The Oyez Project: 2000 Term Decisions

Alabama v. Bozeman (No. 00-492) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 11 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

May an act, found to be civil, be deemed punitive "as applied" to an individual in violation of the Double Jeopardy and Ex Post Facto Clauses, thereby providing a cause for release?

Alexander v. Sandoval (No. 99-1908) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Artuz v. Bennett (No. 99-1238) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 07 Nov 2000 12:00:00 -0500

May a federal defendant, who has been sentenced under the Armed Career Criminal Act of 1984, challenge his federal sentence through a motion on the ground that his prior convictions were unconstitutionally obtained?

Atkinson Trading v. Shirley (No. 00-454) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 29 May 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Do officers, with probable cause to believe that a man had hidden marijuana in his home, who subsequently prevent that man from entering the home for about two hours while they obtain a search warrant, violate the Fourth Amendment?

Atwater v. City of Lago Vista (No. 99-1408) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 24 Apr 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Bartnicki v. Vopper (No. 99-1687) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 21 May 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Becker v. Montgomery (No. 00-6374) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 29 May 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 pre-empt a Washington statute provides that the designation of a spouse as the beneficiary of a nonprobate asset is revoked automatically upon divorce?

Board of Trustees v. Garrett (No. 99-1240) - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 01 Feb 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Is a state hospital's performance of a diagnostic test to obtain evidence of a patient's criminal conduct for law enforcement purposes an unreasonable search in violation of the Fourth Amendment if the patient has not consented to the procedure?

Booth v. Churner (No. 99-1964) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 29 May 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Brentwood Acad. v. TN Sec. School Ath. Assn. (No. 99-901) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 20 Feb 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Buckhannon Board & Care Home v. West Virginia (No. 99-1848) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 29 May 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Buckman Co. v. Plaintiffs' Legal Committee (No. 98-1768) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 21 Feb 2001 12:00:00 -0500

May a tribal court assert jurisdiction over civil claims against state officials who entered tribal land to execute a search warrant against a tribe member suspected of having violated state law outside the reservation?

Buford v. United States (No. 99-9073) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 20 Mar 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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C&L Enterprises v. Citizen Band Potawatomi (No. 00-292) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 30 Apr 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Does a single sexually explicit remark and a change in employment status less than a month after an employee files a complaint about the remark meet the threshold for an adverse employment action under Title VII of the Civil Rights of 1964?

Cedric Kushner Promotions v. King (No. 00-549) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 11 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Does section 109(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act unconstitutionally delegate legislative power to the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency? May the Administrator of the EPA consider the costs of implementation in setting national ambient air quality standards under section 109(b)(1)? Does the Court of Appeals have the jurisdiction to review the EPA's interpretation of Part D of Title I of the CAA, with respect to implementing the revised ozone NAAQS?

Central Green Co. v. United States (No. 99-859) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 21 Feb 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Circuit City v. Adams (No. 99-1379) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 21 Mar 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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City News & Novelty v. Waukesha (No. 99-1680) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 17 Jan 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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City of Indianapolis v. Edmond (No. 99-1030) - Opinion Announcement

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

May a property owner who acquired title to the property after is was subject to wetlands regulations still bring a takings claim under the Fifth Amendment?

Cleveland v. United States (No. 99-804) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 07 Nov 2000 12:00:00 -0500

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Cook v. Gralike (No. 99-929) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 28 Feb 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Cooper Industries v. Leatherman Tool Grp. (No. 99-2035) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 14 May 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Daniels v. United States (No. 99-9136) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 25 Apr 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Dept of Interior v. Klamath Water Users Protect. Assoc. (No. 99-1871) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 05 Mar 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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District of Columbia v. Tri County Industries (No. 99-1953) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 17 Jan 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Duncan v. Walker (No. 00-121) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 18 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Do white Alabama voters, who are residents of various majority-white districts, have standing to challenge Alabama's re-districting plan, which had an acknowledged purpose of maximizing the number of majority-minority districts?

Eastern Associated Coal Corp. v. Mine Workers (No. 99-1038) - Opinion Announcement

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

Does the funding restriction on the Legal Services Corporation, which prevents attorneys from representing clients in an attempt to amend or challenge existing welfare law, violate the First Amendment?

Egelhoff v. Egelhoff (No. 99-1529) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 21 Mar 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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FEC v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Cmte. (No. 00-191) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 25 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Is New York v. Belton's bright-line rule limited to situations where the officer initiates contact with a vehicle's occupant while that person remains in the vehicle?

Ferguson v. City of Charleston (No. 99-936) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 21 Mar 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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

Tue, 09 Jan 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Did Milford Central School violate the First Amendment free speech rights of the Good News Club when it excluded the Club from meeting after hours at the school? If a violation occurred, was it justified by Milford's concern that permitting the Club's activities would violate the Establishment Clause?

Florida v. Thomas (No. 00-391) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 04 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Are highway checkpoint programs, whose primary purpose is the discovery and interdiction of illegal narcotics, consistent with the Fourth Amendment?

Gitlitz v. Commissioner (No. 99-1295) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 09 Jan 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Glover v. United States (No. 99-8576) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 09 Jan 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Good News Club v. Milford Central School (No. 99-2036) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 11 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Hunt v. Cromartie (No. 99-1864) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 18 Apr 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Idaho v. United States (No. 00-189) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 18 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Does a maritime cause of action for wrongful death resulting from negligence exist?

Illinois v. McArthur (No. 99-1132) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 20 Feb 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Bureau of Prisons have the authority to categorically deny consideration for eligibility for early release to inmates convicted of non-violent offenses after they have completed substance abuse programs?

