The Oyez Project: Miscellaneous Issues - Miscellaneous Decisions

Airports Auth. v. Citizens For Noise Abatement - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 17 Jun 1991 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Alabama v. Bozeman - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 11 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?

Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. Brock - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 24 Mar 1987 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Alden v. Maine - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 23 Jun 1999 12:00:00 -0500

May Congress use its powers under Article I of the Constitution to abrogate a state's sovereign immunity from private suits in its own courts?

American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company v. Sullivan - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 03 Mar 1999 12:00:00 -0500

1) Can the private insurers' decision to withhold payment for disputed medical treatment be considered state action, so as to bring them within the reach of the Fourteenth Amendment? (2) Do workers have a constitutionally protected property interest in continuing payment of disputed medical treatment before such treatment is determined to be reasonable and necessary?

Apprendi v. New Jersey - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 26 Jun 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment require that any fact that increases the penalty for a crime beyond the prescribed statutory maximum be submitted to a jury and proved beyond a reasonable doubt?

Arizona v. Youngblood - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 29 Nov 1988 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Beard v. Banks - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 12:00:00 -0500

Does a prison policy that denies newspapers, magazines, and photographs to the worst-behaved prisoners violate the First Amendment?

Becker v. Montgomery - Opinion Announcement

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

When a party files a timely notice of appeal in district court, does the failure to sign the notice of appeal require the court of appeals to dismiss the appeal?

Board of County Commissioners v. Umbehr - Opinion Announcement

Fri, 28 Jun 1996 12:00:00 -0500

Did the Board's termination of Umbehr's contract, presumably as a result of his criticisms, constitute a violation of his First Amendment freedom of speech?

Board of Education v. Earls - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 27 Jun 2002 12:00:00 -0500

Is the Student Activities Drug Testing Policy, which requires all students who participate in competitive extracurricular activities to submit to drug testing, consistent with the Fourth Amendment?

Board Of Education v. Vail - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 23 Apr 1984 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Board of Regents Univ. Wisc. v. Southworth - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 22 Mar 2000 12:00:00 -0500

May public universities and colleges subsidize campus groups by means of a mandatory student activity fee without violating the First Amendment rights of students who find some campus groups objectionable?

Board of Trustees v. Garrett - Opinion Announcement

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

May an individual sue a state for damages in federal court under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990?

Bonito Boats, Inc. v. Thunder Craft Boats, Inc. - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 21 Feb 1989 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Brentwood Acad. v. TN Sec. School Ath. Assn. - Opinion Announcement

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

May a statewide association, incorporated to regulate interscholastic athletic competition among public and private secondary schools, be regarded as engaging in state action when it enforces a rule against a member school?

Burson v. Freeman - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 26 May 1992 12:00:00 -0500

Did Tennessee's 100-foot limit violate the First Amendment's freedom of speech?

Butterworth v. Smith - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 21 Mar 1990 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

California Franchise Tax Board v. Hyatt - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 23 Apr 2003 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Nevada Supreme Court's refusal to extend full faith and credit to California's statute immunizing its tax collection agency from suit violate the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the Constitution?

Carmell v. Texas - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 01 May 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does an amended Texas statute that authorizes the conviction of sexual offenses on the victim's testimony alone, whereas the statute previously required the victim's testimony along with corroborating evidence, violate the constitutional prohibition against State "ex post facto" laws when applied in a trial for offenses committed before the amendment's effective date?

Castle Rock v. Gonzales - Opinion Announcement

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

Can the holder of a restraining order bring a procedural due process claim against a local government for its failure to actively enforce the order and protect the holder from violence?

Chandler v. Miller - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 15 Apr 1997 12:00:00 -0500

Did Georgia's drug testing statute violate the Fourth Amendment's guarantee against illegal search and seizures?

Chicago v. Morales - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 10 Jun 1999 12:00:00 -0500

Does Chicago's Gang Congregation Ordinance, which prohibits "criminal street gang members" from loitering in public places, violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution?

Clingman v. Beaver - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 23 May 2005 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?

Cohen v. Cowles Media Co. - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 24 Jun 1991 12:00:00 -0500

Does the First Amendment bar a plaintiff from recovering damages, under state promissory estoppel law, for a newspaper's breach of a promise of confidentiality?

