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Justice Black | dissenting | false | Rogers v. Bellei | 1971-04-05T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/108307/rogers-v-bellei/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/108307/ | 1,971 | 1970-079 | 1 | 5 | 4 | Less than four years ago this Court held that
"the Fourteenth Amendment was designed to, and does, protect every citizen of this Nation against a congressional forcible destruction of his citizenship, whatever his creed, color, or race. Our holding does no more than to give to this citizen that which is his own, a cons... | Less than four years ago this Court held that "the Fourteenth Amendment was designed to, and does, protect every citizen of this Nation against a congressional forcible destruction of his citizenship, whatever his creed, color, or race Our holding does no more than to give to this citizen that which is his own, a const... |
Justice Scalia | second_dissenting | false | American Trucking Assns., Inc. v. Scheiner | 1987-06-23T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111942/american-trucking-assns-inc-v-scheiner/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111942/ | 1,987 | 1986-147 | 1 | 5 | 4 | I agree with the Court that the "internal consistency" test it adopts requires invalidation of the Pennsylvania axle tax and marker fee as it would any unapportioned flat tax involving *304 multistate activities. For the reasons given in my dissent in Tyler Pipe Industries, Inc. v. Washington Dept. of Revenue, ante, ... | I agree with the Court that the "internal consistency" test it adopts requires invalidation of the Pennsylvania axle tax and marker fee as it would any unapportioned flat tax involving *304 multistate activities. For the reasons given in my dissent in Tyler Pipe Industries, Inc. v. Washington Dept. of Revenue, ante, ... |
Justice Marshall | dissenting | true | Strycker's Bay Neighborhood Council, Inc. v. Karlen | 1980-01-07T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/110165/stryckers-bay-neighborhood-council-inc-v-karlen/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/110165/ | 1,980 | 1979-014 | 1 | 8 | 1 | The issue raised by these cases is far more difficult than the per curiam opinion suggests. The Court of Appeals held that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) had acted arbitrarily in concluding that prevention of a delay in the construction process justified the selection of a housing site which could... | The issue raised by these cases is far more difficult than the per curiam opinion suggests. The Court of Appeals held that the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) had acted arbitrarily in concluding that prevention of a delay in the construction process justified the selection of a housing site which could... |
Justice White | majority | false | Longshoremen v. Davis | 1986-05-27T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111673/longshoremen-v-davis/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111673/ | 1,986 | 1985-089 | 2 | 9 | 0 | The opinion in San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon, 359 U.S. 236 (1959), set forth a general standard for determining when state proceedings or regulations are pre-empted by the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or Act), see 29 U.S. C. § 151 et seq. (1982 ed. and Supp. II): Subject to excepti... | The opinion in San Diego Building Trades set forth a general standard for determining when state proceedings or regulations are pre-empted by the provisions of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or Act), see 29 U.S. C. 151 et seq. (1982 ed. and Supp. II): Subject to exception only in limited circumstances, "[w]hen ... |
Justice White | majority | false | Malone v. White Motor Corp. | 1978-04-03T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/109826/malone-v-white-motor-corp/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/109826/ | 1,978 | 1977-062 | 1 | 4 | 3 | A Minnesota statute, the Private Pension Benefits Protection Act, Minn. Stat. § 181B.01 et seq. (1976) (Pension Act), passed in April 1974, established minimum standards for the funding and vesting of employee pensions. The question in this case is whether this statute, which since January 1, 1975, has been pre-empted ... | A Minnesota statute, the Private Pension Benefits Protection Act, Minn. Stat. 181B.01 et seq. (Pension Act), passed in April 1974, established minimum standards for the funding and vesting of employee pensions. The question in this case is whether this statute, which since January 1, 1975, has been pre-empted by the fe... |
Justice Blackmun | majority | false | Southern Pacific Transp. Co. v. Commercial Metals Co. | 1982-04-27T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/110700/southern-pacific-transp-co-v-commercial-metals-co/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/110700/ | 1,982 | 1981-084 | 2 | 9 | 0 | This case presents the question whether a common carrier's violation of credit regulations issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) bars the carrier's collection of a lawful freight charge from a shipper-consignor who, under the terms of the shipment's bill of lading, is primarily liable for the charge.
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Pe... | This case presents the question whether a common carrier's violation of credit regulations issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) bars the carrier's collection of a lawful freight charge from a shipper-consignor who, under the terms of the shipment's bill of lading, is primarily liable for the charge. I Pet... |
Justice Marshall | majority | false | United States v. Miller | 1985-04-01T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111404/united-states-v-miller/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111404/ | 1,985 | 1984-072 | 1 | 8 | 0 | The issue presented is whether the Fifth Amendment's grand jury guarantee[1] is violated when a defendant is tried under an indictment that alleges a certain fraudulent scheme but is convicted based on trial proof that supports only a significantly narrower and more limited, though included, fraudulent scheme.
A grand ... | The issue presented is whether the Fifth Amendment's grand jury guarantee[1] is violated when a defendant is tried under an indictment that alleges a certain fraudulent scheme but is convicted based on trial proof that supports only a significantly narrower and more limited, though included, fraudulent scheme. A grand ... |
Justice Marshall | dissenting | false | Illinois v. Rodriguez | 1990-06-21T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112475/illinois-v-rodriguez/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112475/ | 1,990 | 1989-123 | 1 | 6 | 3 | Dorothy Jackson summoned police officers to her house to report that her daughter Gail Fischer had been beaten. Fischer told police that Ed Rodriguez, her boyfriend, was her assaulter. During an interview with Fischer, one of the officers asked if Rodriguez dealt in narcotics. Fischer did not respond. Fischer did agree... | Dorothy Jackson summoned police officers to her house to report that her daughter Gail Fischer had been beaten. Fischer told police that Ed Rodriguez, her boyfriend, was her assaulter. During an interview with Fischer, one of the officers asked if Rodriguez dealt in narcotics. Fischer did not respond. Fischer did agree... |
Justice Stevens | concurring | false | United States v. Broce | 1989-01-23T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112177/united-states-v-broce/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112177/ | 1,989 | 1988-027 | 1 | 6 | 3 | While I join the Court's opinion, I write separately to identify the doubtful character of the basic premise on which respondents' double jeopardy claim rests. Respondents assume that their price-fixing activities in April 1978 and July 1979 were not separate crimes because they were carried out pursuant to an overarch... | While I join the Court's opinion, I write separately to identify the doubtful character of the basic premise on which respondents' double jeopardy claim rests. Respondents assume that their price-fixing activities in April 1978 and July 1979 were not separate crimes because they were carried out pursuant to an overarch... |
Justice Scalia | majority | false | Coy v. Iowa | 1988-06-29T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112146/coy-v-iowa/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112146/ | 1,988 | 1987-157 | 2 | 6 | 2 | Appellant was convicted of two counts of lascivious acts with a child after a jury trial in which a screen placed between him and the two complaining witnesses blocked him from their sight. Appellant contends that this procedure, authorized by state statute, violated his Sixth Amendment right to confront the witnesses ... | Appellant was convicted of two counts of lascivious acts with a child after a jury trial in which a screen placed between him and the two complaining witnesses blocked him from their sight. Appellant contends that this procedure, authorized by state statute, violated his Sixth Amendment right to confront the witnesses ... |
Justice Stevens | majority | false | Community Television of Southern Cal. v. Gottfried | 1983-02-22T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/110830/community-television-of-southern-cal-v-gottfried/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/110830/ | 1,983 | 1982-026 | 1 | 7 | 2 | The question presented is whether § 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973[1] requires the Federal Communications Commission to review a public television station's license renewal application under a different standard than it applies to a commercial licensee's renewal application. Contrary to the holding of the Court ... | The question presented is whether 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 973[] requires the Federal Communications Commission to review a public television station's license renewal application under a different standard than it applies to a commercial licensee's renewal application. Contrary to the holding of the Court of A... |
Justice O'Connor | concurring | false | Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Crenshaw | 1988-05-16T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112069/bankers-life-casualty-co-v-crenshaw/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112069/ | 1,988 | 1987-081 | 2 | 6 | 1 | I do not agree with the Court's analysis of our jurisdiction over appellant's federal due process claim. I therefore do not join Part II or footnote 1 of the Court's opinion. I join the remainder of the opinion, and I agree with the analysis of Part II insofar as claims under the Excessive Fines Clause and Contract Cla... | I do not agree with the Court's analysis of our jurisdiction over appellant's federal due process claim. I therefore do not join Part II or footnote 1 of the Court's opinion. I join the remainder of the opinion, and I agree with the analysis of Part II insofar as claims under the Excessive Fines Clause and Contract Cla... |