INS v. St. Cyr (No. 00-767) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 25 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Sixth Amendment right to counsel extend to crimes that are "factually related" to those that have actually been charged?

Kyllo v. United States (No. 99-8508) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 11 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Lackawanna County District Attorney v. Coss (No. 99-1884) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 25 Apr 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez (No. 99-603) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 28 Feb 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Lewis v. Lewis & Clark Marine (No. 99-1331) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 21 Feb 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Lopez v. Davis (No. 99-7504) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 10 Jan 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Lorillard Tobacco v. Reilly (No. 00-596) - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Did a District Court abuse its discretion when it dissolved an injunction under the Limitation of Liability Act, which prevented a seaman from suing a vessel owner in state court for personal injuries sustained aboard the vessel?

Lujan v. G&G Fire Sprinklers (No. 00-152) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 17 Apr 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 provide access to professional golf tournaments by a qualified entrant with a disability? May a disabled contestant be denied the use of a golf cart because it would "fundamentally alter the nature" of the tournaments to allow him to ride when all other contestants must walk?

Missouri Director of Revenue v. CoBank ACB (No. 99-1792) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 20 Feb 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Nevada v. Hicks (No. 99-1994) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 25 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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New Hampshire v. Maine (No. 130 ORIG) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 29 May 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Is the reasonableness inquiry into claims of qualified immunity by a police officer accused of using excessive force in an arrest the same as the reasonableness inquiry on the merits of the excessive-force claim?

New York Times v. Tasini (No. 00-201) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 25 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Interstate Agreement on Detainers require the dismissal of criminal charges when a prisoner serving a federal sentence is transferred for a day to be arraigned on state charges and then returned to the original place of imprisonment before trial?

NLRB v. Ky. River Cmty. Care (No. 99-1815) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 29 May 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Norfolk Shipbuilding v. Garris (No. 00-346) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 04 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Eleventh Amendment preclude the recommended award of damages based on losses sustained by individual water users in Kansas? Should the damages include prejudgment interest? Is the amount of interest excessive? Should the prejudgment interest be paid from 1950 rather than 1969? Did the Special Master improperly calculate the value of the crop losses attributable to the Compact violations?

Palazzolo v. Rhode Island (No. 99-2047) - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Penry v. Johnson (No. 00-6677) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 04 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Is Marketing Displays, Inc.'s trade dress infringement claim precluded because its dual-spring design is a functional feature for which there is no trade dress protection?

PGA Tour v. Martin (No. 00-24) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 29 May 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Was the ruled established under Cage v. Louisiana, that a jury instruction is unconstitutional if there is a reasonable likelihood that the jury understood the instruction to allow conviction without proof beyond a reasonable doubt, "made retroactive to cases on collateral review by the Supreme Court," such that an inmate is entitled to submit successive a habeas petition based on that new rule?

Pollard v. DuPont (No. 00-763) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 04 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Does the guarantee of prompt judicial review that must accompany an adult business-licensing scheme mean a prompt judicial determination?

Rogers v. Tennessee (No. 99-6218) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 14 May 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Saucier v. Katz (No. 99-1977) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 18 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Seling v. Young (No. 99-1185) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 17 Jan 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Is a significant increase on a prison sentence required in order to show prejudice in a claim for ineffective assistance of counsel?

Semtek v. Lockheed Martin (No. 99-1551) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 27 Feb 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Shafer v. S. Carolina (No. 00-5250) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 20 Mar 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Is an application for state postconviction relief containing procedurally barred claims properly filed within the meaning of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996?

Shaw v. Murphy (No. 99-1613) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 18 Apr 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Solid Waste Agency v. Army Corps of Engineers (No. 99-1178) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 09 Jan 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Do state video poker licenses qualify as property for purposes of the federal mail fraud statute?

Texas v. Cobb (No. 99-1702) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 02 Apr 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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TrafFix Devices Inc. v. Marketing Displays Inc. (No. 99-1571) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 20 Mar 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Tuan Anh Nguyen v. INS (No. 99-2071) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 11 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Tyler v. Cain (No. 00-5961) - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Fourth Amendment, either by incorporating common-law restrictions on misdemeanor arrests or otherwise, limit a police officer's authority to arrest without warrant for minor criminal offenses?

United Dominion Industries v. United States (No. 00-157) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 04 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Do mandatory advertising assessments imposed on mushroom producers and handlers under the Mushroom Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act violate the First Amendment?

United States v. Cleveland Indians Baseball Co. (No. 00-203) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 17 Apr 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Are Don King and his corporation a distinct "person" and "enterprise," such that RICO applies?

United States v. Hatter (No. 99-1978) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 21 May 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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United States v. Mead Corp. (No. 99-1434) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 18 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Coop (No. 00-151) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 14 May 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Do print and electronic publishers violate the copyrights of freelance authors when they include the freelancers' already-published articles in computer databases without the author's permission?

United States v. United Foods (No. 00-276) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 25 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Do the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 strip district courts of their jurisdiction under the general habeas corpus statute to entertain St. Cyr's challenge? Do the AEDPA and IIRIRA deny relief under section 212(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 to aliens who would have been eligible for such relief at the time of their convictions?

Wharf Holdings Ltd. v. United International Holdings (No. 00-347) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 21 May 2001 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended by the Medical Device Amendments of 1976, pre-empt civil actions related to the alleged fraudulent approval of orthopedic bone screw devices?

Whitman v. American Trucking Associations (No. 99-1257) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 27 Feb 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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Zadvydas v. Davis (No. 99-7791) - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:00:00 -0500

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