College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 23 Jun 1999 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Trademark Remedy Clarification Act (TRCA) permit suits against states for alleged misrepresentations of their own products by providing a constitutionally permissible abrogation of state sovereign immunity? Does the TRCA permit suits against states for alleged misrepresentations of their own products by operating as a waiver of sovereign immunity when a state engages in activities regulated by the Lanham Act?

Connick v. Myers - Opinion Announcement

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

No details yet.

Cooper v. Oklahoma - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 16 Apr 1996 12:00:00 -0500

May state law presume that defendants are competent to stand trial unless they prove their incompetence by clear and convincing evidence without violating the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?

Crist v. Bretz - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 14 Jun 1978 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Custis v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 23 May 1994 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Daniels v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 25 Apr 2001 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?

Dawson v. Delaware - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 09 Mar 1992 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Deck v. Missouri - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 23 May 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?

Demarest v. Manspeaker - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 08 Jan 1991 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Democratic Party Of U.S. v. Wisconsin - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 25 Feb 1981 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Denver Area Consortium v. FCC - Opinion Announcement

Fri, 28 Jun 1996 12:00:00 -0500

Do the Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act's empowerments and restrictions violate the petitioner's First Amendment right to freedom of speech?

Dixon v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:00:00 -0500

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?

Doe v. Chao - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 24 Feb 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?

Elrod v. Burns - Opinion Announcement

Fri, 25 Jun 1976 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

FCC v. Pacifica Foundation - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 03 Jul 1978 12:00:00 -0500

Does the First Amendment deny government any power to restrict the public broadcast of indecent language under any circumstances?

Fiore v. White - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 30 Nov 1999 12:00:00 -0500

Should federal habeas corpus relief be extended to protect a defendant whose conviction was upheld even though his co-defendant's conviction under the same law was invalidated after a state court ruled that he had been prosecuted under the wrong law? Does the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause require that the defendant's conviction be set aside?

Florida Prepaid v. College Savings Bank - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 23 Jun 1999 12:00:00 -0500

Did nullification of state sovereign immunity, under the Patent and Plant Variety Protection Remedy Clarification Act, constitute valid legislation?

Forsyth County, Georgia v. Nationalist Movement - Opinion Announcement

Fri, 19 Jun 1992 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Foucha v. Louisiana - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 18 May 1992 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Franconia Associates v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 10 Jun 2002 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Emergency Low Income Housing Preservation Act of 1987, which restricted the right of property owners to prepay at any time mortgages under the Housing Act of 1949, constitute a present breach of contract?

Frew v. Hawkins - Opinion Announcement

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

Do states forfeit 11th Amendment protection when they enter into a consent decree under federal law in federal court? And must states violate federal law, not just the consent agreement, in order to be subject to suit in federal court?

Freytag v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 27 Jun 1991 12:00:00 -0500

Does 26 U.S.C. 7443A(a) permit the assignment of particularly complex cases dealing with large amounts of money to "special trial judges" appointed by the Chief Judge of the U.S. Tax Court, provided that the special trial judges do not enter the decision but simply prepare an opinion for review and adoption by a regular Tax Court judge? Under the Appointments Clause of Article II Section 2, may Congress permit the Chief Judge of the U.S. Tax Court to appoint "special trial judges" to "any other proceeding which the chief judge may designate"?

FW/PBS, Inc. v. Dallas - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 09 Jan 1990 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Garcetti v. Ceballos - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 30 May 2006 12:00:00 -0500

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?"

Gentile v. State Bar Of Nevada - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 27 Jun 1991 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Gonzaga University v. Doe - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 20 Jun 2002 12:00:00 -0500

May a student sue a private university for damages to enforce provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974?

Good News Club v. Milford Central School - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 11 Jun 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?

Greer v. Spock - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 24 Mar 1976 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Griffin v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 03 Dec 1991 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Hartman v. Moore - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:00:00 -0500

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?

Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 13 Jan 1988 12:00:00 -0500

Did the principal's deletion of the articles violate the students' rights under the First Amendment?

Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NLRB - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 27 Mar 2002 12:00:00 -0500

Does the National Labor Relations Board have the discretion to award backpay to an undocumented alien employee who was not legally authorized to work in the United States?