Justice Alito | majority | false | Ohio v. Clark | 2015-06-18T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2809764/ohio-v-clark/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/2809764/ | 2,015 | 2014-049 | 1 | 9 | 0 | Darius Clark sent his girlfriend hundreds of miles away
to engage in prostitution and agreed to care for her two
young children while she was out of town. A day later,
teachers discovered red marks on her 3-year-old son, and
the boy identified Clark as his abuser. The question in
this case is whether the Sixth Amendmen... | Darius Clark sent his girlfriend hundreds of miles away to engage in prostitution and agreed to care for her two young children while she was out of town. A day later, teachers discovered red marks on her 3-year-old son, and the boy identified Clark as his abuser. The question in this case is whether the Sixth Amendmen... |
Justice Stevens | dissenting | false | Dolan v. City of Tigard | 1994-06-24T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/117861/dolan-v-city-of-tigard/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/117861/ | 1,994 | 1993-081 | 1 | 5 | 4 | The record does not tell us the dollar value of petitioner Florence Dolan's interest in excluding the public from the greenway adjacent to her hardware business. The mountain of briefs that the case has generated nevertheless makes it obvious that the pecuniary value of her victory is far less important than the rule o... | The record does not tell us the dollar value of petitioner Florence Dolan's interest in excluding the public from the greenway adjacent to her hardware business. The mountain of briefs that the case has generated nevertheless makes it obvious that the pecuniary value of her victory is far less important than the rule o... |
Justice Blackmun | dissenting | false | Regan v. Wald | 1984-10-09T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111243/regan-v-wald/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111243/ | 1,984 | 1983-150 | 1 | 5 | 4 | All parties concede that the 1982 restrictions on travel-related expenditures in Cuba, 47 Fed. Reg. 17030 (1982), were not promulgated in conformity with the procedural requirements of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977, Pub. L. 95-223, Title II, 91 Stat. 1626, 50 U.S. C. §§ 1701-1706 (IEEPA). Thus... | All parties concede that the 1982 restrictions on travel-related expenditures in Cuba, (1982), were not promulgated in conformity with the procedural requirements of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977, Title II, 50 U.S. C. 1701-1706 (IEEPA). Thus, those restrictions are invalid unless they were aut... |
Justice Brennan | majority | false | Allied Tube & Conduit Corp. v. Indian Head, Inc. | 1988-06-13T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112091/allied-tube-conduit-corp-v-indian-head-inc/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112091/ | 1,988 | 1987-106 | 2 | 7 | 2 | Petitioner contends that its efforts to affect the product standard-setting process of a private association are immune from antitrust liability under the Noerr doctrine primarily because the association's standards are widely adopted into law by state and local governments. Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. No... | Petitioner contends that its efforts to affect the product standard-setting process of a private association are immune from antitrust liability under the doctrine primarily because the association's standards are widely adopted into law by state and local governments. Eastern Railroad Presidents The United States Cour... |
Justice O'Connor | majority | false | Florida v. Bostick | 1991-06-20T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112631/florida-v-bostick/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112631/ | 1,991 | 1990-113 | 1 | 6 | 3 | We have held that the Fourth Amendment permits police officers to approach individuals at random in airport lobbies and other public places to ask them questions and to request consent to search their luggage, so long as a reasonable person would understand that he or she could refuse to cooperate. This case requires u... | We have held that the Fourth Amendment permits police officers to approach individuals at random in airport lobbies and other public places to ask them questions and to request consent to search their luggage, so long as a reasonable person would understand that he or she could refuse to cooperate. This case requires u... |
Justice White | majority | false | United States v. Marion | 1971-12-20T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/108420/united-states-v-marion/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/108420/ | 1,971 | 1971-030 | 1 | 7 | 0 | This appeal requires us to decide whether dismissal of a federal indictment was constitutionally required by reason of a period of three years between the occurrence of the alleged criminal acts and the filing of the indictment.
On April 21, 1970, the two appellees were indicted and charged in 19 counts with operating ... | This appeal requires us to decide whether dismissal of a federal indictment was constitutionally required by reason of a period of three years between the occurrence of the alleged criminal acts and the filing of the indictment. On April 21, 1970, the two appellees were indicted and charged in 19 counts with operating ... |
Justice Marshall | dissenting | false | Bangor Punta Operations, Inc. v. Bangor & Aroostook R. Co. | 1974-06-19T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/109076/bangor-punta-operations-inc-v-bangor-aroostook-r-co/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/109076/ | 1,974 | 1973-148 | 1 | 5 | 4 | This suit, brought by and in the name of respondent railroad and its wholly owned subsidiary, seeks to recover damages for the conversion and misappropriation of corporate assets allegedly committed by petitioners, Bangor Punta and its wholly owned subsidiary, during a period when the latter was the majority shareholde... | This suit, brought by and in the name of respondent railroad and its wholly owned subsidiary, seeks to recover damages for the conversion and misappropriation of corporate assets allegedly committed by petitioners, Bangor Punta and its wholly owned subsidiary, during a period when the latter was the majority shareholde... |
Justice Marshall | concurring | false | Garner v. United States | 1976-03-23T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/109400/garner-v-united-states/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/109400/ | 1,976 | 1975-054 | 1 | 8 | 0 | I agree with the Court that petitioner, having made incriminating disclosures on his income tax returns rather than having claimed the privilege against self-incrimination, cannot thereafter assert the privilege to bar the introduction of his returns in a criminal prosecution. I disagree, however, with the Court's rati... | I agree with the Court that petitioner, having made incriminating disclosures on his income tax returns rather than having claimed the privilege against self-incrimination, cannot thereafter assert the privilege to bar the introduction of his returns in a criminal prosecution. I disagree, however, with the Court's rati... |
Justice Stevens | concurring | false | Solorio v. United States | 1987-09-21T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111948/solorio-v-united-states/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111948/ | 1,987 | 1986-153 | 1 | 6 | 3 | Today's unnecessary overruling of precedent is most unwise. The opinion of the United States Court of Military Appeals demonstrates that petitioner's offenses were sufficiently "service connected" to confer jurisdiction on the military tribunal. Unless this Court disagrees with that determination and I would be most ... | Today's unnecessary overruling of precedent is most unwise. The opinion of the United States Court of Military Appeals demonstrates that petitioner's offenses were sufficiently "service connected" to confer jurisdiction on the military tribunal. Unless this Court disagrees with that determination and I would be most ... |
Justice Rehnquist | majority | false | Herweg v. Ray | 1983-10-31T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/110648/herweg-v-ray/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/110648/ | 1,983 | 1981-041 | 2 | 8 | 1 | Last Term in Schweiker v. Gray Panthers, 453 U.S. 34, 49-50 (1981), we upheld the validity of federal Medicaid regulations that permit "deeming" of income between spouses in those States that have exercised the so-called "§ 209(b) option" provided for in the Social Security Act, 79 Stat. 343, as amended, 42 U.S. C. § 1... | Last Term in we upheld the validity of federal Medicaid regulations that permit "deeming" of income between spouses in those States that have exercised the so-called 09(b) option" provided for in the Social Security Act, as amended, 4 U.S. C. 1396 et seq. (1976 ed. and Supp. III). "Deeming," in the parlance of the Soci... |
Justice Ginsburg | concurring | false | Reno v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Comm. | 1999-02-24T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/118264/reno-v-american-arab-anti-discrimination-comm/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/118264/ | 1,999 | 1998-024 | 1 | 8 | 1 | I agree with Justice Scalia that 8 U.S. C. § 1252(g) (1994 ed., Supp. III) applies to this case and deprives the federal courts of jurisdiction over respondents' pre-final-order suit. Under § 1252, respondents may obtain circuit court review of final orders of removal pursuant to the Hobbs Act, 28 U.S. C. § 2341 et seq... | I agree with Justice Scalia that 8 U.S. C. 1252(g) (1994 ed., Supp. III) applies to this case and deprives the federal courts of jurisdiction over respondents' pre-final-order suit. Under 1252, respondents may obtain circuit court review of final orders of removal pursuant to the Hobbs Act, 28 U.S. C. 2341 et seq. (199... |
Justice Powell | dissenting | false | Pennsylvania v. New York | 1972-06-19T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/108576/pennsylvania-v-new-york/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/108576/ | 1,972 | 1971-143 | 3 | 6 | 3 | The majority opinion today purports to apply the rule laid down in Texas v. New Jersey, 379 U.S. 674 (1965), to a fact situation not contemplated when that case was decided. In applying that rule to these new facts, it seems to me that the Court exalts the rule but derogates the reasons supporting it.
