The Oyez Project: 2004 Term Decisions

Alaska v. United States (No. 128 ORIG) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 06 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Michigan Pub. Serv. Comm'n (No. 03-1230) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 801) exceed Congress' power under the commerce clause as applied to the intrastate cultivation and possession of marijuana for medical use?

Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States (No. 04-368) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 31 May 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Ballard v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (No. 03-184) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 07 Mar 2005 12:00:00 -0500

Is the vacating of a state conviction a "fact" as that term is used in the federal law setting out a statute of limitations on federal sentence modification motions, thus commencing the statute's 1-year limitations period?

Bates v. Dow Agrosciences LLC (No. 03-388) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 27 Apr 2005 12:00:00 -0500

Did the FCC lawfully interpret the Communications Act of 1934 by deciding that broadband cable companies did not provide a "telecommunications service?"

Bell v. Thompson (No. 04-514) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Bradshaw v. Stumpf (No. 04-637) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Brown v. Payton (No. 03-1039) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:00:00 -0500

Did federal law establishing for trucks the Single State Registration System (SSRS) preempt a separate Michigan registration fee?

Castle Rock v. Gonzales (No. 04-278) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma & Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation v. Leavitt (No. 02-1472) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 12:00:00 -0500

Did the due process and equal protection clauses require the appointment of counsel for defendants, convicted on their pleas, who sought access to a Michigan appellate court?

City of Rancho Palos Verdes v. Abrams (No. 03-1601) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:00:00 -0500

May a federal court stay a habeas petition that included exhausted and unexhausted claims, when the stay was necessary to allow a petitioner to exhaust claims in state court without having the one-year statute of limitations in the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) bar the right to a federal petition?

Clark v. Martinez (No. 03-878) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Clingman v. Beaver (No. 04-37) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 23 May 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Aviall Services, Inc. (No. 02-1192) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Did the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDA) require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to pay "contract support costs," even if the government contends funds were not available?

Cutter v. Wilkinson (No. 03-9877) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 31 May 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Deck v. Missouri (No. 04-5293) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 23 May 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Devenpeck v. Alford (No. 03-710) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:00:00 -0500

1. Is a federal court bound by the International Court of Justice's ruling that U.S. courts must reconsider a Mexican citizen's claim for relief under the Vienna Convention? 2. Should a federal court enforce an ICJ ruling?

Dodd v. United States (No. 04-5286) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Broudo (No. 03-932) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 19 Apr 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Exxon Corp v. Allapattah Services (No. 04-70) - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 23 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Exxon Mobil v. Saudi Basic Industries (No. 03-1696) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:00:00 -0500

If a state court rejected Pace's post-conviction appeal as untimely, could his federal habeas petition still be "properly filed" within the context of the federal law establishing a one-year statute of limitations for such petitions?

Florida v. Nixon (No. 03-931) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:00:00 -0500

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Gonzales v. Raich (No. 03-1454) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 06 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

(1) Does an arrest violate the Fourth Amendment when a police officer has probable cause to make an arrest for one offense, if that offense is not closely related to the offense articulated by the officer at the time of the arrest? (2) For the purposes of qualified immunity, was "closely related offense doctrine" clearly established given that different circuit courts disagreed on its application?

Gonzalez v. Crosby (No. 04-6432) - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 23 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Grable & Sons Metal Products v. Darue Engineering (No. 04-603) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Graham County Water District v. United States (No. 04-169) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Granholm v. Heald (No. 03-1116) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 16 May 2005 12:00:00 -0500

Was a police officer who shot a fleeing suspect entitled to qualified immunity?

Halbert v. Michigan (No. 03-10198) - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 23 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Beef Promotion and Research Act of 1985 (Beef Act) violate the First Amendment by requiring cattle producers to pay to fund advertising with which they disagree?

Howell v. Mississippi (No. 03-9560) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 24 Jan 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Illinois v. Caballes (No. 03-923) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 24 Jan 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Internal Revenue Commissioner v. Banks (No. 03-892) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 24 Jan 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education (No. 02-1672) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:00:00 -0500

Does a state law that allows in-state wineries to directly ship alcohol to consumers, but restricts the ability of out-of-state wineries to do so, violate the dormant commerce clause in light of the 21st Amendment?

Jama v. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (No. 03-674) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:00:00 -0500

Did the Sixth Amendment right to effective counsel require counsel to try to obtain material counsel had known the prosecution would probably use at the trial's sentencing phase?

Johanns v. Livestock Marketing Association (No. 03-1164) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 23 May 2005 12:00:00 -0500

Are individual retirement accounts (IRAs) exempt from bankruptcy estates?

Johnson v. California (No. 04-6964) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Johnson v. California (No. 03-636) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 23 Feb 2005 12:00:00 -0500

Does shackling a convicted offender during the penalty phase of a capital case violate the due process clauses of the Fifth and 14th Amendment?

Johnson v. U.S. (No. 03-9685) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 04 Apr 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Kansas v. Colorado (No. 105 ORIG) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 07 Dec 2004 12:00:00 -0500

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Kelo v. City of New London (No. 04-108) - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 23 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Koons Buick Pontiac GMC, Inc. v. Nigh, Bradley (No. 03-377) - Opinion Announcement

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

Does a regulation amount to an unconstitutional taking "if it does not substantially advance legitimate state interests?"

Kowalski v. Tesmer (No. 03-407) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 13 Dec 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Should federal courts make an exception to the full faith and credit statute for Fifth Amendment takings clause claims?

KP Permanent Make-Up, Inc. v. Lasting Impression, Inc. (No. 03-409) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 08 Dec 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Do state election laws that restrict the voters a party may invite to vote in its primary election violate the First Amendment rights to freedom of expression and association?

