967 federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) and the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause? Thu, 20 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57780 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1717/opinion Is the acquisition of evidence during random bus searches, conducted pursuant to passengers' consent, a per se violation of the Fourth Amendment's protection against unconstitutional search and seizure? Thu, 20 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57723 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_333/opinion None Thu, 20 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57819 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_769/opinion None Mon, 17 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57650 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_7376/opinion Did the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit err by holding that prison officials must have a "culpable state of mind" in order to establish cruel and unusual punishment of an inmate? Did the Court of Appeals err by overlooking an inmate's claim that prison officials showed "deliberate indifference" to his conditions of confinement? Mon, 17 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57802 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_906/opinion None Mon, 17 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57839 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_109_orig/opinion None Mon, 17 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57804 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_285/opinion None Thu, 13 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57843 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_368/opinion None Thu, 13 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57829 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_7260/opinion None Thu, 13 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57823 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_5319/opinion Does the accused's invocation of the Sixth Amendment's provision of legal counsel for one charge also invoke the Fifth Amendment's right to counsel for unrelated offenses charged later? Thu, 13 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57628 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_5538/opinion None Mon, 10 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57676 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_693/opinion None Mon, 10 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57792 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1895/opinion None Mon, 10 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57672 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_659/opinion None Mon, 10 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57632 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_256/opinion None Thu, 06 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57788 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_143/opinion None Thu, 06 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57658 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_34/opinion None Mon, 03 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57806 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_952/opinion None Mon, 03 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57634 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_7743/opinion None Mon, 03 Jun 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57853 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1715/opinion None Thu, 30 May 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57713 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_5193/opinion None Thu, 30 May 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57666 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1690/opinion Under the Fourth Amendment, may police conduct a warrantless search of a container within an automobile if they have probable cause to believe that the container holds evidence? Thu, 30 May 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57717 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1217/opinion None Thu, 30 May 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57847 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_5744/opinion None Thu, 30 May 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57776 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_7645/opinion None Tue, 28 May 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57741 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_5358/opinion None Tue, 28 May 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57709 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_106_orig/opinion None Tue, 28 May 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57680 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_7691/opinion None Tue, 28 May 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57746 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1679/opinion None Tue, 28 May 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57731 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1918/opinion None Thu, 23 May 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57849 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_622/opinion Does a suspect's consent to a search of his vehicle extend to closed containers found inside? Thu, 23 May 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57758 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1391/opinion Do the regulations violate the First and Fifth Amendment rights of clients and health providers? Thu, 23 May 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57744 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_350/opinion None Thu, 23 May 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57811 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1008/opinion None Thu, 23 May 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57754 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_96/opinion None Thu, 23 May 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57711 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_149/opinion None Mon, 20 May 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57654 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_5635/opinion None Mon, 20 May 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57770 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_6282/opinion None Mon, 20 May 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57756 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_88_7247/opinion None Mon, 20 May 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57699 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_516/opinion None Mon, 20 May 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57739 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_89/opinion None Mon, 20 May 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57841 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_88_1847/opinion None Mon, 20 May 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57827 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1817/opinion Did Riverside violate the Court's holding in Gerstein v. Pugh (420 U.S. 103), which required prompt probable cause determinations? Mon, 13 May 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57684 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_18/opinion None Mon, 13 May 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57707 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1821/opinion None Wed, 24 Apr 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57693 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_97/opinion None Tue, 23 Apr 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57668 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1632/opinion None Tue, 23 Apr 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57660 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1598/opinion None Wed, 17 Apr 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57772 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1647/opinion None Wed, 17 Apr 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57768 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1965/opinion Can the exchange of properties considered "substantially identical" for accounting