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Texas v. New J... | The majority opinion today purports to apply the rule laid down in to a fact situation not contemplated when that case was decided. In applying that rule to these new facts, it seems to me that the Court exalts the rule but derogates the reasons supporting it. I a case decided within the Court's original jurisdiction, ... |
Justice White | majority | false | Pittsburgh & Lake Erie R. Co. v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn. | 1989-06-21T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112306/pittsburgh-lake-erie-r-co-v-railway-labor-executives-assn/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112306/ | 1,989 | 1988-126 | 1 | 5 | 4 | These cases involve the interaction of three federal statutes with respect to the proposed sale of the rail line of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Co. (P&LE). The statutes are the Railway Labor Act (RLA), 44 Stat. 577, as amended, 45 U.S. C. § 151 et seq.; the Interstate Commerce Act (ICA), 49 U.S. C. § 10101 et... | These cases involve the interaction of three federal statutes with respect to the proposed sale of the rail line of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad Co. (P&LE). The statutes are the Railway Labor Act (RLA), as amended, 45 U.S. C. 151 et seq.; the Interstate Commerce Act (ICA), 49 U.S. C. 10101 et seq. (1982 ed. an... |
Justice Blackmun | dissenting | false | Zobrest v. Catalina Foothills School Dist. | 1993-06-18T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112887/zobrest-v-catalina-foothills-school-dist/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112887/ | 1,993 | 1992-098 | 1 | 5 | 4 | Today, the Court unnecessarily addresses an important constitutional issue, disregarding longstanding principles of constitutional adjudication. In so doing, the Court holds that placement in a parochial school classroom of a public employee whose duty consists of relaying religious messages does not violate the Establ... | Today, the Court unnecessarily addresses an important constitutional issue, disregarding longstanding principles of constitutional adjudication. In so doing, the Court holds that placement in a parochial school classroom of a public employee whose duty consists of relaying religious messages does not violate the Establ... |
Justice Souter | dissenting | false | Crawford v. Marion County Election Bd. | 2008-04-28T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/145813/crawford-v-marion-county-election-bd/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/145813/ | 2,008 | 2007-035 | 1 | 6 | 3 | Indiana’s “Voter ID Law”1 threatens to impose nontriv-
ial burdens on the voting right of tens of thousands of the
State’s citizens, see ante, at 14–15 (lead opinion), and a
significant percentage of those individuals are likely to be
deterred from voting, see ante, at 15–16. The statute is
unconstitutional under the b... | Indiana’s “Voter ID Law”1 threatens to impose nontriv- ial burdens on the voting right of tens of thousands of the State’s citizens, see ante, at 1– (lead opinion), and a significant percentage of those individuals are likely to be deterred from voting, see ante, at –1. The statute is unconstitutional under the balanci... |
Justice Ginsburg | majority | false | Rivera v. Illinois | 2009-03-31T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/145895/rivera-v-illinois/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/145895/ | 2,009 | 2008-036 | 1 | 9 | 0 | This case concerns the consequences of a state trial
court’s erroneous denial of a defendant’s peremptory chal
lenge to the seating of a juror in a criminal case. If all
seated jurors are qualified and unbiased, does the Due
Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment nonetheless
require automatic reversal of the defend... | This case concerns the consequences of a state trial court’s erroneous denial of a defendant’s peremptory chal lenge to the seating of a juror in a criminal case. If all seated jurors are qualified and unbiased, does the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment nonetheless require automatic reversal of the defend... |
Justice White | concurring | false | United States v. Jacobsen | 1984-04-02T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111143/united-states-v-jacobsen/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111143/ | 1,984 | 1983-064 | 1 | 7 | 2 | It is relatively easy for me to concur in the judgment in this case, since in my view the case should be judged on the basis of the Magistrate's finding that, when the first DEA agent arrived, the "tube was in plain view in the box and the bags with the white powder were visible from the end of the tube." App. to Pet. ... | It is relatively easy for me to concur in the judgment in this case, since in my view the case should be judged on the basis of the Magistrate's finding that, when the first DEA agent arrived, the "tube was in plain view in the box and the bags with the white powder were visible from the end of the tube." App. to Pet. ... |
Justice Blackmun | majority | false | Salve Regina College v. Russell | 1991-03-20T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112564/salve-regina-college-v-russell/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112564/ | 1,991 | 1990-049 | 2 | 6 | 3 | The concept of a federal general common law, lurking (to use Justice Holmes' phrase) as a "brooding omnipresence in the sky," was questioned for some time before being firmly rejected in Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64 (1938). See Southern Pacific Co. v. Jensen, 244 U.S. 205, 222 (1917) (Holmes, J., dissenting); B... | The concept of a federal general common law, lurking (to use Justice Holmes' phrase) as a "brooding omnipresence in the sky," was questioned for some time before being firmly rejected in Erie R. See Southern Pacific ; Black & White Taxicab & Transfer Erie mandates that a federal court sitting in diversity apply the sub... |
Justice White | majority | false | Smalis v. Pennsylvania | 1986-05-05T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111663/smalis-v-pennsylvania/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111663/ | 1,986 | 1985-079 | 2 | 9 | 0 | At the close of the prosecution's case in chief, the trial court dismissed certain charges against petitioners on the ground that the evidence presented was legally insufficient to support a conviction. The question presented is whether the Double Jeopardy Clause bars the prosecution from appealing this ruling.
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Peti... | At the close of the prosecution's case in chief, the trial court dismissed certain charges against petitioners on the ground that the evidence presented was legally insufficient to support a conviction. The question presented is whether the Double Jeopardy Clause bars the prosecution from appealing this ruling. I Petit... |
Justice Rehnquist | majority | false | Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States | 2005-05-31T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/142899/arthur-andersen-llp-v-united-states/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/142899/ | 2,005 | 2004-051 | 2 | 9 | 0 | As Enron Corporation's financial difficulties became public in 2001, petitioner Arthur Andersen LLP, Enron's auditor, instructed its employees to destroy documents pursuant to its document retention policy. A jury found that this action made petitioner guilty of violating 18 U.S. C. §§ 1512(b) (2)(A) and (B). These sec... | As Enron Corporation's financial difficulties became public in 2001, petitioner Arthur Andersen LLP, Enron's auditor, instructed its employees to destroy documents pursuant to its document retention policy. A jury found that this action made petitioner guilty of violating 18 U.S. C. 1512(b) (2)(A) and (B). These sectio... |
Justice Scalia | dissenting | false | Stewart Organization, Inc. v. Ricoh Corp. | 1988-06-20T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112115/stewart-organization-inc-v-ricoh-corp/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112115/ | 1,988 | 1987-125 | 2 | 8 | 1 | I agree with the opinion of the Court that the initial question before us is whether the validity between the parties of a contractual forum-selection clause falls within the scope of 28 U.S. C. § 1404(a). See ante, at 26-27, 29. I cannot agree, however, that the answer to that question is yes. Nor do I believe that th... | I agree with the opinion of the Court that the initial question before us is whether the validity between the parties of a contractual forum-selection clause falls within the scope of 28 U.S. C. 1404(a). See ante, at 26-27, 29. I cannot agree, however, that the answer to that question is yes. Nor do I believe that the ... |
Justice Brennan | majority | false | Missouri v. Jenkins | 1989-06-19T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112299/missouri-v-jenkins/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112299/ | 1,989 | 1988-119 | 2 | 5 | 3 | This is the attorney's fee aftermath of major school desegregation litigation in Kansas City, Missouri. We granted certiorari, 488 U.S. 888 (1988), to resolve two questions relating to fees litigation under 90 Stat. 2641, as amended, 42 U.S. C. § 1988. First, does the Eleventh Amendment prohibit enhancement of a fee aw... | This is the attorney's fee aftermath of major school desegregation litigation in Kansas City, Missouri. We granted certiorari, to resolve two questions relating to fees litigation under as amended, 42 U.S. C. First, does the Eleventh Amendment prohibit enhancement of a fee award against a State to compensate for delay ... |
Justice Douglas | dissenting | false | USCSC v. National Association of Letter Carriers | 1973-06-25T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/108857/uscsc-v-national-association-of-letter-carriers/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/108857/ | 1,973 | 1972-177 | 1 | 6 | 3 | The Hatch Act by § 9 (a) prohibits federal employees from taking "an active part in political management or in political campaigns." Some of the employees, whose union is speaking for them, want
"to run in state and local elections for the school board, for city council, for mayor";
"to write letters on political subje... | The Hatch Act by 9 prohibits federal employees from taking "an active part in political management or in political campaigns." Some of the employees, whose union is speaking for them, want "to run in state and local elections for the school board, for city council, for mayor"; "to write letters on political subjects to... |
Justice Brennan | majority | false | Complete Auto Transit, Inc. v. Reis | 1981-05-04T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/110472/complete-auto-transit-inc-v-reis/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/110472/ | 1,981 | 1980-083 | 2 | 7 | 2 | In Atkinson v. Sinclair Refining Co., 370 U.S. 238 (1962), the Court held that § 301 (a) of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, 61 Stat. 156, 29 U.S. C. § 185 (a), does not authorize a damages action against individual union officers and members when their union is liable for violating a nostrike clause in a coll... | In the Court held that 301 (a) of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, 29 U.S. C. 185 (a), does not authorize a damages action against individual union officers and members when their union is liable for violating a nostrike clause in a collective-bargaining agreement. We expressly reserved the question whether an... |
Justice Ginsburg | dissenting | false | Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | 2013-03-19T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/855518/kirtsaeng-v-john-wiley-sons-inc/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/855518/ | 2,013 | null | null | null | null | “In the interpretation of statutes, the function of the
courts is easily stated. It is to construe the language so as
to give effect to the intent of Congress.” United States v.
American Trucking Assns., Inc., 310 U.S. 534, 542 (1940).
