http://www.oyez.org/cases/2005/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/2000-2009/2005/2005_05_184/opinion May the rights protected by the Geneva Convention be enforced in federal court through habeas corpus petitions? Was the military commission established to try Hamdan and others for alleged war crimes in the War on Terror authorized by the Congress or the inherent powers of the President? Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56570 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_05_5966/opinion Does a defendant have a Fourteenth Amendment due process right, separate from his insanity plea, to present expert evidence about his mental state to counter the prosecution's evidence of criminal intent? Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56502 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_05_204/opinion Did the Texas legislature violate the Constitution and and the Voting Rights Act when it used 2000 census data to redistrict in 2003 for partisan advantage, resulting in districts that (by 2003 numbers) did not conform to the one person, one vote standard? Wed, 01 Mar 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56478 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_10566/opinion (1) Does Article 36 of the Vienna Convention create individual, substantive rights? (2) Must evidence obtained after a violation of Article 36 be excluded from trial? (3) May a state refuse to consider a claim of a violation of Article 36 of the Vienna Convention because of a procedural bar under state law? Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56500 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1739/opinion Does a prison policy that denies newspapers, magazines, and photographs to the worst-behaved prisoners violate the First Amendment? Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56486 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1528/opinion (1) Do expenditure limits for political candidates violate the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of speech? (2) Are Vermont's contribution limits of $200-$400 per candidate for individuals, political groups, and political parties unconstitutionally low under the First Amendment? Tue, 28 Feb 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56576 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_05_352/opinion If a trial court judge wrongly denies a defendant his Sixth Amendment right to an attorney of his own choosing, is the defendant automatically entitled to have his conviction overturned? Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56484 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_05_18/opinion Does the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act permit parents to recover fees they pay to experts during legal actions against school districts? Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56542 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_05_83/opinion Can a violation of Blakely v. Washington's rule that all factors used in sentencing enhancements must be found by a jury, not a judge, be found legally harmless? Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56530 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1170/opinion (1) Does a statute that provides for the death penalty when mitigating and aggravating factors are in equipoise violate the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment? (2) Does the Supreme Court have jurisdiction to review the Kansas Supreme Court's judgment? Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56452 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_05_259/opinion Did Sheila White suffer retaliatory discrimination for which her employer may be held liable under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? Mon, 17 Apr 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56540 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_607/opinion Is it permissible to patent a correlational relationship in a medical test result, such that a doctor necessarily infringes on the patent simply by thinking about the relationship after looking at the test result? Tue, 21 Mar 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56470 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1376/opinion (1) Does the reinstatement statute of the Immigration and Nationality Act, which allows a prior deportation order against an illegal alien to be reinstated, apply to aliens who re-entered the U.S. before the statute went into effect? (2) If so, is this application impermissibly retroactive? Wed, 22 Mar 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56464 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_05_7053/opinion When a defendant raises a duress defense, is the burden of proof on the defendant to prove duress by a preponderance of the evidence, or on the government to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that duress is not applicable? Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56514 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_05_416/opinion Does a prisoner satisfy the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995's requirement that he exhaust all administrative remedies available to him before bringing suit in federal court by filing an untimely or otherwise procedurally defective administrative grievance which is rejected? Wed, 22 Mar 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56522 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1034/opinion Does the phrase "waters of the United States" in the Clean Water Act include a wetland that at least occasionally empties into a tributary of a traditionally navigable water? Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56582 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_9728/opinion Did the Fourth Amendment prohibit police from conducting a warrantless search of a person who was subject to a parole search condition, where there was no suspicion of criminal wrongdoing and the sole reason for the search was because the person was on parole? Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56512 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_05_5224/opinion Under the U.S. Supreme Court's interpretation of the Sixth Amendment in Crawford v. Washington, may statements made to police during investigation of a crime, though not made with the intent to preserve evidence, be admitted in court without allowing defendants to cross-examine the person who made the original statements? Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56528 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_05_5705/opinion Under the U.S. Supreme Court's interpretation of the Sixth Amendment in Crawford v. Washington, may statements made to police during investigation of a crime, though not made with the intent to preserve evidence, be admitted in court without allowing defendants to cross-examine the person who made the original statements? Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56480 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_05_200/opinion Under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Act of 1959, are suits brought by insurers against beneficiaries to recoup medical expenses heard in federal or state court? Tue, 25 Apr 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56462 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1360/opinion Does the general rule excluding evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment apply to the "knock-and-announce" rule? Mon, 09 Jan 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56572 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_05_128/opinion May a creditor seek priority status in a bankruptcy case to recover unpaid premiums owed for legally-required workers' compensation insurance? Tue, 21 Mar 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56566 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_05_409/opinion Can a federal district court's decision to send a case back to state court because its removal to federal court was not required by the Security Litigation Uniform Standards Act be reviewed by a circuit court of appeals under 28 U.S.C. 1447(d)? Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56574 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_05_8794/opinion Is a prisoner's challenge to a particular form of execution - but not to the execution sentence itself - the practical equivalent of a federal habeas corpus petition and therefore barred if the prisoner has already sought habeas review? Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56468 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_8990/opinion Did the federal appeals court err in applying Schlup v. Delo to hold that House's new evidence, though presenting at the very least an arguable claim of innocence, was legally insufficient to excuse his failure to present that evidence in state court? What constitutes a "truly persuasive showing of actual innocence" under Herrera v. Collins, sufficient to warrant freestanding habeas relief? Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56546 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1131/opinion Does the Civil Service Reform Act prevent a federal employee from bringing suit against his employer in federal district court to challenge alleged constitutional and statutory violations? Mon, 05 Dec 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56580 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_05_5992/opinion (1) May a defendant waive his right to a speedy trial under the Speedy Trial Act of 1974? (2) May Zedner, who had previously signed a waiver of his rights under the Act, later base an appeal on the fact that such a waiver was invalid? (3) And was the judge's failure to exempt the 91-day period on the record harmless error? Tue, 18 Apr 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56488 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_433/opinion Can a competitor be "injured in his business or property by reason of a violation" of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) when the competitor is not the party defrauded and did not rely on the fraudulent behavior, but claims to have lost a competitive advantage because of the fraud? Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56460 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_05_465/opinion May a corporation be held liable under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act for actions in which only it and its non-employee agents were involved? Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56560 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_473/opinion Should a public employee's purely job-related speech, expressed strictly pursuant to the duties of employment, be protected by the First Amendment simply because it touched on a matter of public concern, or must the speech also be engaged in "as a citizen?" Wed, 12 Oct 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56518 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_05_502/opinion What objectively reasonable level of concern is necessary to trigger the emergency aid exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement? Mon, 24 Apr 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56474 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1527/opinion Do hydroelectric dams result in "discharge" under the meaning of Section 401 of the federal Clean Water Act? Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56448 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_05_260/opinion Is a health insurance plan that requires the beneficiary to reimburse the insurer for its expenses when the beneficiary recovers damages from a third party that is responsible for the injury "equitable" under section 502(a)(3) of ERISA? Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56444 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1704/opinion Did Ohio violate the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution by giving businesses tax incentives to expand their manufacturing operations inside Ohio? Wed, 01 Mar 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56466 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_05_130/opinion Under the Patent Act, should a permanent injunction always be issued when a patent has been violated, absent exceptional circumstances? Wed, 29 Mar 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56516 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1506/opinion Do federal Medicaid statutes limit the amount a state can recover in reimbursement from a third-party payment to the portion earmarked for medical treatment? Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56548 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1544/opinion (1) What is the scope of the "probate exception" to federal jurisdiction? (2) Does the exception apply to cases that do not directly involve the administration of a will or estate? Tue, 28 Feb 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56536 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1327/opinion Does South Carolina's rule governing the admissibility of evidence of third- party guilt violate a defendant's Fourteenth Amendment right to due process and Sixth Amendment rights to confrontation and compulsory process (the ability to compel witnesses to testify)? Wed, 22 Feb 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56496 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1324/opinion May a court dismiss a federal habeas petition as untimely, even after the state concedes the timeliness of the petition and submits other arguments? Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56506 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1495/opinion Are law enforcement agents liable for retaliatory prosecution in violation of a defendant's First Amendment free speech rights when the prosecution was supported by probable cause? Tue, 10 Jan 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56552 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1477/opinion When mailed notice of a tax sale or property forfeiture is returned undelivered, does the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause require the government to make any additional effort to locate the owner before taking the property? Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56482 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1618/opinion May a county claim sovereign immunity under common law, even if the county is not acting as an "arm of the state"? Wed, 01 Mar 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56524 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1067/opinion Can police search a home when one physically present resident consents and the other physically present resident objects? Tue, 08 Nov 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56558 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1414/opinion Did the Fourth Amendment require suppression of evidence seized during a search that had been authorized by an anticipatory warrant, when the warrant's triggering events were not shown to the person searched? Wed, 18 Jan 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56436 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1371/opinion Are class action securities fraud suits brought under state law pre-empted by the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 if the suits allege that misleading statements or omissions induced brokers to hold, not sell or purchase, securities? Wed, 18 Jan 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56458 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1152/opinion Does the Solomon Amendment, which witholds certain federal funds from colleges and universities that restrict the access of military recruiters to students, violate the First Amendment? Tue, 06 Dec 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56498 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1329/opinion Under the Sherman Act, when the license to use a patented product is tied to a customer's agreement to use a separate non-patented product, is it assumed that the manufacturer of the patented product has the ability to raise prices above market rates? Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56562 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1244/opinion Does the Hobbs Act prohibit violence unrelated to extortion or robbery? Wed, 30 Nov 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56554 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_805/opinion Does Section 1 of the Sherman Act always prohibit a lawful joint venture from setting the prices at which its goods will be sold? Tue, 10 Jan 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56494 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_593/opinion May a person who is not a party to a contract but suffers personal injuries from its termination sue under 42 U.S.C. Section 1981, claiming that the contract was terminated because of race? Tue, 06 Dec 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56526 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_944/opinion Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act applied the prohibition of employment discrimination to employers with fifteen or more employees. Did this limit federal courts' subject matter jurisdiction, or did it only raise an issue going to the merits of a Title VII claim? Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56450 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_928/opinion Is there a constitutional right under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments to introduce evidence of innocence during the sentencing phase of a trial? Wed, 07 Dec 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56544 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_848/opinion Does the exception of "negligent transmission of letters or postal matter" from the general waiver of sovereign immunity in the Federal Tort Claims Act cover the negligent placement of mail at its final destination, when that placement causes injury? Mon, 07 Nov 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56538 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1084/opinion Does the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 require the government to permit the importation, distribution, possession and use of an otherwise illegal drug by a religious organization when Congress has found that the drug has a high potential for abuse, is unsafe for use even under medical supervision, and violates an international treaty when imported or distributed? Tue, 01 Nov 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56532 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1264/opinion Under the Federal Arbitration Act, may a party avoid arbitration by arguing that the contract in which the arbitration clause is contained is illegal? Tue, 29 Nov 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56476 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_597/opinion May a court of appeals review the sufficiency of evidence supporting a jury's verdict if the appellant failed to renew the motion for judgment under Rule 50(b) or move for a new trial under Rule 59? Wed, 02 Nov 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56490 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_885/opinion Does the Bankruptcy Clause of the U.S. Constitution (Article I Section 8), waive the states' sovereign immunity? Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56564 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1581/opinion Does McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (2003) allow "as-applied" challenges to the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act's prohibitions on corporate funding of political advertisements? Tue, 17 Jan 2006 13:00:00 +0000 56446 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_52/opinion Does the AEDPA allow a federal court to reject the presumption of correctness for a state-court finding of fact as an "unreasonable determination of the facts," even when a rational fact finder could have determined the facts as the state court did? Mon, 05 Dec 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56534 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1332/opinion 1) If a claim under the FTCA is dismissed on the grounds that it is covered by one of the Act's exceptions to the waiver of sovereign immunity, is the dismissal a final judgment that bars a subsequent suit against the individual federal employees who were involved? 2) Did the Circuit Court have jurisdiction under the collateral order doctrine to hear an appeal of the District Court's order? Mon, 28 Nov 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56492 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1144/opinion May Planned Parenthood of Northern New England challenge the constitutionality of the Parental Notification Prior to Abortion Act in federal court before it is put into effect? Does the Parental Notification Prior to Abortion Act, through the judicial bypass procedure or other safeguards, adequately protect the health of minors seeking abortions? Wed, 30 Nov 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56472 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1186/opinion For the purposes of federal diversity jurisdiction, is a national bank "located" in every state in which it maintains a branch office? Mon, 28 Nov 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56442 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_623/opinion Did the Controlled Substances Act authorize the attorney general to ban the use of controlled substances for physician-assisted suicide in Oregon? Wed, 05 Oct 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56550 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_980/opinion Was the Eighth Amendment violated when the California Supreme Court upheld a death sentence even though two of the four special aggravating circumstances considered by the jury were found to be invalid? Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56584 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1203/opinion Did Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 validly abrogate state sovereign immunity for suits by prisoners with disabilities challenging discrimination by state prisons? Was Title II a proper exercise of Congress's power under Section 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment, as applied to the administration of prison systems? Wed, 09 Nov 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56504 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_905/opinion Can a seller be held liable for discriminatory pricing under the Robinson- Patman Act if the purchaser loses profits to competitors that do not purchase from the seller, but does not lose profits to any competitor that "receives the benefit of" the price discrimination? Mon, 31 Oct 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56556 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_721/opinion When a state court denies a habeas petition summarily, without explanation, does the time that a defendant spent filing that petition count toward the one-year statute of limitations in federal habeas appeals under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act? Wed, 09 Nov 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56578 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_881/opinion Could the United States offset Social Security benefits to collect a student loan debt that had been outstanding for over 10 years? Wed, 02 Nov 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56520 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_1140/opinion What standard should federal courts use when determining whether to award attorney's fees after an improperly removed case is remanded to state court? Tue, 08 Nov 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56508 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_631/opinion When a State taxes receipt of fuel by non-tribal, off-reservation distributors, manufacturers, and importers, should the White Mountain Apache v. Bracker interest-balancing test apply if the fuel is later sold by an Indian tribe? Mon, 03 Oct 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56454 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_712/opinion Could defendants remove an action on the basis of diversity of citizenship if there was complete diversity between all named plaintiffs and all named defendants, and no defendant was a citizen of the forum state? Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56510 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_373/opinion When a police officer improperly communicates with a suspect after the suspect has invoked his right to an attorney, does Edwards v. Arizona permit consideration of curative measures by the police (such as the detective's quick correction of the officer's improper statement) to conclude that a suspect later initiated communication with the police? Tue, 01 Nov 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56456 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_698/opinion Do the parents or school system bear the burden of proof in disputes over a child's individualized education program under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act? Wed, 05 Oct 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56438 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_04_759/opinion Did the Federal Tort Claims Act waive the United States' sovereign immunity in cases where local law would make a state or municipal entity liable? Wed, 12 Oct 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56440 at http://www.oyez.org http://www.oyez.org/cases/2000-2009/2005/2005_03_1238/opinion Did the Fair Labor Standards Act require employers to pay employees for time spent walking to and from stations that distributed required safety equipment? Mon, 03 Oct 2005 13:00:00 +0000 56568 at http://www.oyez.org