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Justice Kennedy | concurring | false | Missouri v. Jenkins | 1990-04-18T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112414/missouri-v-jenkins/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112414/ | 1,990 | 1989-065 | 2 | 5 | 0 | In agreement with the Court that we have jurisdiction to decide this case, I join Parts I and II of the opinion. I agree also that the District Court exceeded its authority by attempting to impose a tax. The Court is unanimous in its holding, that the Court of Appeals' judgment affirming "the actions that the [district... | In agreement with the Court that we have jurisdiction to decide this case, I join Parts I and II of the opinion. I agree also that the District Court exceeded its authority by attempting to impose a tax. The Court is unanimous in its holding, that the Court of Appeals' judgment affirming "the actions that the [district... |
Justice Brennan | dissenting | false | Walters v. National Assn. of Radiation Survivors | 1985-06-28T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111504/walters-v-national-assn-of-radiation-survivors/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111504/ | 1,985 | 1984-155 | 1 | 6 | 3 | The Court today concludes that it has mandatory jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S. C. § 1252 directly to review the District Court's entry of a preliminary injunction restraining the Government from enforcing the provisions of 38 U.S. C. §§ 3404 and 3405 pending a full trial on the merits of appellees' contention that th... | The Court today concludes that it has mandatory jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S. C. 1252 directly to review the District Court's entry of a preliminary injunction restraining the Government from enforcing the provisions of 8 U.S. C. 404 and 405 pending a full trial on the merits of appellees' contention that those stat... |
Justice Rehnquist | concurring | false | Sandstrom v. Montana | 1979-06-18T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/110109/sandstrom-v-montana/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/110109/ | 1,979 | 1978-125 | 2 | 9 | 0 | The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits any State from depriving a person of liberty without due process of law, and in Mullaney v. Wilbur, 421 U.S. 684 (1975), this Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantees prohibit a State from shifting to the defendant the burden of disprovin... | The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits any State from depriving a person of liberty without due process of law, and in this Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantees prohibit a State from shifting to the defendant the burden of disproving an element of the crime charged. I am l... |
Justice Burger | majority | false | Department of Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms v. Galioto | 1986-06-27T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111729/department-of-treasury-bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-and-firearms-v-galioto/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111729/ | 1,986 | 1985-135 | 1 | 9 | 0 | We noted probable jurisdiction to decide whether Congress may, consistent with the Fifth Amendment, forbid all involuntarily committed former mental patients to purchase firearms while permitting some felons to do so.
In 1982 appellee attempted to purchase a firearm at Ray's Sport Shop in North Plainfield, New Jersey. ... | We noted probable jurisdiction to decide whether Congress may, consistent with the Fifth Amendment, forbid all involuntarily committed former mental patients to purchase firearms while permitting some felons to do so. In 1982 appellee attempted to purchase a firearm at Ray's Sport Shop in North Plainfield, New Jersey. ... |
Justice Burger | dissenting | false | Steelworkers v. Weber | 1979-06-27T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/110135/steelworkers-v-weber/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/110135/ | 1,979 | 1978-147 | 2 | 5 | 2 | The Court reaches a result I would be inclined to vote for were I a Member of Congress considering a proposed amendment of Title VII. I cannot join the Court's judgment, however, because it is contrary to the explicit language of the statute and arrived at by means wholly incompatible with long-established principles o... | The Court reaches a result I would be inclined to vote for were I a Member of Congress considering a proposed amendment of Title VII. I cannot join the Court's judgment, however, because it is contrary to the explicit language of the statute and arrived at by means wholly incompatible with long-established principles o... |
Justice White | majority | false | United States v. Leon | 1984-09-18T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111262/united-states-v-leon/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111262/ | 1,984 | 1983-170 | 1 | 6 | 3 | This case presents the question whether the Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule should be modified so as not to bar the use in the prosecution's case in chief of evidence obtained by officers acting in reasonable reliance on a search warrant issued by a detached and neutral magistrate but ultimately found to be unsuppor... | This case presents the question whether the Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule should be modified so as not to bar the use in the prosecution's case in chief of evidence obtained by officers acting in reasonable reliance on a search warrant issued by a detached and neutral magistrate but ultimately found to be unsuppor... |
Justice Stevens | majority | false | Jones v. RR Donnelley & Sons Co. | 2004-05-03T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/134736/jones-v-rr-donnelley-sons-co/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/134736/ | 2,004 | 2003-052 | 2 | 9 | 0 | Like many federal statutes, 42 U.S. C. § 1981 does not contain a statute of limitations. We held in Goodman v. Lukens Steel Co., 482 U.S. 656, 660 (1987), that federal courts should apply "the most appropriate or analogous state statute of limitations" to claims based on asserted violations of § 1981. Three years after... | Like many federal statutes, 42 U.S. C. 1981 does not contain a statute of limitations. We held in that federal courts should apply "the most appropriate or analogous state statute of limitations" to claims based on asserted violations of Three years after our decision in Goodman, Congress enacted a catchall 4-year stat... |
Justice Kagan | concurring | false | Florida v. Jardines | 2013-03-26T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/856347/florida-v-jardines/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/856347/ | 2,013 | 2012-030 | 2 | 5 | 4 | For me, a simple analogy clinches this case—and does
so on privacy as well as property grounds. A stranger
comes to the front door of your home carrying super-high-
powered binoculars. See ante, at 7, n. 3. He doesn’t knock
or say hello. Instead, he stands on the porch and uses the
binoculars to peer through your windo... | For me, a simple analogy clinches this case—and does so on privacy as well as property grounds. A stranger comes to the front door of your home carrying super-high- powered binoculars. See ante, at 7, n. 3. He doesn’t knock or say hello. Instead, he stands on the porch and uses the binoculars to peer through your windo... |
Justice Thomas | majority | false | Mont v. United States | 2019-06-03T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4625690/mont-v-united-states/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/4625690/ | 2,019 | 2018-049 | 1 | 5 | 4 | This case requires the Court to decide whether a con-
victed criminal’s period of supervised release is tolled—in
effect, paused—during his pretrial detention for a new
criminal offense. Specifically, the question is whether that
pretrial detention qualifies as “imprison[ment] in connec-
tion with a conviction for a Fe... | This case requires the Court to decide whether a con- victed criminal’s period of supervised release is tolled—in effect, paused—during his pretrial detention for a new criminal offense. Specifically, the question is whether that pretrial detention qualifies as “imprison[ment] in connec- tion with a conviction for a Fe... |
Justice Scalia | majority | false | Republic of Iraq v. Beaty | 2009-06-08T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/145868/republic-of-iraq-v-beaty/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/145868/ | 2,009 | 2008-063 | 1 | 9 | 0 | We consider in these cases whether the Republic of Iraq
remains subject to suit in American courts pursuant to the
terrorism exception to foreign sovereign immunity, now
repealed, that had been codified at 28 U.S. C. §1605(a)(7).