Instead of adhering to the Legislature’s design, the Court
today adopts an interpret... | “In the interpretation of statutes, the function of the courts is easily stated. It is to construe the language so as to give effect to the intent of Congress.” United States v. American Trucking Inc., Instead of adhering to the Legislature’s design, the Court today adopts an interpretation of the Copyright Act at odds... |
Justice Thomas | second_dissenting | false | Mlb v. Slj | 1996-12-16T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/118071/mlb-v-slj/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/118071/ | 1,996 | 1996-010 | 2 | 6 | 3 | Today the majority holds that the Fourteenth Amendment requires Mississippi to afford petitioner a free transcript because her civil case involves a "fundamental" right. The majority seeks to limit the reach of its holding to the type of case we confront here, one involving the termination of parental rights. I do not ... | Today the majority holds that the Fourteenth Amendment requires Mississippi to afford petitioner a free transcript because her civil case involves a "fundamental" right. The majority seeks to limit the reach of its holding to the type of case we confront here, one involving the termination of parental rights. I do not ... |
Justice Stevens | majority | false | Branti v. Finkel | 1980-03-31T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/110232/branti-v-finkel/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/110232/ | 1,980 | 1979-064 | 2 | 6 | 3 | The question presented is whether the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution protect an assistant public defender who is satisfactorily performing his job from discharge solely because of his political beliefs.
Respondents, Aaron Finkel and Alan Tabakman, commenced this action in the United States District... | The question presented is whether the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution protect an assistant public defender who is satisfactorily performing his job from discharge solely because of his political beliefs. Respondents, Aaron Finkel and Alan Tabakman, commenced this action in the United States District... |
Justice Stevens | majority | false | Howlett v. Rose | 1990-06-11T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112456/howlett-v-rose/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112456/ | 1,990 | 1989-106 | 2 | 9 | 0 | Section 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, Rev. Stat. § 1979, now codified as 42 U.S. C. § 1983, creates a remedy for violations of federal rights committed by persons acting under color of state law.[1] State courts as well as federal courts have jurisdiction over § 1983 cases. The question in *359 this case is whethe... | Section 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, Rev. Stat. 1979, now codified as 42 U.S. C. 1983, creates a remedy for violations of federal rights committed by persons acting under color of state law.[1] State courts as well as federal courts have jurisdiction over 1983 cases. The question in *359 this case is whether a st... |
Justice Ginsburg | majority | false | Sheriff v. Gillie | 2016-05-16T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3203763/sheriff-v-gillie/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/3203763/ | 2,016 | 2015-053 | 1 | 8 | 0 | Ohio law authorizes the State’s Attorney General to
retain, as independent contractors, “special counsel” to act
on the Attorney General’s behalf in collecting certain debts
owed to Ohio or an instrumentality of the State. Ohio
Rev. Code Ann. §109.08 (Lexis 2014). As required by the
Attorney General, special counsel us... | Ohio law authorizes the State’s Attorney General to retain, as independent contractors, “special counsel” to act on the Attorney General’s behalf in collecting certain debts owed to Ohio or an instrumentality of the State. Ohio Rev. Code Ann. (Lexis 2014). As required by the Attorney General, special counsel use the At... |
Justice Rehnquist | majority | false | Ornelas v. United States | 1996-06-10T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/118030/ornelas-v-united-states/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/118030/ | 1,996 | 1995-056 | 2 | 8 | 1 | Petitioners each pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. They reserved their right to appeal the District Court's denial of their motion to suppress the cocaine found in their car. The District Court had found reasonable suspicion to stop and question petitioners as they entered their car, an... | Petitioners each pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. They reserved their right to appeal the District Court's denial of their motion to suppress the cocaine found in their car. The District Court had found reasonable suspicion to stop and question petitioners as they entered their car, an... |
Justice Alito | concurring | false | Molina-Martinez v. United States | 2016-04-20T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3195996/molina-martinez-v-united-states/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/3195996/ | 2,016 | 2015-031 | 2 | 8 | 0 | I agree with the Court that the Fifth Circuit’s rigid
approach to unpreserved Guidelines errors is incorrect.
And I agree that petitioner has shown a reasonable proba-
bility that the District Court would have imposed a differ-
ent sentence in his case if his recommended Guidelines
sentence had been accurately calculat... | I agree with the Court that the Fifth Circuit’s rigid approach to unpreserved Guidelines errors is incorrect. And I agree that petitioner has shown a reasonable proba- bility that the District Court would have imposed a differ- ent sentence in his case if his recommended Guidelines sentence had been accurately calculat... |
Justice White | majority | false | Oklahoma v. New Mexico | 1991-06-17T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112624/oklahoma-v-new-mexico/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112624/ | 1,991 | 1990-106 | 3 | 5 | 4 | This case, an original action brought by the States of Oklahoma and Texas against the State of New Mexico, arises out of a dispute over the interpretation of various provisions of the Canadian River Compact (Compact), which was ratified by New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas in 1951 and consented to by Congress by the Act ... | This case, an original action brought by the States of Oklahoma and Texas against the State of New arises out of a dispute over the interpretation of various provisions of the Canadian River Compact (Compact), which was ratified by New Oklahoma, and Texas in 1951 and consented to by Congress by the Act of May 17, 195, ... |
Justice Powell | majority | false | San Antonio Independent School Dist. v. Rodriguez | 1973-04-23T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/108751/san-antonio-independent-school-dist-v-rodriguez/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/108751/ | 1,973 | 1972-083 | 1 | 5 | 4 | This suit attacking the Texas system of financing public education was initiated by Mexican-American parents whose children attend the elementary and secondary *5 schools in the Edgewood Independent School District, an urban school district in San Antonio, Texas.[1] They brought a class action on behalf of schoolchildr... | This suit attacking the Texas system of financing public education was initiated by Mexican-American parents whose children attend the elementary and secondary *5 schools in the Edgewood Independent School District, an urban school district in San Antonio, Texas.[1] They brought a class action on behalf of schoolchildr... |
Justice Stevens | majority | false | Martinez v. California | 1980-03-03T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/110169/martinez-v-california/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/110169/ | 1,980 | 1979-018 | 1 | 9 | 0 | The two federal questions that appellants ask us to decide are (1) whether the Fourteenth Amendment invalidates a California statute granting absolute immunity to public employees who make parole-release determinations, and (2) whether such officials are absolutely immune from liability in an action brought under the f... | The two federal questions that appellants ask us to decide are (1) whether the Fourteenth Amendment invalidates a California statute granting absolute immunity to public employees who make parole-release determinations, and (2) whether such officials are absolutely immune from liability in an action brought under the f... |
Justice Kennedy | majority | false | Overton v. Bazzetta | 2003-06-16T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/130150/overton-v-bazzetta/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/130150/ | 2,003 | 2002-073 | 1 | 9 | 0 | The State of Michigan, by regulation, places certain restrictions on visits with prison inmates. The question before the Court is whether the regulations violate the substantive due process mandate of the Fourteenth Amendment, or the First or Eighth Amendments as applicable to the States through the Fourteenth Amendmen... | The State of Michigan, by regulation, places certain restrictions on visits with prison inmates. The question before the Court is whether the regulations violate the substantive due process mandate of the Fourteenth Amendment, or the First or Eighth Amendments as applicable to the States through the Fourteenth Amendmen... |
Justice Stevens | majority | false | Chicago v. Morales | 1999-06-10T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/118299/chicago-v-morales/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/118299/ | 1,999 | 1998-069 | 2 | 6 | 3 | In 1992, the Chicago City Council enacted the Gang Congregation Ordinance, which prohibits "criminal street gang *46 members" from "loitering" with one another or with other persons in any public place. The question presented is whether the Supreme Court of Illinois correctly held that the ordinance violates the Due Pr... | In 1992, the Chicago City Council enacted the Gang Congregation Ordinance, which prohibits "criminal street gang *46 members" from "loitering" with one another or with other persons in any public place. The question presented is whether the Supreme Court of Illinois correctly held that the ordinance violates the Due Pr... |
Justice O'Connor | concurring | false | Rose v. Rose | 1987-05-18T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111884/rose-v-rose/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111884/ | 1,987 | 1986-095 | 1 | 8 | 1 | I agree with the Court that Mr. Rose may be compelled to use his veterans' disability benefits to discharge his child support obligation. I would rest this conclusion, however, on a ground that the Court disdains the distinction between familial support obligations and other debts. The Court apparently views Ridgway ... | I agree with the Court that Mr. Rose may be compelled to use his veterans' disability benefits to discharge his child support obligation. I would rest this conclusion, however, on a ground that the Court disdains the distinction between familial support obligations and other debts. The Court apparently views as an in... |
Justice Stewart | dissenting | false | United States v. LaSalle Nat. Bank | 1978-06-19T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/109901/united-states-v-lasalle-nat-bank/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/109901/ | 1,978 | 1977-119 | 2 | 5 | 4 | This case is here only because of judicial misreadings of a passage in the Court's opinion in Donaldson v. United States, 400 U.S. 517, 533. That passage has been read by the federal courts, in this case and in others, to mean that a summons *320 under § 7602 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S. C. § 7602, is improper... | This case is here only because of judicial misreadings of a passage in the Court's opinion in That passage has been read by the federal courts, in this case and in others, to mean that a summons *320 under 7602 of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S. C. 7602, is improper if issued in aid of an investigation solely for cr... |
Justice Roberts | dissenting | false | Kaley v. United States | 2014-02-25T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2654756/kaley-v-united-states/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/2654756/ | 2,014 | 2013-019 | 1 | 6 | 3 | An individual facing serious criminal charges brought
by the United States has little but the Constitution and
his attorney standing between him and prison. He might
readily give all he owns to defend himself.