Holloway v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 02 Mar 1999 12:00:00 -0500

Does the federal carjacking law apply to crimes committed with the "conditional intent" of harming drivers who refuse a carjacker's demands?

Holmes v. South Carolina - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 01 May 2006 12:00:00 -0500

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)?

Houchins v. KQED Inc. - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 26 Jun 1978 12:00:00 -0500

Did the First Amendment guarantee news media a right of access to jails over and above that of other persons?

Hudgens v. NLRB - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 03 Mar 1976 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Hynes v. Mayor Of Oradell - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 19 May 1976 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Int. Society for Krishna Consciousness v. Lee - Opinion Announcement

Fri, 26 Jun 1992 12:00:00 -0500

Does the regulation violate the First Amendment free speech clause?

Jones v. North Carolina Prisoners' Union - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 23 Jun 1977 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Jones v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 22 May 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does the federal arson statute apply to the arson of a private residence?

Jones v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 29 Jun 1983 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Jones v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 24 Mar 1999 12:00:00 -0500

Does the federal carjacking law define a single crime with three penalty options dependent on sentencing factors?

JPMorgan Chase Bank v. Traffic Stream (BVI) Infrastructure Ltd. - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 10 Jun 2002 12:00:00 -0500

Is a corporation organized under the laws of the British Virgin Islands a "citizen or subject of a foreign state" for the purposes of alienage diversity jurisdiction?

Kansas v. Crane - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 22 Jan 2002 12:00:00 -0500

Did the Kansas Supreme Court interpret Kansas v. Hendricks in an overly restrictive manner by ruling that it requires a finding that a sexual offender, who has only an emotional or personality disorder, rather than a volitional impairment, has an inability to control dangerous behavior?

Kelley v. Johnson - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 05 Apr 1976 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Kolender v. Lawson - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 02 May 1983 12:00:00 -0500

Is the California statute unconstitutionally vague?

Lackawanna County District Attorney v. Coss - Opinion Announcement

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

May a state prisoner use a federal habeas petition to challenge a current sentence on the ground that it was enhanced based on an unconstitutional prior conviction for which the sentence has fully expired?

Ladue v. Gilleo - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 13 Jun 1994 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Ladue ordinance violate Gilleo's right to free speech as protected by the First Amendment?

Landmark Communications, Inc. v. Virginia - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 01 May 1978 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Landon v. Plasencia - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 15 Nov 1982 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Lapides v. Board of Regents of University System of Georgia - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 13 May 2002 12:00:00 -0500

Does a State's act of removing a lawsuit from state court to federal court waive the State's Eleventh Amendment immunity from suit in federal court by citizens of other States?

Lawrence and Garner v. Texas - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 26 Jun 2003 12:00:00 -0500

Do the criminal convictions of John Lawrence and Tyron Garner under the Texas "Homosexual Conduct" law, which criminalizes sexual intimacy by same-sex couples, but not identical behavior by different-sex couples, violate the Fourteenth Amendment guarantee of equal protection of laws? Do their criminal convictions for adult consensual sexual intimacy in the home violate their vital interests in liberty and privacy protected by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment? Should Bowers v. Hardwick, 478 U.S. 186 (1986), be overruled?

Leathers v. Medlock - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 16 Apr 1991 12:00:00 -0500

Does differential taxation of different media violate the First and 14th Amendments? Does differential taxation of members of the same medium violate the First and 14th Amendments?

Lebron v. National Railroad Passenger Corporation - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 21 Feb 1995 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Legal Services Corp. v. Velazquez - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 28 Feb 2001 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?

Madigan v. Telemarketing Associates - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 05 May 2003 12:00:00 -0500

Does the First Amendment permit a State to maintain fraud actions alleging that fundraisers made false or misleading representations designed to deceive donors about how their donations will be used?

Madison Sch. Dist. v. Wisconsin Emp. Rel. Comm'n - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 08 Dec 1976 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Martin v. Ohio - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 25 Feb 1987 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 19 Apr 1995 12:00:00 -0500

Does the prohibition of the distribution of anonymous campaign literature abridge freedom of speech as protected by the First and Fourteenth Amendments?