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Under the venerable pr... | We consider in these cases whether the Republic of Iraq remains subject to suit in American courts pursuant to the terrorism exception to foreign sovereign immunity, now repealed, that had been codified at 28 U.S. C. I A Under the venerable principle of foreign sovereign im munity, foreign states are ordinarily “immune... |
Justice Stevens | majority | false | McNeil v. United States | 1993-05-17T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112858/mcneil-v-united-states/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112858/ | 1,993 | 1992-070 | 1 | 9 | 0 | The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) provides that an "action shall not be instituted upon a claim against the United States for money damages" unless the claimant has first exhausted his administrative remedies.[1] The question presented is whether such an action may be maintained when the claimant failed to exhaust his... | The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) provides that an "action shall not be instituted upon a claim against the United States for money damages" unless the claimant has first exhausted his administrative remedies.[] The question presented is whether such an action may be maintained when the claimant failed to exhaust his ... |
Justice Alito | dissenting | false | Bostock v. Clayton County | 2020-06-15T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4760997/bostock-v-clayton-county/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/4760997/ | 2,020 | null | null | null | null | There is only one word for what the Court has done today:
legislation. The document that the Court releases is in the
form of a judicial opinion interpreting a statute, but that is
deceptive.
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ALITO, J., dissenting
Title VII of the Civil Rights... | There is only one word for what the Court has done today: legislation. The document that the Court releases is in the form of a judicial opinion interpreting a statute, but that is deceptive. 2 BOSTOCK v. CLYTON COUNTY LITO, J., dissenting Title VII of the Civil Rights ct of 194 prohibits employ- ment discrimination on... |
Justice Blackmun | majority | false | Loeffler v. Frank | 1988-06-13T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112094/loeffler-v-frank/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112094/ | 1,988 | 1987-109 | 2 | 5 | 3 | This case presents the question whether prejudgment interest may be awarded in a suit against the United States Postal Service brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 253, as amended, 42 U.S. C. § 2000e et seq.
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Petitioner Theodore J. Loeffler was discharged from his position as a rural lett... | This case presents the question whether prejudgment interest may be awarded in a suit against the United States Postal Service brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S. C. 2000e et seq. I Petitioner Theodore J. Loeffler was discharged from his position as a rural letter carrier for th... |
Justice Powell | majority | false | Patton v. Yount | 1984-06-26T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111228/patton-v-yount/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111228/ | 1,984 | 1983-141 | 1 | 6 | 2 | This case brings before us a claim that pretrial publicity so infected a state criminal trial as to deny the defendant his Sixth Amendment right to an "impartial jury."
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On April 28, 1966, the body of Pamela Rimer, an 18-year-old high school student, was found in a wooded area near her home in Luthersburg, Clearfield... | This case brings before us a claim that pretrial publicity so infected a state criminal trial as to deny the defendant his Sixth Amendment right to an "impartial jury." I On April 28, 1966, the body of Pamela Rimer, an 18-year-old high school student, was found in a wooded area near her home in Luthersburg, Clearfield ... |
Justice Thomas | majority | false | Texaco Inc. v. Dagher | 2006-02-28T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/145675/texaco-inc-v-dagher/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/145675/ | 2,006 | 2005-036 | 1 | 8 | 0 | From 1998 until 2002, petitioners Texaco Inc. and Shell Oil Co. collaborated in a joint venture, Equilon Enterprises, to refine and sell gasoline in the western United States under the original Texaco and Shell Oil brand names. Respondents, a class of Texaco and Shell Oil service station owners, allege that petitioners... | From 18 until 2002, petitioners Texaco Inc. and Shell Co. collaborated in a joint venture, Equilon Enterprises, to refine and sell gasoline in the western United States under the original Texaco and Shell brand names. Respondents, a class of Texaco and Shell service station owners, allege that petitioners engaged in un... |
Justice Brennan | majority | false | DelCostello v. Teamsters | 1983-06-08T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/110956/delcostello-v-teamsters/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/110956/ | 1,983 | 1982-100 | 2 | 7 | 2 | Each of these cases arose as a suit by an employee or employees against an employer and a union, alleging that the employer had breached a provision of a collective-bargaining agreement, and that the union had breached its duty of fair representation by mishandling the ensuing grievance-and-arbitration proceedings. See... | Each of these cases arose as a suit by an employee or employees against an employer and a union, alleging that the employer had breached a provision of a collective-bargaining agreement, and that the union had breached its duty of fair representation by mishandling the ensuing grievance-and-arbitration proceedings See ... |
Justice Breyer | second_dissenting | false | Pliler v. Ford | 2004-06-21T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/136992/pliler-v-ford/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/136992/ | 2,004 | 2003-077 | 1 | 7 | 2 | I join JUSTICE GINSBURG's dissent. But I write separately to "addres[s] the propriety of" the Ninth Circuit's "stay-and-abeyance procedure." Ante, at 231 (majority opinion). That procedure would have permitted Richard Ford, the respondent, to ask the federal court to stay proceedings and hold his federal habeas petitio... | I join JUSTICE GINSBURG's dissent. But I write separately to "addres[s] the propriety of" the Ninth Circuit's "stay-and-abeyance procedure." Ante, at 231 (majority opinion). That procedure would have permitted Richard Ford, the respondent, to ask the federal court to stay proceedings and hold his federal habeas petitio... |