We have held, however, that the Government may
effectively remove a defendant’s primary weapon of
defense—th... | An individual facing serious criminal charges brought by the United States has little but the Constitution and his attorney standing between him and prison. He might readily give all he owns to defend himself. We have held, however, that the Government may effectively remove a defendant’s primary weapon of defense—the ... |
Justice Blackmun | majority | false | United States v. Chicago, B. & QR Co. | 1973-06-04T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/108806/united-states-v-chicago-b-qr-co/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/108806/ | 1,973 | 1972-133 | 2 | 6 | 2 | The issue in this federal income tax case is whether the respondent, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (CB&Q), an interstate common carrier railroad, may depreciate the cost of certain facilities paid for prior to June 22, 1954, not by it or by its shareholders, but from public funds.
Starting about 1930, C... | The issue in this federal income tax case is whether the respondent, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company (CB&Q), an interstate common carrier railroad, may depreciate the cost of certain facilities paid for prior to June 22, 1954, not by it or by its shareholders, but from public funds. Starting about 1930, C... |
per_curiam | per_curiam | true | Connor v. Johnson | 1971-06-14T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/108353/connor-v-johnson/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/108353/ | 1,971 | 1970-118 | 2 | 6 | 3 | On May 14, 1971, a three-judge District Court, convened in the Southern District of Mississippi, invalidated the Mississippi Legislature's latest reapportionment statute as allowing impermissibly large variations among House and Senate districts. The parties were requested by the court to submit suggested plans, and th... | On May 14, 1971, a three-judge District Court, convened in the Southern District of Mississippi, invalidated the Mississippi Legislature's latest reapportionment statute as allowing impermissibly large variations among House and Senate districts. The parties were requested by the court to submit suggested plans, and th... |
per_curiam | per_curiam | true | MTM, Inc. v. Baxley | 1975-03-25T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/109226/mtm-inc-v-baxley/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/109226/ | 1,975 | 1974-078 | 1 | 8 | 1 | The State of Alabama brought suit against appellant MTM in state court under the Alabama nuisance law, Ala. Code, Tit. 7, §§ 1081-1108 (1958),[1] seeking to enjoin the continued operation of a nuisance by MTM. It alleged that because of convictions for violations of *800 local obscenity laws by the Pussycat Adult Theat... | The State of Alabama brought suit against appellant MTM in state court under the Alabama nuisance law, Ala. Code, Tit. 7, 1081-1108 (1958),[1] seeking to enjoin the continued operation of a nuisance by MTM. It alleged that because of convictions for violations of *800 local obscenity laws by the Pussycat Adult Theater,... |
Justice Marshall | dissenting | false | New York v. Quarles | 1984-06-12T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111214/new-york-v-quarles/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111214/ | 1,984 | 1983-127 | 1 | 5 | 4 | The police in this case arrested a man suspected of possessing a firearm in violation of New York law. Once the suspect was in custody and found to be unarmed, the arresting officer initiated an interrogation. Without being advised of his right not to respond, the suspect incriminated himself by locating the gun. The m... | The police in this case arrested a man suspected of possessing a firearm in violation of New York law. Once the suspect was in custody and found to be unarmed, the arresting officer initiated an interrogation. Without being advised of his right not to respond, the suspect incriminated himself by locating the gun. The m... |
Justice Gorsuch | dissenting | false | WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp. | 2018-06-22T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4510027/westerngeco-llc-v-ion-geophysical-corp/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/4510027/ | 2,018 | 2017-058 | 1 | 7 | 2 | The Court holds that WesternGeco’s lost profits claim
does not offend the judicially created presumption against
the extraterritorial application of statutes. With that
much, I agree. But I cannot subscribe to the Court’s fur-
ther holding that the terms of the Patent Act permit
awards of this kind. In my view the Act’... | The Court holds that WesternGeco’s lost profits claim does not offend the judicially created presumption against the extraterritorial application of statutes. With that much, I agree. But I cannot subscribe to the Court’s fur- ther holding that the terms of the Patent Act permit awards of this kind. In my view the Act’... |
Justice Kagan | majority | false | Judulang v. Holder | 2011-12-12T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/618680/judulang-v-holder/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/618680/ | 2,011 | 2011-013 | 2 | 9 | 0 | This case concerns the Board of Immigration Appeals’
(BIA or Board) policy for deciding when resident aliens
may apply to the Attorney General for relief from deporta-
tion under a now-repealed provision of the immigration
laws. We hold that the BIA’s approach is arbitrary and
capricious.
The legal background of thi... | This case concerns the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA or Board) policy for deciding when resident aliens may apply to the Attorney General for relief from deporta- tion under a now-repealed provision of the immigration laws. We hold that the BIA’s approach is arbitrary and capricious. The legal background of this c... |
Justice Brennan | dissenting | false | Atascadero State Hospital v. Scanlon | 1985-08-28T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111503/atascadero-state-hospital-v-scanlon/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111503/ | 1,985 | 1984-154 | 1 | 5 | 4 | If the Court's Eleventh Amendment doctrine were grounded on principles essential to the structure of our federal system or necessary to protect the cherished constitutional liberties of our people, the doctrine might be unobjectionable; the interpretation of the text of the Constitution in light of changed circumstance... | If the Court's Eleventh Amendment doctrine were grounded on principles essential to the structure of our federal system or necessary to protect the cherished constitutional liberties of our people, the doctrine might be unobjectionable; the interpretation of the text of the Constitution in light of changed circumstance... |
Justice Burger | majority | false | City of Madison Sch. Dist. No. 8 v. Wisconsin Emp. Rel. Comm'n. | 1976-12-08T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/109568/city-of-madison-sch-dist-no-8-v-wisconsin-emp-rel-commn/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/109568/ | 1,976 | 1976-023 | 2 | 9 | 0 | The question presented on this appeal from the Supreme Court of Wisconsin is whether a State may constitutionally require that an elected board of education prohibit teachers, other than union representatives, to speak at open meetings, at which public participation is permitted, if such speech is addressed to the subj... | The question presented on this appeal from the Supreme Court of Wisconsin is whether a State may constitutionally require that an elected board of education prohibit teachers, other than union representatives, to speak at open meetings, at which public participation is permitted, if such speech is addressed to the subj... |
Justice Thomas | majority | false | Montana v. Wyoming | 2011-05-02T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/215807/montana-v-wyoming/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/215807/ | 2,011 | 2010-039 | 3 | 7 | 1 | This case arises out of a dispute between Montana and
Wyoming over the Yellowstone River Compact. Montana
alleges that Wyoming has breached Article V(A) of the
Compact by allowing its pre-1950 water appropriators to
increase their net water consumption by improving the
efficiency of their irrigation systems. The new sy... | This case arises out of a dispute between Montana and Wyoming over the Yellowstone River Compact. Montana alleges that Wyoming has breached Article V(A) of the Compact by allowing its pre-1950 water appropriators to increase their net water consumption by improving the efficiency of their irrigation systems. The new sy... |
Justice Kennedy | concurring | false | ABF Freight System, Inc. v. NLRB | 1994-01-24T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112925/abf-freight-system-inc-v-nlrb/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112925/ | 1,994 | 1993-018 | 1 | 9 | 0 | I join the opinion of the Court and agree as well with the concerns expressed by JUSTICE SCALIA. Our law must not become so caught up in procedural niceties that it fails to sort out simple instances of right from wrong and give some redress for the latter. At the very least, when we proceed on the assumption that perj... | I join the opinion of the Court and agree as well with the concerns expressed by JUSTICE SCALIA. Our law must not become so caught up in procedural niceties that it fails to sort out simple instances of right from wrong and give some redress for the latter. At the very least, when we proceed on the assumption that perj... |
per_curiam | per_curiam | true | Berry v. Cincinnati | 1973-11-05T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/108878/berry-v-cincinnati/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/108878/ | 1,973 | 1973-009 | 2 | 9 | 0 | Petitioner, who was serving a sentence for a misdemeanor offense when Argersinger v. Hamlin, 407 U.S. 25 (1972), was decided, sought relief in the state courts claiming that because Argersinger should be accorded retroactive effect and because his trial and sentencing were uncounseled, his conviction should be invalida... | Petitioner, who was serving a sentence for a misdemeanor offense when was decided, sought relief in the state courts claiming that because Argersinger should be accorded retroactive effect and because his trial and sentencing were uncounseled, his conviction should be invalidated. The Supreme Court of Ohio refused to a... |
Justice Stevens | majority | false | Mine Workers Health and Retirement Funds v. Robinson | 1982-03-08T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/110664/mine-workers-health-and-retirement-funds-v-robinson/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/110664/ | 1,982 | 1981-057 | 2 | 9 | 0 | This case involves a discrimination between two classes of widows of coal miners who died prior to December 6, 1974 those whose husbands were receiving pensions when they died and those whose husbands were still working although they were eligible for pensions. The 1974 collective-bargaining agreement between the Uni... | This case involves a discrimination between two classes of widows of coal miners who died prior to December 6, 1974 those whose husbands were receiving pensions when they died and those whose husbands were still working although they were eligible for pensions. The 1974 collective-bargaining agreement between the Uni... |
Justice Rehnquist | dissenting | false | Antoine v. Washington | 1975-02-19T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/109193/antoine-v-washington/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/109193/ | 1,975 | 1974-044 | 2 | 7 | 2 | I do not agree with the Court's conclusion, ante, at 198, that "[c]ongressional approval was given" to the provisions of Art. 6 of the Agreement of May 9, 1891.