Medina v. California - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 22 Jun 1992 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Meese v. Keene - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 28 Apr 1987 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Memphis Light, Gas & Water Div. v. Craft - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 01 May 1978 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Miller v. French - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 19 Jun 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995's "automatic stay" provision preclude courts from exercising their equitable powers to enjoin such a stay? Does the provision violate the constitutional separation-of-powers doctrine?

Minnesota Bd. For Community Colleges v. Knight - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 21 Feb 1984 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Mistretta v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 18 Jan 1989 12:00:00 -0500

Did the Act violate the nondelegation doctrine of the Constitution?

Mt. Healthy City Board Of Ed. v. Doyle - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 11 Jan 1977 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Murphy Brothers, Inc. v. Michetti Pipestringing, Inc. - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 05 Apr 1999 12:00:00 -0500

Is the time limit in which a named defendant may remove a state-court action to a federal court, as set forth in 28 U. S. C. ?1446(b), triggered by the mere receipt of a complaint unattended by any formal service?

National League of Cities v. Usery - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 24 Jun 1976 12:00:00 -0500

May Congress, acting under its commerce power, regulate the labor market of state employees, which the Tenth Amendment reserves to the states?

Nebraska Press Assoc. v. Stuart - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 30 Jun 1976 12:00:00 -0500

Did the judge's order violate the First and Fourteenth Amendments?

Nevada Dept. of Human Resources v. Hibbs - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 27 May 2003 12:00:00 -0500

May an individual sue a State for money damages in federal court for violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993?

Nixon v. Warner Communications, Inc. - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 18 Apr 1978 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

North v. Russell - Opinion Announcement

Fri, 25 Jun 1976 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

O'Hare Truck Service v. Northlake - Opinion Announcement

Fri, 28 Jun 1996 12:00:00 -0500

Did O'Hare Truck Service's removal from Northlake's employment list, as a result of its support for an opposition mayoral candidate, violate O'Hare Truck Services freedom of speech?

Ohler v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 22 May 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does a defendant waive her right to appeal a ruling granting the government's motion to introduce evidence of a prior conviction under Federal Rule of Evidence 609(a)(1), if she introduces the prior conviction while testifying on direct examination?

Overton v. Bazzetta - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 16 Jun 2003 12:00:00 -0500

Did the Department of Corrections ban on visits by minors violate the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause of the Eighth Amendment and the freedom of association of the First Amendment?

Owasso Independent School Dist. No. I011 v. Falvo - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 19 Feb 2002 12:00:00 -0500

Does the practice of peer grading violate the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974?

Patterson v. New York - Opinion Announcement

Fri, 17 Jun 1977 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Peretz v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 27 Jun 1991 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Mississippi - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 23 Feb 1988 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc. - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 18 Apr 1995 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Ray v. Atlantic Richfield Co. - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 06 Mar 1978 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Reno, Attorney General v. Koray - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 05 Jun 1995 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Republican Party of Minnesota v. White - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 27 Jun 2002 12:00:00 -0500

Does the First Amendment permit the Minnesota Supreme Court to prohibit candidates for judicial election in that State from announcing their views on disputed legal and political issues?

Romer v. Evans - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 20 May 1996 12:00:00 -0500

Does Amendment 2 of Colorado's State Constitution, forbidding the extension of official protections to those who suffer discrimination due to their sexual orientation, violate the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause?

Rowland, Former Director, California Department Of Corrections v. California Men's Colony, Unit II Men's Advisory Council - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 12 Jan 1993 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights (FAIR) - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 06 Mar 2006 12:00:00 -0500

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?

Sabri v. United States - Opinion Announcement

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

May Congress make it a federal crime to bribe officials of non-federal organizations that distribute some federal funds without requiring prosecutors to prove that the bribe actually affected federal funds?

Schad v. Arizona - Opinion Announcement

Fri, 21 Jun 1991 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment require juries in capital cases to be instructed on every lesser offense, includeding non-capital offenses, (e.g., robbery) that are supported by the evidence?

Seling v. Young - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 17 Jan 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?

Shaw v. Murphy - Opinion Announcement

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

Do prison inmates have a constitutional right to provide legal assistance to fellow inmates?

Simon & Schuster v. NY Crime Victims Board - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 10 Dec 1991 12:00:00 -0500

Did the Son of Sam law violate the free speech clause of the First Amendment?