Justice Ginsburg | dissenting | false | Lunding v. New York Tax Appeals Tribunal | 1998-01-21T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/118165/lunding-v-new-york-tax-appeals-tribunal/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/118165/ | 1,998 | 1997-019 | 1 | 6 | 3 | New York and other States follow the Federal Government's lead[1] in according an income tax deduction for alimony to resident taxpayers only.[2] That tax practice, I *316 conclude, does not offend the nondiscrimination principle embodied in the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV, § 2. I therefore dissent f... | New York and other States follow the Federal Government's lead[1] in according an income tax deduction for alimony to resident taxpayers only.[2] That tax practice, I *316 conclude, does not offend the nondiscrimination principle embodied in the Privileges and Immunities Clause of Article IV, 2. I therefore dissent fro... |
Justice Stevens | concurring | true | Wyrick v. Fields | 1982-11-29T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/110809/wyrick-v-fields/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/110809/ | 1,982 | 1982-005 | 1 | 8 | 1 | There is much force to what JUSTICE MARSHALL has written in dissent. I share his concern about the Court's practice of deciding cases summarily, partly because there is a special risk of error in summary dispositions and partly because the practice represents an unwise use of the Court's scarce resources. I do not, how... | There is much force to what JUSTICE MARSHALL has written in dissent. I share his concern about the Court's practice of deciding cases summarily, partly because there is a special risk of error in summary dispositions and partly because the practice represents an unwise use of the Court's scarce resources. I do not, how... |
Justice Rehnquist | concurring | false | California Ex Rel. State Lands Comm'n v. United States | 1982-09-09T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/110744/california-ex-rel-state-lands-commn-v-united-states/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/110744/ | 1,982 | 1981-122 | 2 | 9 | 0 | I concur in the judgment. I believe that our decision in Wilson v. Omaha Indian Tribe, 442 U.S. 653 (1979), requires the application of federal common law to resolve this title dispute between the United States and California, and that § 5(a) of the Submerged Lands Act indicates the source of that law.
The dispute in t... | I concur in the judgment. I believe that our decision in requires the application of federal common law to resolve this title dispute between the United States and California, and that 5(a) of the Submerged Lands Act indicates the source of that law. The dispute in this case concerns the ownership of artificially cause... |
Justice Ginsburg | majority | false | American Elec. Power Co. v. Connecticut | 2011-06-20T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/219098/american-elec-power-co-v-connecticut/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/219098/ | 2,011 | 2010-072 | 1 | 8 | 0 | We address in this opinion the question whether the
plaintiffs (several States, the city of New York, and three
private land trusts) can maintain federal common law
public nuisance claims against carbon-dioxide emitters
(four private power companies and the federal Tennessee
Valley Authority). As relief, the plaintiffs... | We address in this opinion the question whether the plaintiffs (several States, the city of New York, and three private land trusts) can maintain federal common law public nuisance claims against carbon-dioxide emitters (four private power companies and the federal Tennessee Valley Authority). As relief, the plaintiffs... |
Justice O'Connor | majority | false | Shearson/American Express Inc. v. McMahon | 1987-09-21T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111910/shearsonamerican-express-inc-v-mcmahon/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111910/ | 1,987 | 1986-116 | 1 | 5 | 4 | This case presents two questions regarding the enforceability of predispute arbitration agreements between brokerage firms and their customers. The first is whether a claim brought under § 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act), 48 Stat. 891, 15 U.S. C. § 78j(b), must be sent to arbitration in acco... | This case presents two questions regarding the enforceability of predispute arbitration agreements between brokerage firms and their customers. The first is whether a claim brought under 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act), 15 U.S. C. 78j(b), must be sent to arbitration in accordance with the te... |
Justice Blackmun | dissenting | false | Duquesne Light Co. v. Barasch | 1989-01-11T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112169/duquesne-light-co-v-barasch/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112169/ | 1,989 | 1988-019 | 2 | 8 | 1 | The Court, I fear, because of what it regards as the investment of time in having this case argued and briefed, is strong-arming the finality concept and finding a Cox exception that does not exist. We have jurisdiction, under 28 U.S. C. § 1257, only if there is a "final judgment" by the "highest court of a State" in w... | The Court, I fear, because of what it regards as the investment of time in having this case argued and briefed, is strong-arming the finality concept and finding a Cox exception that does not exist. We have jurisdiction, under 28 U.S. C. 1257, only if there is a "final judgment" by the "highest court of a State" in whi... |
Justice Blackmun | majority | false | West v. Atkins | 1988-06-20T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112116/west-v-atkins/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112116/ | 1,988 | 1987-126 | 2 | 9 | 0 | This case presents the question whether a physician who is under contract with the State to provide medical services to inmates at a state-prison hospital on a part-time basis acts "under color of state law," within the meaning of 42 U.S. C. § 1983, when he treats an inmate.