Leocal v. Ashcroft (No. 03-583) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 09 Nov 2004 12:00:00 -0500

Were companies that distributed file-sharing software, and encouraged and profited from direct copyright infringement using such software, liable for the infringement?

Lingle v. Chevron U.S.A (No. 04-163) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 23 May 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Mayle v. Felix (No. 04-563) - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 23 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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McCreary County v. ACLU (No. 03-1693) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

To prove "loss causation" in a securities fraud case, is it sufficient to show that the price of the security on the date of purchase was inflated because of misrepresentation?

Medellin v. Dretke (No. 04-5928) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 23 May 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Merck KGaA v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd. (No. 03-1237) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

May people whose rights guaranteed by the Telecommunications Act of 1996 are violated seek remedies other than those allowed by the act?

MGM Studios v. Grokster (No. 04-480) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Mid-Con Freight Systems, Inc. v. Michigan Pub. Serv. Comm'n (No. 03-1234) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

Does a Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of a state capitol building violate the First Amendment's establishment clause, which barred the government from passing laws "respecting an establishment of religion?"

Miller-El v. Dretke (No. 03-9659) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Muehler v. Mena (No. 03-1423) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 22 Mar 2005 12:00:00 -0500

Is a state's practice of temporary racial segregation of state prisoners subject to strict scrutiny?

National Cable and Telecomm. Assn v. Brand X Internet Services (No. 04-277) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Kirby (No. 02-1028) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 09 Nov 2004 12:00:00 -0500

1. Did federal law govern the interpretation of the ICC and Hamburg Sud bills of lading (contracts)? 2. Was Norfolk entitled to the protection of the liability limitations in both bills?

Orff v. United States (No. 03-1566) - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 23 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

In Zadvydas v. Davis (2001), the U.S. Supreme Court said admitted immigrants could be detained for deportation for more than 90 days, but no longer than reasonably necessary. Did this ruling apply to inadmissible aliens, such as Benitez and Martinez?

Pace v. DiGuglielmo (No. 03-9627) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 27 Apr 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Pasquantino v. United States (No. 03-725) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 26 Apr 2005 12:00:00 -0500

(1) Was Stumpf's guilty plea to aggravated murder knowing, voluntary and intelligent? (2) Was his conviction valid, despite the state's use of a theory in the trial of Stumpf's accomplice that was inconsistent with its argument in Stumpf's trial?

Rhines v. Weber (No. 03-9046) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Rompilla v. Beard (No. 04-5462) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Roper v. Simmons (No. 03-633) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 01 Mar 2005 12:00:00 -0500

After the U.S. Supreme Court had denied certiorari and a petition for rehearing to a death-row prisoner's case, did the Sixth Circuit abuse its discretion by withholding its mandate in the case for more than five months without entering a formal order?

Rousey v. Jacoway (No. 03-1407) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 04 Apr 2005 12:00:00 -0500

Is a conviction of driving under the influence and causing serious bodily injury a "crime of violence" under federal immigration law that allows the person to be deported as an aggravated felon?

San Remo Hotel v. San Francisco (No. 04-340) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 20 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Shepard v. U.S. (No. 03-9168) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 07 Mar 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Sherrill, N.Y. v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York (No. 03-855) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Small v. United States (No. 03-750) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 26 Apr 2005 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?

Smith v. City of Jackson, Miss. (No. 03-1160) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 30 Mar 2005 12:00:00 -0500

Does Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act apply to foreign-flagged cruise ships in U.S. waters?

Smith v. Massachusetts (No. 03-8661) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd. (No. 03-1388) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 06 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

Could parties who suffered no actual damages recover more than the Truth in Lending Act's original $1,000 cap because of subsequent amendments to the act?

Stewart v. Dutra Construction Company (No. 03-814) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 22 Feb 2005 12:00:00 -0500

1.) Should the U.S. Supreme Court appoint a "river master" to resolve disputes over computer modeling of the Arkansas River? 2.) Is Kansas entitled to interest, from 1985 forward, for damages resulting from Compact violations from 1950 to 1985?

Tenet v. Doe (No. 03-1395) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 02 Mar 2005 12:00:00 -0500

(1) Does the 14th Amendment guarantee an indigent criminal defendant convicted by a guilty plea the right to an appointed appellate attorney in a discretionary first appeal? (2) Do attorneys have third-party standing on behalf of potential indigent defendants to make a constitutional challenge to a state statute prohibiting appointment of appellate counsel in discretionary first appeals following convictions by guilty pleas?

Tory v. Cochran (No. 03-1488) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 31 May 2005 12:00:00 -0500

Federal law made gun possession illegal for any person "convicted in any court" for crimes punishable by more than a year in prison. Does "convicted in any court" include convictions in foreign courts?

United States v. Booker (No. 04-104) - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 12 Jan 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Van Orden v. Perry (No. 03-1500) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

Were land parcels once owned by the Oneida Nation, sold in 1807 but repurchased in the 1990s by the Nation's descedant tribe, part of an Indian Reservation and thus exempt from local taxes?

Whitfield v. U.S. (No. 03-1293) - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:00:00 -0500

Could the Tax Court exclude from the record on appeal Rule 183(b) reports submitted by special trial judges?

Wilkinson v. Austin (No. 04-495) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 13 Jun 2005 12:00:00 -0500

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Wilkinson v. Dotson (No. 03-287) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 07 Mar 2005 12:00:00 -0500

1.) Does an enhanced sentence under U.S. Sentencing Guidelines based on the judge's determination of a fact violate the Sixth Amendment? 2.) If so, are the Sentencing Guidelines altogether unconstitutional?