The Oyez Project: 2003 Term Decisions

Aetna Health, Inc. v. Davila (No. 02-1845) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 21 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Do United States courts have jurisdiction to consider legal appeals filed on behalf of foreign citizens held by the United States military in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba?

Alaska Dept. of Environmental Conserv. v. EPA (No. 02-658) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union (No. 03-218) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 29 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Austria v. Altmann (No. 03-13) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 07 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Baldwin v. Reese (No. 02-964) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 02 Mar 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Banks v. Dretke (No. 02-8286) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 24 Feb 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Barnhart v. Thomas (No. 02-763) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Beard v. Banks (No. 02-1603) - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 24 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Under the Clean Air Act, does the Environmental Protection Agency have the authority to overrule a state agency's decision that a company is using the "best available controlling technology" to prevent pollution?

Bedroc Limited v. United States (No. 02-1593) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 31 Mar 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Does Section 1782 of Title 28 of U.S. Code authorize a federal district court to compel the release of material for use in a "foreign tribunal" when the foreign tribunal itself is unwilling to demand production of the material? Does Section 1782 authorize a federal district court to compel the release of material for a fact-finding investigation by the directorate general of the European Commission on the theory that the information may eventually lead to an investigation by a foreign tribunal?

Blakely v. Washington (No. 02-1632) - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 24 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Are the deadlines established by Bankruptcy Rule 4004 "jurisdictional" - that is, do they trump other considerations no matter when they are raised?

Castro v. United States (No. 02-6683) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Central Laborers' Pension Fund v. Heinz (No. 02-891) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 07 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

City of Littleton v. Z.J. Gifts D-4, L.L.C. (No. 02-1609) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 07 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Americans with Disabilities Act permit employers to refuse to rehire job applicants because of prior workplace rule infractions related to drug or alcohol addiction?

Crawford v. Washington (No. 02-9410) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 08 Mar 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen (No. 03-358) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 07 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Doe v. Chao (No. 02-1377) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 24 Feb 2004 12:00:00 -0500

When deciding whether a suspect is "in custody" and therefore entitled to his Miranda warnings, must an officer consider the suspect's age and previous history with law enforcement?

Dretke v. Haley (No. 02-1824) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 03 May 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Do United States courts have jurisdiction to consider legal appeals filed on behalf of foreign citizens held by the United States military in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba?

Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow (No. 02-1624) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Does an arrest of a front-seat passenger in a car driven by its owner, after police find cocaine in the car's back armrest, lack probable cause and violate the Fourth Amendment's prohibition of unreasonable searches and seizures?

Engine Mfrs. Assoc. v. South Coast Air Quality (No. 02-1343) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 28 Apr 2004 12:00:00 -0500

1. Does the Supreme Court's decision in Mills v. Maryland (1988) create a new rule of law that cannot be applied retroactively to award sentencing relief to a prisoner whose conviction became final before Mills was announced? 2. If Mills applies retroactively and a state supreme court rejects a Mills challenge because the jury was not told that it must unanimously agree on mitigating factors, is that decision consistent with Supreme Court precedent?

F. Hoffman-LaRoche, Ltd. v. Empagran S.A. (No. 03-724) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Fellers v. United States (No. 02-6320) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 26 Jan 2004 12:00:00 -0500

When a supervisor makes a workplace environment so hostile (through sexual harassment) that an employee has no choice but to quit, may the employee bring suit even if she did not use the internal procedures established by the employer to report sexual harassment claims?

Frew v. Hawkins (No. 02-628) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 14 Jan 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Is a prisoner's appeal of the proposed procedure for his execution functionally equivalent to a habeas corpus petition and therefore barred by Title 28, Section 2254 of U.S. Code?

General Dynamics Land Systems Inc. v. Cline (No. 02-1080) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 24 Feb 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Does the United States Code's four-year statute of limitations for suits brought under acts of Congress passed after 1990 apply only to new laws, or does it also apply to amendments of previously existing laws?

Groh v. Ramirez (No. 02-811) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 24 Feb 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Grupo Dataflux v. Atlas Global Group, L.P. (No. 02-1689) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 17 May 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Were the instructions given to the jury in McNeil's trial sufficiently misleading to warrant the reversal of her sentence?

Hamdi v. Rumsfeld (No. 03-6696) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 28 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Hibbs v. Winn (No. 02-1809) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Is the Child Online Protection Act's requirement that online publishers prevent children from accessing "material that is harmful to minors" likely to violate the First Amendment by restricting too much protected speech and using a method that is not the least restrictive one available?

Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada, Humboldt County (No. 03-5554) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 21 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Household Credit Services v. Pfennig (No. 02-857) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 21 Apr 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Illinois v. Lidster (No. 02-1060) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 13 Jan 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (1967) prohibit "reverse discrimination" against workers over 40 (e.g., providing more favorable employer benefits to workers over 50 than to younger workers who are still over 40)?

Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (No. 02-572) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 21 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Was the change announced by the Supreme Court in Ring v. Arizona substantive in nature and therefore retroactively applicable?

Iowa v. Tovar (No. 02-1541) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 08 Mar 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Does the actual-innocence exception to the procedural-default doctrine apply to both capital and non-capital cases?

Johnson v. California (No. 03-6539) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 03 May 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Jones v. R.R. Donnelley and Sons Co. (No. 02-1205) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 03 May 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Did the Ohio Appeals Court violate "clearly established Federal law" by deciding that the prosecution's failure to charge Esparza as the "principle offender" in a murder was harmless and therefore not grounds for overturning his death sentence?