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Petitioner, Quincy West, tore his left Ac... | This case presents the question whether a physician who is under contract with the State to provide medical services to inmates at a state-prison hospital on a part-time basis acts "under color of state law," within the meaning of 42 U.S. C. 1983, when he treats an inmate. I Petitioner, Quincy West, tore his left Achil... |
Justice Marshall | dissenting | true | Texas v. White | 1975-12-01T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/109332/texas-v-white/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/109332/ | 1,975 | 1975-012 | 1 | 6 | 2 | Only by misstating the holding of Chambers v. Maroney, 399 U.S. 42 (1970), can the Court make that case appear dispositive of this one. The Court in its brief per curiam opinion today extends Chambers to a clearly distinguishable factual setting, without having afforded the opportunity for full briefing and oral argume... | Only by misstating the holding of can the Court make that case appear dispositive of this one. The Court in its brief per curiam opinion today extends Chambers to a clearly distinguishable factual setting, without having afforded the opportunity for full briefing and oral argument. I respectfully dissent. Chambers did ... |
Justice Breyer | majority | false | Castillo v. United States | 2000-06-05T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/118373/castillo-v-united-states/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/118373/ | 2,000 | 1999-071 | 2 | 9 | 0 | []
In this case we once again decide whether words in a federal criminal statute create offense elements (determined by a jury) or sentencing factors (determined by a judge). See Jones v. United States, 526 U.S. 227 (1999); AlmendarezTorres v. United States, 523 U.S. 224 (1998). The statute in question, 18 U.S. C. § 9... | [] In this case we once again decide whether words in a federal criminal statute create offense elements (determined by a jury) or sentencing factors (determined by a judge). See ; The statute in question, 18 U.S. C. 924(c) (1988 ed., Supp. V), prohibits the use or carrying of a "firearm" in relation to a crime of vio... |
Justice Kennedy | concurring | false | Ashcroft v. al-Kidd | 2011-05-31T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/217703/ashcroft-v-al-kidd/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/217703/ | 2,011 | 2010-052 | 2 | 8 | 0 | I join the opinion of the Court in full. In holding that
the Attorney General could be liable for damages based on
an unprecedented constitutional rule, the Court of Appeals
for the Ninth Circuit disregarded the purposes of the doc
trine of qualified immunity. This concurring opinion makes
two additional observations.
... | I join the opinion of the Court in full. In holding that the Attorney General could be liable for damages based on an unprecedented constitutional rule, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit disregarded the purposes of the doc trine of qualified immunity. This concurring opinion makes two additional observations. ... |
Justice Kagan | majority | false | Allen v. Cooper | 2020-03-23T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4738313/allen-v-cooper/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/4738313/ | 2,020 | null | null | null | null | In two basically identical statutes passed in the early
1990s, Congress sought to strip the States of their sovereign
immunity from patent and copyright infringement suits.
Not long after, this Court held in Florida Prepaid Postsec-
ondary Ed. Expense Bd. v. College Savings Bank, 527 U.S.
627 (1999), that the patent st... | In two basically identical statutes passed in the early 1990s, Congress sought to strip the States of their sovereign immunity from patent and copyright infringement suits. Not long after, this Court held in Florida Prepaid Postsec- ondary Ed. Expense 527 U.S. 627 (1999), that the patent statute lacked a valid constitu... |
Justice Sotomayor | dissenting | false | Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck | 2019-06-17T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4630087/manhattan-community-access-corp-v-halleck/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/4630087/ | 2,019 | 2018-047 | 1 | 5 | 4 | The Court tells a very reasonable story about a case that
is not before us. I write to address the one that is.
This is a case about an organization appointed by the
government to administer a constitutional public forum.
(It is not, as the Court suggests, about a private property
owner that simply opened up its pro... | The Court tells a very reasonable story about a case that is not before us. I write to address the one that is. This is a case about an organization appointed by the government to administer a constitutional public forum. (It is not, as the Court suggests, about a private property owner that simply opened up its proper... |
per_curiam | per_curiam | true | Vachon v. New Hampshire | 1974-02-25T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/108905/vachon-v-new-hampshire/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/108905/ | 1,974 | 1973-036 | 2 | 6 | 3 | A 14-year-old girl bought a button inscribed "Copulation Not Masturbation" at the Head Shop in Manchester, New Hampshire. In consequence, appellant, operator of the shop, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $100 after conviction upon a charge of "wilfully" contributing to the delinquency of a minor in violation ... | A 14-year-old girl bought a button inscribed "Copulation Not Masturbation" at the Head Shop in Manchester, New Hampshire. In consequence, appellant, operator of the shop, was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $100 after conviction upon a charge of "wilfully" contributing to the delinquency of a minor in violation ... |
Justice Powell | majority | false | United States v. Ortiz | 1975-06-30T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/109312/united-states-v-ortiz/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/109312/ | 1,975 | 1974-151 | 2 | 9 | 0 | Border Patrol officers stopped respondent's car for a routine immigration search at the traffic checkpoint *892 on Interstate Highway 5 at San Clemente, Cal., on November 12, 1973. They found three aliens concealed in the trunk, and respondent was convicted on three counts of knowingly transporting aliens who were in t... | Border Patrol officers stopped respondent's car for a routine immigration at the traffic checkpoint *892 on Interstate Highway 5 at San Clemente, Cal, on November 12, They found three aliens concealed in the trunk, and respondent was convicted on three counts of knowingly transporting aliens who were in the country ill... |
Justice Rehnquist | majority | false | Illinois v. Gates | 1983-06-08T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/110959/illinois-v-gates/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/110959/ | 1,983 | 1982-103 | 1 | 6 | 3 | Respondents Lance and Susan Gates were indicted for violation of state drug laws after police officers, executing a search warrant, discovered marihuana and other contraband in their automobile and home. Prior to trial the Gateses moved to suppress evidence seized during this search. The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed... | Respondents Lance and Susan Gates were indicted for violation of state drug laws after police officers, executing a search warrant, discovered marihuana and other contraband in their automobile and home. Prior to trial the Gateses moved to suppress evidence seized during this search. The Illinois Supreme Court affirmed... |
Justice Burger | majority | false | Burks v. United States | 1978-06-14T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/109891/burks-v-united-states/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/109891/ | 1,978 | 1977-109 | 2 | 8 | 0 | We granted certiorari to resolve the question of whether an accused may be subjected to a second trial when conviction in a prior trial was reversed by an appellate court solely for lack of sufficient evidence to sustain the jury's verdict.
