The Oyez Project: Judicial Power Issues - Personal Injury Decisions

Craig v. Boren - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 20 Dec 1976 12:00:00 -0500

Did an Oklahoma statute violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause by establishing different drinking ages for men and women?

Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow - Opinion Announcement

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

Does Michael Newdow have standing to challenge as unconstitutional a public school district policy that requires teachers to lead willing students in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance? Does a public school district policy that requires teachers to lead willing students in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, which includes the words "under God," violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment?

Karcher v. May - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 01 Dec 1987 12:00:00 -0500

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Kowalski v. Tesmer - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 13 Dec 2004 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?

Los Angeles v. Lyons - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 20 Apr 1983 12:00:00 -0500

Did Lyons's injunction against the use of police chokeholds meet the threshold requirements imposed by Article III of the Constitution?

Singleton v. Wulff - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 01 Jul 1976 12:00:00 -0500

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United States v. Hays - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 29 Jun 1995 12:00:00 -0500

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Whitmore v. Arkansas - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 24 Apr 1990 12:00:00 -0500

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Wyoming v. Oklahoma - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 22 Jan 1992 12:00:00 -0500

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