The Supremacy Clause of the Constitution specifies both "Laws" and "Treaties" as enactments which are the supreme law of the land, "any Thing in the Constituti... | I do not agree with the Court's conclusion, ante, at 198, that "[c]ongressional approval was given" to the provisions of Art. 6 of the Agreement of May 9, 1891. The Supremacy Clause of the Constitution specifies both "Laws" and "Treaties" as enactments which are the supreme law of the land, "any Thing in the Constituti... |
Justice Powell | dissenting | false | Ohio v. Kentucky | 1980-03-17T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/110172/ohio-v-kentucky/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/110172/ | 1,980 | 1979-021 | 3 | 6 | 3 | The Court today holds that the present boundary between Ohio and Kentucky is the low-water mark of the northern shore of the Ohio River when Kentucky was admitted to the Union in 1792. This curious result frustrates the terms of the Virginia Cession of 1784 that first established the Ohio-Kentucky border, ignores Mr. C... | The Court today holds that the present boundary between Ohio and Kentucky is the low-water mark of the northern shore of the Ohio River when Kentucky was admitted to the Union in 1792. This curious result frustrates the terms of the Virginia Cession of 1784 that first established the Ohio-Kentucky border, ignores Mr. C... |
Justice O'Connor | majority | false | Western Air Lines, Inc. v. Board of Equalization of SD | 1987-02-24T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111825/western-air-lines-inc-v-board-of-equalization-of-sd/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111825/ | 1,987 | 1986-038 | 2 | 9 | 0 | In this case we consider whether the South Dakota Airline Flight Property Tax, S. D. Codified Laws, ch. 10-29 (1982), violates the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, 49 U.S. C. App. § 1513(d). We conclude that because the South Dakota Airline Flight Property Tax is an "in lieu tax which is wholly utilized for ... | In this case we consider whether the South Dakota Airline Flight Property Tax, S D Codified Laws, ch 10-29 (1982), violates the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, 49 US C App 1513(d) We conclude that because the South Dakota Airline Flight Property Tax is an "in lieu tax which is wholly utilized for airport an... |
Justice Brennan | majority | false | Goosby v. Osser | 1973-01-17T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/108661/goosby-v-osser/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/108661/ | 1,973 | 1972-040 | 2 | 9 | 0 | The question is whether 28 U.S. C. § 2281[1] required the convening of a three-judge court in the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to hear this case. It is a class action brought by and on behalf of persons awaiting trial and confined in Philadelphia County prisons because either unable to afford... | The question is whether 28 US C 2281[1] required the convening of a three-judge court in the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to hear this case It is a class action brought by and on behalf of peons awaiting trial and confined in Philadelphia County prisons because either unable to afford bail or... |
Justice Alito | dissenting | false | Wyeth v. Levine | 2009-03-04T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/145902/wyeth-v-levine/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/145902/ | 2,009 | 2008-029 | 1 | 6 | 3 | This case illustrates that tragic facts make bad law. The Court holds that a state tort jury, rather than the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is ultimately responsible for regulating warning labels for prescription drugs. That result cannot be reconciled with Geier v. American Honda Motor Co., 529 U.S. 861, 120 S. ... | This case illustrates that tragic facts make bad law. The Court holds that a state tort jury, rather than the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is ultimately responsible for regulating warning labels for prescription drugs. That result cannot be reconciled with or general principles of conflict pre-emption. I respect... |
Justice O'Connor | majority | false | Chick Kam Choo v. Exxon Corp. | 1988-05-16T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112073/chick-kam-choo-v-exxon-corp/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112073/ | 1,988 | 1987-085 | 2 | 9 | 0 | This case concerns the propriety of an injunction entered by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The injunction prohibited specified parties from litigating a certain matter in the Texas state courts. We must determine whether this injunction is permissible under the Anti-Injunction Act... | This case concerns the propriety of an injunction entered by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. The injunction prohibited specified parties from litigating a certain matter in the Texas state courts. We must determine whether this injunction is permissible under the Anti-Injunction Act... |
Justice Blackmun | second_dissenting | false | Nollan v. California Coastal Comm'n | 1987-06-26T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111958/nollan-v-california-coastal-commn/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111958/ | 1,987 | 1986-163 | 1 | 5 | 4 | I do not understand the Court's opinion in this case to implicate in any way the public-trust doctrine. The Court certainly had no reason to address the issue, for the Court of Appeal of California did not rest its decision on Art. X, § 4, of the California Constitution. Nor did the parties base their arguments before ... | I do not understand the Court's opinion in this case to implicate in any way the public-trust doctrine. The Court certainly had no reason to address the issue, for the Court of Appeal of California did not rest its decision on Art. X, 4, of the California Constitution. Nor did the parties base their arguments before th... |
Justice Kavanaugh | majority | false | Air & Liquid Systems Corp. v. DeVries | 2019-03-19T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4601080/air-liquid-systems-corp-v-devries/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/4601080/ | 2,019 | 2018-009 | 2 | 6 | 3 | In maritime tort cases, we act as a common-law court,
subject to any controlling statutes enacted by Congress.
See Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker, 554 U.S. 471, 507–508
(2008). This maritime tort case raises a question about
the scope of a manufacturer’s duty to warn. The manufac-
turers here produced equipment such as pu... | In maritime tort cases, we act as a common-law court, subject to any controlling statutes enacted by Congress. See Exxon Shipping 507–508 (2008). This maritime tort case raises a question about the scope of a manufacturer’s duty to warn. The manufac- turers here produced equipment such as pumps, blowers, and turbines f... |
Justice Stevens | concurring | false | United States v. Felix | 1992-03-25T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112713/united-states-v-felix/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112713/ | 1,992 | 1991-052 | 1 | 9 | 0 | While I join Parts I and II of the Court's opinion, I do not join Part III because I do not think there is "considerable justification," ante, at 387-388, for the Court of Appeals' conclusion that the Double Jeopardy Clause, as interpreted in Grady v. Corbin, 495 U.S. 508 (1990), bars prosecution of Felix for the consp... | While I join Parts I and II of the Court's opinion, I do not join Part III because I do not think there is "considerable justification," ante, at 387-388, for the Court of ' conclusion that the Double Jeopardy Clause, as interpreted in bars prosecution of Felix for the conspiracy charge contained in count 1 of the indi... |
Justice Thomas | majority | false | Musacchio v. United States | 2016-01-25T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3171723/musacchio-v-united-states/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/3171723/ | 2,016 | 2015-020 | 1 | 9 | 0 | In this case, the Government failed to object to a jury
instruction that erroneously added an element that it had
to prove, and petitioner failed to press a statute-of-
limitations defense until his appeal. We address two
questions arising from the parties’ failures to raise timely
challenges. We first consider how a c... | In this case, the Government failed to object to a jury instruction that erroneously added an element that it had to prove, and petitioner failed to press a statute-of- limitations defense until his appeal. We address two questions arising from the parties’ failures to raise timely challenges. We first consider how a c... |
Justice Rehnquist | concurring | false | Deposit Guaranty Nat. Bank v. Roper | 1980-05-12T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/110225/deposit-guaranty-nat-bank-v-roper/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/110225/ | 1,980 | 1979-057 | 2 | 7 | 2 | I write briefly to state what seems to me to be sufficient differences between this case and United States Parole Comm'n v. Geraghty, post, p. 388, to allow the appeal of the denial of class certification in this case, and to dismiss the attempted appeal of the same question in Geraghty as moot. If I were writing on a ... | I write briefly to state what seems to me to be sufficient differences between this case and United States Parole Comm'n v. Geraghty, post, p. 388, to allow the appeal of the denial of class certification in this case, and to dismiss the attempted appeal of the same question in Geraghty as moot. If I were writing on a ... |
Justice Souter | majority | false | Rompilla v. Beard | 2005-06-20T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/799980/rompilla-v-beard/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/799980/ | 2,005 | 2004-065 | 2 | 5 | 4 | This case calls for specific application of the standard of reasonable competence required on the part of defense counsel by the Sixth Amendment. We hold that even when a capital defendant's family members and the defendant himself have suggested that no mitigating evidence is available, his lawyer is bound to make rea... | This case calls for specific application of the standard of reasonable competence required on the part of defense counsel by the Sixth Amendment. We hold that even when a capital defendant's family members and the defendant himself have suggested that no mitigating evidence is available, his lawyer is bound to make rea... |
Justice Stevens | majority | false | Padilla v. Kentucky | 2010-03-31T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1723/padilla-v-kentucky/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/1723/ | 2,010 | 2009-034 | 2 | 7 | 2 | Petitioner Jose Padilla, a native of Honduras, has been
a lawful permanent resident of the United States for more
than 40 years. Padilla served this Nation with honor as a
member of the U. S. Armed Forces during the Vietnam
War. He now faces deportation after pleading guilty to the
transportation of a large amount of m... | Petitioner Jose Padilla, a native of Honduras, has been a lawful permanent resident of the United States for more than 40 years. Padilla served this Nation with honor as a member of the U. S. Armed Forces during the Vietnam War. He now faces deportation after pleading guilty to the transportation of a large amount of m... |
Justice White | majority | false | Ely v. Klahr | 1971-06-07T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/108363/ely-v-klahr/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/108363/ | 1,971 | 1970-124 | 1 | 9 | 0 | This appeal is the latest step in the long and fitful attempt to devise a constitutionally valid reapportionment scheme for the State of Arizona. For the reasons given, we affirm the judgment of the District Court.