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Petitioner Burks was tried in the United States District Court for the crime... | We granted certiorari to resolve the question of whether an accused may be subjected to a second trial when conviction in a prior trial was reversed by an appellate court solely for lack of sufficient evidence to sustain the jury's verdict I Petitioner Burks was tried in the United District Court for the crime of robbi... |
Justice Marshall | second_dissenting | false | Gooding v. United States | 1974-04-29T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/109017/gooding-v-united-states/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/109017/ | 1,974 | 1973-097 | 1 | 6 | 3 | I agree with my Brother DOUGLAS that the provisions of the District of Columbia Code requiring a showing of need for execution of a search warrant at night govern the search involved in this case, and, accordingly, I join in his dissenting opinion. A majority of the Court, however, rejects this argument and goes on to ... | I agree with my Brother DOUGLAS that the provisions of the District of Columbia Code requiring a showing of need for execution of a search warrant at night govern the search involved in this case, and, accordingly, I join in his dissenting opinion. A majority of the Court, however, rejects this argument and goes on to ... |
Justice Brennan | concurring | false | Massachusetts Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Russell | 1985-06-27T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111499/massachusetts-mut-life-ins-co-v-russell/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111499/ | 1,985 | 1984-150 | 1 | 9 | 0 | Section 502(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S. C. § 1132(a), provides a wide array of measures to employee-benefit plan participants and beneficiaries by which they may enforce their rights under ERISA and under the terms of their plans. A participant *149 or beneficiary may file... | Section 502(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S. C. 1132(a), provides a wide array of measures to employee-benefit plan participants and beneficiaries by which they may enforce their rights under ERISA and under the terms of their plans. A participant *149 or beneficiary may file a... |
Justice Douglas | dissenting | true | Dyson v. Stein | 1971-02-23T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/108270/dyson-v-stein/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/108270/ | 1,971 | 1970-042 | 1 | 8 | 1 | I
The two raids in this case were search-and-destroy missions in the Vietnamese sense of the phrase. In each case the police came at night. The first search warrant authorized a search and seizure of "obscene articles and materials, to-wit: pictures, photographs, drawings and obscene literature" concealed at a given *2... | I The two raids in this case were search-and-destroy missions in the Vietnamese sense of the phrase. In each case the police came at night. The first search warrant authorized a search and seizure of "obscene articles and materials, to-wit: pictures, photographs, drawings and obscene literature" concealed at a given *2... |
Justice White | majority | false | Helling v. McKinney | 1993-06-18T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112888/helling-v-mckinney/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112888/ | 1,993 | 1992-099 | 2 | 7 | 2 | This case requires us to decide whether the health risk posed by involuntary exposure of a prison inmate to environmental *28 tobacco smoke (ETS) can form the basis of a claim for relief under the Eighth Amendment.
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Respondent is serving a sentence of imprisonment in the Nevada prison system. At the time that this ca... | This case requires us to decide whether the health risk posed by involuntary exposure of a prison inmate to environmental *28 tobacco smoke (ETS) can form the basis of a claim for relief under the Eighth Amendment. I Respondent is serving a sentence of imprisonment in the Nevada prison system. At the time that this cas... |
Justice Powell | majority | false | PC Pfeiffer Co. v. Ford | 1979-11-27T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/110157/pc-pfeiffer-co-v-ford/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/110157/ | 1,979 | 1979-006 | 2 | 9 | 0 | The question in this case is whether two workers were engaged in "maritime employment," as defined by § 2 (3) of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 44 Stat. 1425, as amended, 86 Stat. 1251, 33 U.S. C. § 902 (3), when they sustained injuries for which they seek compensation.
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On April 12, 1973, D... | The question in this case is whether two workers were engaged in "maritime employment," as defined by 2 (3) of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, as amended, 33 US C 902 (3), when they sustained injuries for which they seek compensation I On April 12, 1973, Diverson Ford accidentally struck the mi... |
Justice Kennedy | majority | false | Abbott v. Abbott | 2010-05-17T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/146554/abbott-v-abbott/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/146554/ | 2,010 | 2009-048 | 2 | 6 | 3 | This case presents, as it has from its inception in the
United States District Court, a question of interpretation
under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of In
ternational Child Abduction (Convention), Oct. 24, 1980,
T. I. A. S. No. 11670, S. Treaty Doc. No. 99–11. The
United States is a contracting state to ... | This case presents, as it has from its inception in the United States District Court, a question of interpretation under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of In ternational Child Abduction (Convention), Oct. 24, 1980, T. I. A. S. No. 11670, S. Treaty Doc. No. 99–11. The United States is a contracting state to ... |
Justice Stevens | majority | false | Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc. | 1993-03-24T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112836/cincinnati-v-discovery-network-inc/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112836/ | 1,993 | 1992-047 | 2 | 6 | 3 | Motivated by its interest in the safety and attractive appearance of its streets and sidewalks, the city of Cincinnati has refused to allow respondents to distribute their commercial publications through freestanding newsracks located on public property. The question presented is whether this refusal is consistent with... | Motivated by its iterest i the safety ad attractive appearace of its streets ad sidewalks, the city of Ciciati has refused to allow respodets to distribute their commercial publicatios through freestadig ewsracks located o public property. The questio preseted is whether this refusal is cosistet with the First Amedmet.... |
Justice Scalia | dissenting | false | Morrison v. Olson | 1988-06-29T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112139/morrison-v-olson/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112139/ | 1,988 | 1987-149 | 3 | 7 | 1 | It is the proud boast of our democracy that we have "a government of laws and not of men." Many Americans are familiar with that phrase; not many know its derivation. It comes from Part the First, Article XXX, of the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780, which reads in full as follows:
"In the government of this Commonwe... | It is the proud boast of our democracy that we have "a government of laws and not of men." Many Americans are familiar with that phrase; not many know its derivation. It comes from Part the First, Article XXX, of the Massachusetts Constitution of 1780, which reads in full as follows: "In the government of this Commonwe... |
Justice Breyer | majority | false | Financial Oversight and Management Bd. for Puerto Rico v. Aurelius Investment, LLC | 2020-06-01T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4757657/financial-oversight-and-management-bd-for-puerto-rico-v-aurelius/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/4757657/ | 2,020 | null | null | null | null | The Constitution’s Appointments Clause says that the
President
“shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Con-
sent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other
public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme
Court, and all other Officers of the United States . . . .”