purposes under Federal Home Loan Bank Board regulations be considered a "disposition of property" for IRS tax purposes, given that properties exchanged must be materially different to constitute a "disposition" under section 1001(a) of Title 26 of the tax code? Wed, 17 Apr 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57689 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1926/opinion Can a bank list the exchange of properties that have equal fair market value as a loss on its federal Income Tax return if the property it loses is worth significantly less at the time of the exchange than it was when the property was initially acquired? May a bank treat money received from early withdrawal penalties as "income from the discharge ... of indebtedness" under 26 U.S.C. 108(a)(1)(C)? Wed, 17 Apr 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57762 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_7024/opinion None Tue, 16 Apr 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57813 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_29/opinion Does differential taxation of different media violate the First and 14th Amendments? Does differential taxation of members of the same medium violate the First and 14th Amendments? Tue, 16 Apr 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57727 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_90_79/opinion None Tue, 16 Apr 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57697 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1671/opinion None Mon, 01 Apr 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57851 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_5011/opinion None Mon, 01 Apr 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57752 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1909/opinion Does the copyright in a telephone company's directory protect the names, towns, and telephone numbers copied by another telephone directory company? Wed, 27 Mar 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57750 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_839/opinion 1. Did the Arizona Supreme Court properly apply the totality of circumstances test when considering whether a suspect's confession to murder was coerced? 2. Did the Arizona Supreme Court properly apply harmless error analysis when considering whether the suspect's coerced confession influenced the trial outcome? Tue, 26 Mar 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57721 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1838/opinion None Tue, 26 Mar 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57837 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1793/opinion None Tue, 26 Mar 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57642 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1629/opinion None Wed, 20 Mar 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57784 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1541/opinion None Wed, 20 Mar 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57662 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1215/opinion Does a policy barring the participation of potentially fertile and pregnant women in occupations that could be detrimental to their reproductive capacities constitute sexual discrimination in violation of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act? Wed, 20 Mar 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57815 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1646/opinion None Wed, 20 Mar 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57674 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1493/opinion None Tue, 19 Mar 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57729 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_994/opinion None Tue, 19 Mar 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57760 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1027/opinion None Tue, 19 Mar 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57790 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1500/opinion None Tue, 26 Feb 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57821 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1322/opinion None Tue, 26 Feb 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57845 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1416/opinion None Tue, 26 Feb 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57686 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1332/opinion None Wed, 20 Feb 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57835 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1555/opinion None Wed, 20 Feb 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57636 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1330/opinion None Wed, 20 Feb 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57703 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_87_6796/opinion None Tue, 19 Feb 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57701 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_7370/opinion None Tue, 19 Feb 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57766 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1106/opinion None Tue, 19 Feb 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57695 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1474/opinion None Tue, 19 Feb 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57638 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_5961/opinion None Tue, 22 Jan 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57748 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1363/opinion None Tue, 22 Jan 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57715 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1944/opinion None Tue, 22 Jan 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57833 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1436/opinion None Tue, 22 Jan 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57646 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1080/opinion If a federal court deems that an injunction to desegregate schools has achieved its goals, can that court permanently dissolve the injunction? Tue, 15 Jan 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57648 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1149/opinion What standard of evidence should bankruptcy courts apply in considering whether a debt was the result of "actual fraud" under section 523(a) of the Bankruptcy Code? Tue, 15 Jan 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57678 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1063/opinion None Tue, 15 Jan 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57644 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1452/opinion None Tue, 08 Jan 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57733 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_5916/opinion None Tue, 08 Jan 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57670 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_658/opinion None Tue, 08 Jan 1991 13:00:00 +0000 57735 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1166/opinion None Mon, 10 Dec 1990 13:00:00 +0000 57796 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_964/opinion None Mon, 03 Dec 1990 13:00:00 +0000 57705 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1298/opinion None Mon, 03 Dec 1990 13:00:00 +0000 57808 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_6332/opinion None Mon, 03 Dec 1990 13:00:00 +0000 57737 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_5867/opinion Does the 30-day window after "receipt of notice of final action taken" by the EEOC within which a suit against the federal government must be filed begin when an attorney's office receives notification, or when the attorney or client himself receives notification? Mon, 03 Dec 1990 13:00:00 +0000 57825 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1048/opinion Does ERISA preempt the Pennsylvania law precluding employee welfare benefit plans from exercising subrogation rights on a claimant's tort recovery? Tue, 27 Nov 1990 13:00:00 +0000 57778 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1283/opinion None Tue, 27 Nov 1990 13:00:00 +0000 57774 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/1990-1999/1990/1990_89_1158/opinion None Tue, 06 Nov 1990 13:00:00 +0000 57719 at http://www.oyez.org