State Land Board v. Corvallis Sand & Gravel Co. - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 12 Jan 1977 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation v. Hood - Opinion Announcement

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

Does the Bankruptcy Clause (Article I Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution) give Congress the power to waive a state's sovereign immunity in matters pertaining a federal bankruptcy court's forgiveness of debt owed to the state?

Tennessee v. Dunlap - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 10 Jun 1976 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Thomas v. Chicago Park District - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 15 Jan 2002 12:00:00 -0500

Must a municipal park ordinance requiring individuals to obtain a permit before conducting large-scale events must, consistent with the First Amendment, contain certain procedural safeguards?

Troxel v. Granville - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 05 Jun 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Washington statute, which allows any person to petition for a court-ordered right to see a child over a custodial parent's objection if such visitation is found to be in the child's best interest, unconstitutionally interfere with the fundamental right of parents to rear their children?

Turner Broadcasting v. FCC - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 27 Jun 1994 12:00:00 -0500

Are the must-carry rules content-based and thus a violation of the cable companies' First Amendment right to free speech?

U.S. Steel Corp. v. Multistate Tax Comm. - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 21 Feb 1978 12:00:00 -0500

Did the formation of this group violate the the Compact Clause of Article I?

U.S. Term Limits v. Thornton - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 22 May 1995 12:00:00 -0500

Can states alter those qualifications for the U.S. Congress that are specifically enumerated in the Constitution?

United States v. Agurs - Opinion Announcement

Thu, 24 Jun 1976 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

United States v. Alvarez-Machain - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 15 Jun 1992 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

United States v. France - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 22 Jan 1991 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

United States v. Georgia - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 10 Jan 2006 12:00:00 -0500

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?

United States v. Grace - Opinion Announcement

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

No details yet.

United States v. Grayson - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 26 Jun 1978 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

United States v. Johnson - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 01 Mar 2000 12:00:00 -0500

May a federal criminal defendant's excess prison time be credited towards this supervised release term, reducing its length?

United States v. Lopez - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 26 Apr 1995 12:00:00 -0500

Is the 1990 Gun-Free School Zones Act, forbidding individuals from knowingly carrying a gun in a school zone, unconstitutional because it exceeds the power of Congress to legislate under the Commerce Clause?

United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group, Inc. - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 22 May 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Is section 505 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996 the least restrictive means to block the transmission of cable television channels primarily dedicated to sexually oriented programming, such that it does not violate the First Amendment?

United States v. Powell - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 02 Dec 1975 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

United States v. Stuart - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 28 Feb 1989 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

United States v. Will - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 15 Dec 1980 12:00:00 -0500

Did the congressional acts between 1976 and 1979 violate the Constitution's Compensation Clause of Article III?

United States v. Wilson - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 24 Mar 1992 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

University of Pennsylvania v. EEOC - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 09 Jan 1990 12:00:00 -0500

Does requiring a university to disclose confidential peer review materials in an investigation violate the First Amendment?

Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co. - Opinion Announcement

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

No details yet.

Vernonia School District v. Acton - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 26 Jun 1995 12:00:00 -0500

Does random drug testing of high school athletes violate the reasonable search and seizure clause of the Fourth Amendment?

Village of Willowbrook v. Olech - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 23 Feb 2000 12:00:00 -0500

Does the Equal Protection Clause give rise to a cause of action on behalf of a "class of one" where the plaintiff did not allege membership in a class or group?

Virginia v. Hicks - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 16 Jun 2003 12:00:00 -0500

Is the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority's trespass policy, which provides for arrest after being served notice for being on the premises without "a legitimate business or social purpose," facially invalid under the First Amendment's overbreadth doctrine?

Waters v. Churchill - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 31 May 1994 12:00:00 -0500

Was Churchill's firing impermissible under the First Amendment?

Watt v. Alaska - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 21 Apr 1981 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Whalen v. Roe - Opinion Announcement

Tue, 22 Feb 1977 12:00:00 -0500

Did the reporting and record-keeping requirements violate the constitutional right to privacy embraced by the concept of liberty under the Fourteenth Amendment?

Williams v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Mon, 09 Mar 1992 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.

Zenith Radio Corp. v. United States - Opinion Announcement

Wed, 21 Jun 1978 12:00:00 -0500

No details yet.