Art. II, §2, cl. 2 ... | The Constitution’s Appointments Clause says that the President “shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Con- sent of the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States” Art. II, cl. 2 (emphasis added). In 2016, Congr... |
Justice Brennan | concurring | false | Central Hudson Gas & Elec. Corp. v. Public Serv. Comm'n of NY | 1980-06-20T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/110312/central-hudson-gas-elec-corp-v-public-serv-commn-of-ny/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/110312/ | 1,980 | 1979-127 | 2 | 8 | 1 | One of the major difficulties in this case is the proper characterization of the Commission's Policy Statement. I find it impossible to determine on the present record whether the Commission's ban on all "promotional" advertising, in contrast to "institutional and informational" advertising, see ante, at 559, is intend... | One of the major difficulties in this case is the proper characterization of the Commission's Policy Statement. I find it impossible to determine on the present record whether the Commission's ban on all "promotional" advertising, in contrast to "institutional and informational" advertising, see ante, at 559, is intend... |
Justice Scalia | majority | false | Bennett v. Spear | 1997-03-19T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/118096/bennett-v-spear/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/118096/ | 1,997 | 1996-038 | 2 | 9 | 0 | This is a challenge to a biological opinion issued by the Fish and Wildlife Service in accordance with the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), 87 Stat. 884, as amended, 16 U.S. C. § 1531 et seq., concerning the operation of the Klamath Irrigation Project by the Bureau of Reclamation, and the project's impact on two v... | This is a challenge to a biological opinion issued by the Fish and Service in accordance with the Endangered Species ct of 1973 (ES), as amended, 16 U.S. C. 1531 et seq., concerning the operation of the Klamath Irrigation Project by the Bureau of Reclamation, and the project's impact on two varieties of endangered fish... |
Justice O'Connor | majority | false | Minnesota State Bd. for Community Colleges v. Knight | 1984-02-21T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111100/minnesota-state-bd-for-community-colleges-v-knight/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111100/ | 1,984 | 1983-035 | 1 | 6 | 3 | The State of Minnesota authorizes its public employees to bargain collectively over terms and conditions of employment. It also requires public employers to engage in official exchanges of views with their professional employees on policy questions relating to employment but outside the scope of mandatory bargaining. I... | The State of Minnesota authorizes its public employees to bargain collectively over terms and conditions of employment. It also requires public employers to engage in official exchanges of views with their professional employees on policy questions relating to employment but outside the scope of mandatory bargaining. I... |
Justice Scalia | majority | false | Puerto Rico Dept. of Consumer Affairs v. ISLA Petroleum Corp. | 1988-04-19T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112039/puerto-rico-dept-of-consumer-affairs-v-isla-petroleum-corp/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112039/ | 1,988 | 1987-063 | 1 | 8 | 0 | In this case we must determine whether federal legislation providing for controls over the allocation and pricing of petroleum products, passed in response to the oil crisis of the early 1970's, or the legislation subsequently eliminating those controls, pre-empts gasoline price regulation by the Commonwealth of Puerto... | I this case we must determie whether federal legislatio providig for cotrols over the allocatio ad pricig of petroleum products, passed i respose to the oil crisis of the early 1970's, or the legislatio subsequetly elimiatig those cotrols, pre-empts gasolie price regulatio by the Commowealth of Puerto Rico. I I 1973, C... |
Justice Rehnquist | second_dissenting | 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 | This Court decided at an early date, with neither argument nor discussion, that a business corporation is a "person" entitled to the protection of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific R. Co., 118 U.S. 394, 396 (1886). Likewise, it soon became accepted that the ... | This Court decided at an early date, with neither argument nor discussion, that a business corporation is a "person" entitled to the protection of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Santa Clara Likewise, it soon became accepted that the property of a corporation was protected under the Due Process... |
Justice Ginsburg | dissenting | false | Schwab v. Reilly | 2010-06-17T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/148796/schwab-v-reilly/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/148796/ | 2,010 | 2009-075 | 1 | 6 | 3 | In Chapter 7 bankruptcies, debtors must surrender to
the trustee-in-bankruptcy all their assets, 11 U.S. C.