In April 1964, shortly before this Court's decision in Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533 (1964), and in its ... | This appeal is the latest step in the long and fitful attempt to devise a constitutionally valid reapportionment scheme for the State of Arizona. For the reasons given, we affirm the judgment of the District Court. In April 1964, shortly before this Court's decision in and in its companion cases, suit was filed in the ... |
Justice White | majority | false | Perez v. Campbell | 1971-06-01T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/108350/perez-v-campbell/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/108350/ | 1,971 | 1970-115 | 2 | 5 | 4 | This case raises an important issue concerning the construction of the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution whether Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 28-1163 (B) (1956), which is part of Arizona's Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, is invalid under that clause as being in conflict with the mandate of § 17 of the Bankruptc... | This raises an important issue concerning the construction of the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution whether which is part of Arizona's Motor Vehicle Safety Responsibility Act, is invalid under that clause as being in conflict with the mandate of 17 of the Bankruptcy Act, 11 U.S. C. 35, providing that receipt of a d... |
Justice Sotomayor | majority | false | Lewis v. Clarke | 2017-04-25T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4385683/lewis-v-clarke/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/4385683/ | 2,017 | 2016-034 | 1 | 8 | 0 | Indian tribes are generally entitled to immunity from
suit. This Court has considered the scope of that immu-
nity in a number of circumstances. This case presents an
ordinary negligence action brought against a tribal em-
ployee in state court under state law. We granted certio-
rari to resolve whether an Indian tribe... | Indian tribes are generally entitled to immunity from suit. This Court has considered the scope of that immu- nity in a number of circumstances. This case presents an ordinary negligence action brought against a tribal em- ployee in state court under state law. We granted certio- rari to resolve whether an Indian tribe... |
per_curiam | per_curiam | true | Rushen v. Spain | 1983-12-12T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111051/rushen-v-spain/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111051/ | 1,983 | 1983-011 | 1 | 6 | 3 | Respondent was one of six inmates involved in a 1971 San Quentin Prison escape that resulted in the death of three prisoners and three corrections officers. The State of California jointly tried respondent and five other prisoners on numerous charges, including murder, conspiracy, and assault. The prosecution attempted... | Respondent was one of six inmates involved in a 1971 San Quentin Prison escape that resulted in the death of three prisoners and three corrections officers. The State of California jointly tried respondent and five other prisoners on numerous charges, including murder, conspiracy, and assault. The prosecution attempted... |
Justice Rehnquist | majority | false | Butterworth v. Smith | 1990-03-21T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112396/butterworth-v-smith/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112396/ | 1,990 | 1989-053 | 2 | 9 | 0 | A Florida statute, with certain limited exceptions, prohibits a grand jury witness from ever disclosing testimony which he gave before that body. We hold that insofar as the Florida law prohibits a grand jury witness from disclosing his own testimony after the term of the grand jury has ended, it violates the First Ame... | A Florida statute, with certain limited exceptions, prohibits a grand jury witness from ever disclosing testimony which he gave before that body. We hold that insofar as the Florida law prohibits a grand jury witness from disclosing his own testimony after the term of the grand jury has ended, it violates the First Ame... |
Justice Thomas | concurring | false | Kowalski v. Tesmer | 2004-12-13T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/137732/kowalski-v-tesmer/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/137732/ | 2,004 | 2004-008 | 1 | 6 | 3 | That this case is even remotely close demonstrates that our third-party standing cases have gone far astray. We have granted third-party standing in a number of cases to litigants whose relationships with the directly affected individuals were at best remote. We have held, for instance, that beer vendors have standing ... | That this case is even remotely close demonstrates that our third-party standing cases have gone far astray. We have granted third-party standing in a number of cases to litigants whose relationships with the directly affected individuals were at best remote. We have held, for instance, that beer vendors have standing ... |
Justice Breyer | second_dissenting | false | Brown v. Sanders | 2006-01-11T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/145694/brown-v-sanders/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/145694/ | 2,006 | 2005-017 | 1 | 5 | 4 | The question before us is whether California's approach to imposing the death penalty makes California a "weighing" or a "nonweighing" State for purposes of determining whether to apply "harmless-error" review in a certain kind of death casenamely, a case in which the death sentence rests in part on an invalid aggrava... | The question before us is whether California's approach to imposing the death penalty makes California a "weighing" or a "nonweighing" State for purposes of determining whether to apply "harmless-error" review in a certain kind of death casenamely, a case in which the death sentence rests in part on an invalid aggrava... |
Justice Brennan | majority | false | Furniture Moving Drivers v. Crowley | 1984-08-02T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111210/furniture-moving-drivers-v-crowley/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111210/ | 1,984 | 1983-123 | 2 | 8 | 1 | The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA or Act), 73 Stat. 522, as amended, 29 U.S. C. § 401 et seq., was Congress' first major attempt to regulate the internal affairs of labor unions. Title I of the Act provides a statutory "Bill of Rights" for union members, including various protections for ... | The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA or Act), as amended, 29 U.S. C. 401 et seq., was Congress' first major attempt to regulate the internal affairs of labor unions. Title I of the Act provides a statutory "Bill of Rights" for union members, including various protections for members involved... |
Justice Scalia | concurring | false | Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. v. Bruch | 1989-02-21T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112197/firestone-tire-rubber-co-v-bruch/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112197/ | 1,989 | 1988-032 | 2 | 9 | 0 | I join the judgment of the Court and Parts I and II of its opinion. I agree with its disposition but not all of its reasoning regarding Part III.
The Court holds that a person with a colorable claim is one who " `may become eligible' for benefits" within the meaning of the statutory definition of "participant," because... | I join the judgment of the Court and Parts I and II of its opinion. I agree with its disposition but not all of its reasoning regarding Part III. The Court holds that a person with a colorable claim is one who " `may become eligible' for benefits" within the meaning of the statutory definition of "participant," because... |
Justice Blackmun | majority | false | California v. Acevedo | 1991-06-03T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112608/california-v-acevedo/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112608/ | 1,991 | 1990-092 | 1 | 6 | 3 | This case requires us once again to consider the so-called "automobile exception" to the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment and its application to the search of a closed container in the trunk of a car.
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On October 28, 1987, Officer Coleman of the Santa Ana, Cal., Police Department received a telephone call ... | This case requires us once aga to consider the so-called "automobile exception" to the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment and its application to the search of a closed contaer the trunk of a car. I On October 28, 1987, Officer Coleman of the Santa Ana, Cal., Police Department received a telephone call from a f... |
Justice Rehnquist | dissenting | false | Serbian Eastern Orthodox Diocese for United States and Canada v. Milivojevich | 1976-10-04T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/109495/serbian-eastern-orthodox-diocese-for-united-states-and-canada-v/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/109495/ | 1,976 | 1975-139 | 2 | 7 | 2 | The Court's opinion, while long on the ecclesiastical history of the Serbian Orthodox Church, is somewhat short on the procedural history of this case. A casual reader of some of the passages in the Court's opinion could easily gain the impression that the State of Illinois had commenced a proceeding designed to brand ... | The Court's opinion, while long on the ecclesiastical history of the Serbian Orthodox Church, is somewhat short on the procedural history of this case. A casual reader of some of the passages in the Court's opinion could easily gain the impression that the State of Illinois had commenced a proceeding designed to brand ... |
Justice Burger | concurring | false | First Nat. Bank of Boston v. Bellotti | 1978-06-26T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/109836/first-nat-bank-of-boston-v-bellotti/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/109836/ | 1,978 | 1977-073 | 1 | 5 | 4 | I join the opinion and judgment of the Court but write separately to raise some questions likely to arise in this area in the future.