Kontrick v. Ryan (No. 02-819) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 14 Jan 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Lamie v. United States Trustee (No. 02-693) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 26 Jan 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Locke v. Davey (No. 02-1315) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 25 Feb 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Does the reservation to the United States of all "coal and other valuable minerals" in patents issued under the Pittman Act (1919) include commercially valuable sand and gravel?

Maryland v. Pringle (No. 02-809) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 15 Dec 2003 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (No. 02-1674) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:00:00 -0500

Do family members of a man who apparently committed suicide have a privacy right that justifies the government's withholding autopsy photos from a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act?

Missouri v. Seibert (No. 02-1371) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 28 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Did the Americans with Disabilities Act violate the sovereign immunity doctrine of the 11th Amendment when, based on Congress's 14th Amendment enforcement powers of the Due Process clause, it allowed individuals to sue states for denying them services based on their disabilities?

Muhammad v. Close (No. 02-9065) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 25 Feb 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

National Archives and Records Administration v. Favish (No. 02-954) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 30 Mar 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Nelson v. Campbell (No. 03-6821) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 24 May 2004 12:00:00 -0500

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Nixon v. Missouri Municipal League (No. 02-1238) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Does the federal Privacy Act require that people prove they suffered "actual damage" stemming from the government's violation of their privacy rights in order to win damages in a suit against the government?

Norton v. Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (No. 03-101) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Olympic Airways v. Husain (No. 02-1348) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 24 Feb 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Did Littleton's adult business licensing ordinance violate the First Amendment protection of Free Speech because it did not guarantee a prompt judicial decision when a business appeals the denial of a license?

Pennsylvania State Police v. Suders (No. 03-95) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Pliler v. Ford (No. 03-221) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 21 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Rasul v. Bush (No. 03-334) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 28 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Raytheon v. Hernandez (No. 02-749) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 02 Dec 2003 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Rumsfeld v. Padilla (No. 03-1027) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 28 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Sabri v. United States (No. 03-44) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 17 May 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Scarborough v. Principi (No. 02-1657) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 03 May 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Was the Federal Reserve Board's exclusion of over-limit fees from the definition of "finance charges" a reasonable interpretation of the Truth in Lending Act?

Schriro v. Summerlin (No. 03-526) - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 24 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

SEC v. Edwards (No. 02-1196) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 13 Jan 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Clean Air Act preempt local government regulations prohibiting the purchase of new motor vehicles with specified emission characteristics?

Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain (No. 03-339) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 29 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

South Florida Water Management District v. Miccosukee Tribe (No. 02-626) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 23 Mar 2004 12:00:00 -0500

In order to establish a prima facie case under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), must the objector show that it is more likely than not that the other party's peremptory challenges were based on impermissible group bias?

Tennard v. Dretke (No. 02-10038) - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 24 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Supreme Court's prohibition of executing mentally retarded people in Atkins v. Virginia apply if the crime cannot be attributed to mental retardation?

Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation v. Hood (No. 02-1606) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 17 May 2004 12:00:00 -0500

When a company fails to meet its duty to share its network with competitors under the Telecommunications Act, can it be sued under the Sherman Act?

Tennessee v. Lane (No. 02-1667) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 17 May 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Does the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Heck v. Humphrey (1994) require that prisoners who challenge prison disciplinary proceedings - but whose suits do not question their sentences' validity - first successfully challenge their sentences?

Thornton v. United States (No. 03-5165) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 24 May 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Till v. SCS Credit Corp. (No. 02-1016) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 17 May 2004 12:00:00 -0500

When police arrest the recent occupant of a vehicle who got out voluntarily, can they search the vehicle without a warrant?

United States v. Banks (No. 02-473) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 02 Dec 2003 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Federal Advisory Committee Act authorize judicial review of executive branch deliberations through a broad discovery process that allows a private organization to review internal documents of high-level advisors to the President? If such review is authorized by FACA, does it violate the Constitutional doctrine of separation of powers?

United States v. Dominguez Benitez (No. 03-167) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 14 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

United States v. Flores-Montano (No. 02-1794) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 30 Mar 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 apply to actions that took place before its passage?

United States v. Galletti (No. 02-1389) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 23 Mar 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Fourth Amendment require customs officers at the international border to have reasonable suspicion in order to remove, disassemble, and search a vehicle's gas tank for illegal material?

United States v. Lara (No. 03-107) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 19 Apr 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

United States v. Patane (No. 02-1183) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 28 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Can the U.S. Postal Service be sued under federal antitrust laws?

USPS v. Flamingo Industries (No. 02-1290) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 25 Feb 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Given the 6th Amendment's right to counsel, to what extent must a defendant be informed of the consequences of pleading guilty while waiving the right to an attorney?

Verizon v. Trinko, LLP (No. 02-682) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 13 Jan 2004 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Vieth v. Jubelirer (No. 02-1580) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 28 Apr 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Is the owner of a business a "participant" in a profit sharing/pension plan established under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)?

Yarborough v. Alvarado (No. 02-1684) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 01 Jun 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Does section 706 (1) of the Administrative Procedure Act authorize federal courts to review the management of public lands under statutory standards and the land use plans of the Bureau of Land Management?

Yates v. Hendon (No. 02-458) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 02 Mar 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Did Illinois police (acting in good faith) violate Fisher's Fourteenth Amendment Due Process rights by destroying evidence after he filed a motion for discovery?