§541, but may reclaim for themselves exempt property,
§522. Within 30 days after the meeting of creditors, the
trustee or a creditor may file an objection to the debtor’s
designation of property as exempt. Fed. R... | In Chapter 7 bankruptcies, debtors must surrender to the trustee-in-bankruptcy all their assets, 11 U.S. C. but may reclaim for themselves exempt property, Within 30 days after the meeting of creditors, the trustee or a creditor may file an objection to the debtor’s designation of property as exempt. Fed. Rule Bkrtcy. ... |
per_curiam | per_curiam | true | Brosseau v. Haugen | 2004-12-13T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/137736/brosseau-v-haugen/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/137736/ | 2,004 | 2004-012 | 2 | 8 | 1 | Officer Rochelle Brosseau, a member of the Puyallup, Washington, Police Department, shot Kenneth Haugen in the back as he attempted to flee from law enforcement authorities in his vehicle. Haugen subsequently filed this action in the United States District Court for the Western District of *195 Washington pursuant to R... | Officer Rochelle Brosseau, a member of the Puyallup, Washington, Police Department, shot Kenneth Haugen in the back as he attempted to flee from law enforcement authorities in his vehicle. Haugen subsequently filed this action in the United States District Court for the Western District of *195 Washington pursuant to R... |
Justice White | majority | false | United States v. Havens | 1980-08-11T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/110267/united-states-v-havens/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/110267/ | 1,980 | 1979-094 | 1 | 5 | 4 | The petition for certiorari filed by the United States in this criminal case presented a single question: whether evidence suppressed as the fruit of an unlawful search and seizure may nevertheless be used to impeach a defendant's false trial testimony, given in response to proper cross-examination, where the evidence ... | The petition for certiorari filed by the United in this criminal case presented a single question: whether evidence suppressed as the fruit of an unlawful search and seizure may nevertheless be used to impeach a defendant's false trial testimony, given in response to proper cross-examination, where the evidence does no... |
Justice Stevens | concurring | false | Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. FCC | 1990-06-27T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112484/metro-broadcasting-inc-v-fcc/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112484/ | 1,990 | 1989-136 | 2 | 5 | 4 | Today the Court squarely rejects the proposition that a governmental decision that rests on a racial classification is never permissible except as a remedy for a past wrong. Ante, at 564-565. I endorse this focus on the future benefit, rather than the remedial justification, of such decisions.[1]
I remain convinced, of... | Today the Court squarely rejects the proposition that a governmental decision that rests on a racial classification is never permissible except as a remedy for a past wrong. Ante, at 564-565. I endorse this focus on the future benefit, rather than the remedial justification, of such decisions.[1] I remain convinced, of... |
Justice Blackmun | majority | false | Mississippi v. Arkansas | 1974-02-26T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/108972/mississippi-v-arkansas/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/108972/ | 1,974 | 1973-060 | 3 | 9 | 0 | Mississippi, prompted by the pendency of private title litigation in the Arkansas courts,[1] instituted this original *290 action against Arkansas in November 1970. The bill of complaint, which accompanied the motion for leave to file, prayed that the boundary line between the two States, in the old bed of the Mississi... | Mississippi, prompted by the pendency of private title litigation in the Arkansas courts,[1] instituted this original *290 action against Arkansas in November 1970. The bill of complaint, which accompanied the motion for leave to file, prayed that the boundary line between the two States, in the old bed of the Mississi... |
Justice Blackmun | majority | false | Basic Inc. v. Levinson | 1988-03-07T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112022/basic-inc-v-levinson/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112022/ | 1,988 | 1987-046 | 2 | 4 | 2 | This case requires us to apply the materiality requirement of § 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (1934 Act), 48 Stat. 881, as amended, 15 U.S. C. § 78a et seq., and the Securities and Exchange Commission's Rule 10b-5, 17 CFR § 240.10b-5 (1987), promulgated thereunder, in the context of preliminary corporate... | This case requires us to apply the materiality requirement of 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (1934 Act), as amended, 15 U.S. C. 78a et seq., and the Securities and Exchange Commission's Rule 10b-5, 17 CFR 240.10b-5 promulgated thereunder, in the context of preliminary corporate merger discussions. We must... |
Justice Brennan | majority | false | Slodov v. United States | 1978-05-22T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/109863/slodov-v-united-states/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/109863/ | 1,978 | 1977-085 | 1 | 6 | 3 | Petitioner, an orthodontist by profession, on January 31, 1969, purchased the stock and assumed the management of three corporations engaged in the food vending business. The corporations were indebted at the time of the purchase for approximately $250,000 of taxes, including federal wage and Federal Insurance Contribu... | Petitioner, an orthodontist by profession, on January 31, 1969, purchased the stock and assumed the management of three corporations engaged in the food vending business. The corporations were indebted at the time of the purchase for approximately $250,000 of taxes, including federal wage and Federal Insurance Contribu... |
Justice Stevens | majority | false | Saenz v. Roe | 1999-05-17T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/118286/saenz-v-roe/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/118286/ | 1,999 | 1998-052 | 2 | 7 | 2 | In 1992, California enacted a statute limiting the maximum welfare benefits available to newly arrived residents. The scheme limits the amount payable to a family that has resided in the State for less than 12 months to the amount payable by the State of the family's prior residence. The questions presented by this cas... | In 1992, California enacted a statute limiting the maximum welfare benefits available to newly arrived residents. The scheme limits the amount payable to a family that has resided in the State for less than 12 months to the amount payable by the State of the family's prior residence. The questions presented by this cas... |
Justice O'Connor | majority | false | Karcher v. May | 1987-12-01T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111967/karcher-v-may/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111967/ | 1,987 | 1987-007 | 1 | 8 | 0 | Alan J. Karcher and Carmen A. Orechio, the former presiding officers of the New Jersey Legislature, seek to appeal a judgment declaring a New Jersey statute unconstitutional. Their appeal presents the question whether public officials who have participated in a lawsuit solely in their official capacities may appeal an ... | Alan J. Karcher and Carmen A. Orechio, the former presiding officers of the New Jersey Legislature, seek to appeal a judgment declaring a New Jersey statute unconstitutional. Their appeal presents the question whether public officials who have participated in a lawsuit solely in their official capacities may appeal an ... |
Justice Powell | dissenting | false | Steadman v. SEC | 1981-04-20T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/110417/steadman-v-sec/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/110417/ | 1,981 | 1980-042 | 2 | 7 | 2 | The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), acting under the antifraud provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, has imposed severe sanctions on petitioner. He has been barred permanently from practicing his profession and also forced to divest himself of an investment ... | The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), acting under the antifraud provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, has imposed severe sanctions on petitioner. He has been barred permanently from practicing his profession and also forced to divest himself of an investment ... |
Justice Thomas | majority | false | Pollard v. EI Du Pont De Nemours & Co. | 2001-06-04T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/118441/pollard-v-ei-du-pont-de-nemours-co/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/118441/ | 2,001 | 2000-067 | 2 | 8 | 0 | This case presents the question whether a front pay award is an element of compensatory damages under the Civil Rights Act of 1991. We conclude that it is not.