*796 A disquieting aspect of Massachusetts' position is that it may carry the risk of impinging on the First Amendment rights of those who employ the corporate formas most do to carry ... | I join the opinion and judgment of the Court but write separately to raise some questions likely to arise in this area in the future. *796 A disquieting aspect of Massachusetts' position is that it may carry the risk of impinging on the First Amendment rights of those who employ the corporate formas most do to carry ... |
Justice White | majority | false | Chemical Manufacturers Assn. v. NRDC | 1985-02-27T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111358/chemical-manufacturers-assn-v-nrdc/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111358/ | 1,985 | 1984-035 | 1 | 5 | 4 | These cases present the question whether the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may issue certain variances from toxic pollutant effluent limitations promulgated under the Clean Water Act, 86 Stat. 816, as amended, 33 U.S. C. § 1251 et seq.[1]
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As part of a consolidated lawsuit, respondent Natural Resources Defens... | These cases present the question whether the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may issue certain variances from toxic pollutant effluent limitations promulgated under the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S. C. 1251 et seq.[1] I As part of a consolidated lawsuit, respondent Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) ... |
Justice O'Connor | majority | false | O'Sullivan v. Boerckel | 1999-06-07T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/118296/osullivan-v-boerckel/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/118296/ | 1,999 | 1998-066 | 1 | 6 | 3 | Federal habeas relief is available to state prisoners only after they have exhausted their claims in state court. 28 U.S. C. §§ 2254(b)(1), (c) (1994 ed. and Supp. III). In this case, we are asked to decide whether a state prisoner must present his claims to a state supreme court in a petition for *840 discretionary re... | Federal habeas relief is available to state prisoners only after they have exhausted their claims in state court. 28 U.S. C. 2254(b)(1), (c) ( ed. and Supp. III). In this case, we are asked to decide whether a state prisoner must present his claims to a state supreme court in a petition for *840 discretionary review in... |
Justice Powell | majority | false | Morris v. Gressette | 1977-06-20T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/109711/morris-v-gressette/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/109711/ | 1,977 | 1976-156 | 1 | 6 | 3 | The issue in this case concerns the scope of judicial review of the Attorney General's failure to interpose a timely objection under § 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to a change in the voting laws of a jurisdiction subject to that Act.
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The events leading up to this litigation date back to November 11, 1971, when... | The issue in this case concerns the scope of judicial review of the Attorney General's failure to interpose a timely objection under 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to a change in the voting laws of a jurisdiction subject to that Act. I The events leading up to this litigation date back to November 11, 1971, when So... |
Justice Black | majority | false | Younger v. Harris | 1971-02-23T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/108263/younger-v-harris/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/108263/ | 1,971 | 1970-035 | 1 | 8 | 1 | Appellee, John Harris, Jr., was indicted in a California state court, charged with violation of the California Penal Code §§ 11400 and 11401, known as the California Criminal Syndicalism Act, set out below.[1] He then filed *39 a complaint in the Federal District Court, asking that court to enjoin the appellant, Younge... | Appellee, John Harris, Jr., was indicted in a state court, charged with violation of the Penal Code 11400 and 11401, known as the Criminal Syndicalism Act, set out below.[1] He then filed *39 a complaint in the Federal District Court, asking that court to enjoin the appellant, er, the District Attorney of Los Angeles C... |
Justice Stevens | dissenting | true | Bush v. Gore | 2000-12-12T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/118395/bush-v-gore/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/118395/ | 2,000 | 2000-009 | 1 | 5 | 4 | The Constitution assigns to the States the primary responsibility for determining the manner of selecting the Presidential electors. See Art. II, § 1, cl. 2. When questions arise about the meaning of state laws, including election laws, it is our settled practice to accept the opinions of the highest courts of the Stat... | The Constitution assigns to the States the primary responsibility for determining the manner of selecting the Presidential electors. See Art. II, 1, cl. 2. When questions arise about the meaning of state laws, including election laws, it is our settled practice to accept the opinions of the highest courts of the States... |
Justice Kagan | majority | false | Manuel v. Joliet | 2017-03-21T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4376986/manuel-v-joliet/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/4376986/ | 2,017 | 2016-005 | 2 | 6 | 2 | Petitioner Elijah Manuel was held in jail for some seven
weeks after a judge relied on allegedly fabricated evidence
to find probable cause that he had committed a crime.
The primary question in this case is whether Manuel may
bring a claim based on the Fourth Amendment to contest
the legality of his pretrial confineme... | Petitioner Elijah Manuel was held in jail for some seven weeks after a judge relied on allegedly fabricated evidence to find probable cause that he had committed a crime. The primary question in this case is whether Manuel may bring a claim based on the Fourth Amendment to contest the legality of his pretrial confineme... |
Justice Scalia | concurring | false | Gonzales v. Raich | 2005-06-06T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/799995/gonzales-v-raich/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/799995/ | 2,005 | 2004-054 | 2 | 6 | 3 | I agree with the Court's holding that the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) may validly be applied to respondents' cultivation, distribution, and possession of marijuana for personal, medicinal use. I write separately because my understanding of the doctrinal foundation on which that holding rests is, if not inconsistent... | I agree with the Court's holding that the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) may validly be applied to respondents' cultivation, distribution, and possession of marijuana for personal, medicinal use. I write separately because my understanding of the doctrinal foundation on which that holding rests is, if not inconsistent... |
Justice Scalia | majority | false | Reno v. American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Comm. | 1999-02-24T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/118264/reno-v-american-arab-anti-discrimination-comm/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/118264/ | 1,999 | 1998-024 | 1 | 8 | 1 | []
Respondents sued petitioners for allegedly targeting them for deportation because of their affiliation with a politically unpopular group. While their suit was pending, Congress *473 passed the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), 110 Stat. 3009-546, which contains a provisi... | [] Respondents sued petitioners for allegedly targeting them for deportation because of their affiliation with a politically unpopular group. While their suit was pending, Congress *473 passed the llegal mmigration Reform and mmigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (RRA), -546, which contains a provision restricting judic... |
Justice Rehnquist | dissenting | false | Memorial Hospital v. Maricopa County | 1974-02-26T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/108971/memorial-hospital-v-maricopa-county/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/108971/ | 1,974 | 1973-058 | 2 | 8 | 1 | I
The State of Arizona provides free medical care for indigents. Confronted, in common with its 49 sister States, with the assault of spiraling health and welfare costs upon limited state resources, it has felt bound to require that recipients meet three standards of eligibility.[1] First, they must be indigent, unempl... | I The State of Arizona provides free medical care for indigents. Confronted, in common with its 49 sister States, with the assault of spiraling health and welfare costs upon limited state resources, it has felt bound to require that recipients meet three standards of eligibility.[1] First, they must be indigent, unempl... |
Justice Brennan | dissenting | false | TWA, INC. v. Independent Federation of Flight Attendants | 1989-02-28T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112211/twa-inc-v-independent-federation-of-flight-attendants/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112211/ | 1,989 | 1988-046 | 1 | 6 | 3 | The issue in this case is whether under the Railway Labor Act (RLA) an employer, in allocating available jobs among members of a bargaining unit at the conclusion of a strike, may discriminate against full-term strikers by giving preference to employees who crossed the picket line to return to work before the strike wa... | The issue in this case is whether under the Railway Labor Act (RLA) an employer, in allocating available jobs among members of a bargaining unit at the conclusion of a strike, may discriminate against full-term strikers by giving preference to employees who crossed the picket line to return to work before the strike wa... |
Justice Burger | majority | false | United States v. Boyle | 1985-01-09T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111296/united-states-v-boyle/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111296/ | 1,985 | 1984-017 | 2 | 9 | 0 | We granted certiorari to resolve a conflict among the Circuits on whether a taxpayer's reliance on an attorney to prepare and file a tax return constitutes "reasonable cause" under § 6651(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, so as to defeat a statutory penalty incurred because of a late filing.
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Respondent, Robert ... | We granted certiorari to resolve a conflict among the Circuits on whether a taxpayer's reliance on an attorney to prepare and file a tax return constitutes "reasonable cause" under 5(a)() of the Internal Revenue Code, so as to defeat a statutory penalty incurred because of a late filing. I A Respondent, Robert W. Boyle... |
Justice Scalia | majority | false | Sackett v. Epa | 2012-03-21T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/625847/sackett-v-epa/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/625847/ | 2,012 | 2011-040 | 2 | 9 | 0 | We consider whether Michael and Chantell Sackett may
bring a civil action under the Administrative Procedure
Act, 5 U.S. C. §500 et seq., to challenge the issuance by
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of an admin
istrative compliance order under §309 of the Clean Water
Act, 33 U.S. C. §1319. The order asserts ... | We consider whether Michael and Chantell Sackett may bring a civil action under the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S. C. et seq., to challenge the issuance by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of an admin istrative compliance order under of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S. C. The order asserts that the Sack et... |
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