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Petitioner Sharon Pollard sued her former employer, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), alleging that she had been subjected to a hostile work env... | This case presents the question whether a front pay award is an element of compensatory damages under the Civil Rights Act of 11 We conclude that it is not I Petitioner Sharon Pollard sued her former employer, E I du Pont de Nemours and Company (DuPont), alleging that she had been subjected to a hostile work environmen... |
Justice Rehnquist | dissenting | true | Vachon v. New Hampshire | 1974-02-25T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/108905/vachon-v-new-hampshire/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/108905/ | 1,974 | 1973-036 | 2 | 6 | 3 | Appellant Denis M. Vachon operates the Head Shop in Manchester, New Hampshire, where he sells various beads, dresses, posters, and the like. In July 1969, a 14-year-old girl, accompanied by her girl friend, went to the shop seeking to purchase a button or pin like the *481 one purchased by her friend the previous week.... | Appellant Denis M. Vachon operes the Head Shop in Manchester, New Hampshire, where he sells various beads, dresses, posters, and the like. In July 1969, a 14-year-old girl, accompanied by her girl friend, went to the shop seeking to purchase a button or pin like the *481 one purchased by her friend the previous week. S... |
Justice Scalia | majority | false | Jinks v. Richland County | 2003-04-22T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/127912/jinks-v-richland-county/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/127912/ | 2,003 | 2002-043 | 2 | 9 | 0 | The Supreme Court of South Carolina dismissed petitioner's lawsuit against Richland County (hereinafter respondent) as time barred. In doing so it held that 28 U.S. C. § 1367(d), which required the state statute of limitations to be tolled for the period during which petitioner's cause of action had previously been pen... | The Supreme Court of South Carolina dismissed petitioner's lawsuit against Richland County (hereinafter respondent) as time barred. In doing so it held that 28 U.S. C. 1367(d), which required the state statute of limitations to be tolled for the period during which petitioner's cause of action had previously been pendi... |
per_curiam | per_curiam | true | United States v. Pomponio | 1976-10-12T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/109549/united-states-v-pomponio/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/109549/ | 1,976 | 1976-004 | 1 | 9 | 0 | After a jury trial, respondents were convicted of willfully filing false income tax returns in violation of 26 U.S. C. § 7206 (1).[1] Based on its reading of United States v. Bishop, 412 U.S. 346 (1973), the Court of Appeals held that the jury was incorrectly instructed concerning willfulness, and remanded for a new tr... | After a jury trial, respondents were convicted of willfully filing false income tax returns in violation of 26 U.S. C. 7206 (1).[1] Based on its reading of United the Court of Appeals held that the jury was incorrectly instructed concerning willfulness, and remanded for a new trial. The United States petitioned for cer... |
Justice Powell | majority | false | Armco Inc. v. Hardesty | 1984-10-09T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111213/armco-inc-v-hardesty/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111213/ | 1,984 | 1983-126 | 1 | 8 | 1 | In this appeal an Ohio corporation claims that West Virginia's wholesale gross receipts tax, from which local manufacturers are exempt, unconstitutionally discriminates against interstate commerce. We agree and reverse the state court's judgment upholding the tax.
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Appellant Armco Inc. is an Ohio corporation qualifie... | In this appeal an Ohio corporation claims that West Virginia's wholesale gross receipts tax, from which local manufacturers are exempt, unconstitutionally discriminates against interstate commerce. We agree and reverse the state court's judgment upholding the tax. I Appellant Armco Inc. is an Ohio corporation qualified... |
Justice Rehnquist | majority | false | United States v. Hyde | 1997-05-27T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/118114/united-states-v-hyde/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/118114/ | 1,997 | 1996-058 | 1 | 9 | 0 | Rule 32(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure states that a district court may allow a defendant to withdraw his guilty plea before he is sentenced "if the defendant shows any fair and just reason." After the defendant in this case pleaded guilty, pursuant to a plea agreement, the District Court accepted his pl... | Rule 32(e) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure states that a district court may allow a defendant to withdraw his guilty plea before he is sentenced "if the defendant shows any fair and just reason." After the defendant in this case pleaded guilty, pursuant to a plea agreement, the District Court accepted his pl... |
Justice O'Connor | dissenting | false | Hernandez v. Commissioner | 1989-08-11T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112271/hernandez-v-commissioner/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112271/ | 1,989 | 1988-098 | 2 | 5 | 2 | The Court today acquiesces in the decision of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to manufacture a singular exception to its 70-year practice of allowing fixed payments indistinguishable from those made by petitioners to be deducted as charitable contributions. Because the IRS cannot constitutionally be allowed to selec... | The Court today acquiesces in the decision of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to manufacture a singular exception to its 70-year practice of allowing fixed payments indistinguishable from those made by petitioners to be deducted as charitable contributions. Because the IRS cannot constitutionally be allowed to selec... |
Justice White | concurring | false | Sheet Metal Workers v. Lynn | 1989-01-18T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112172/sheet-metal-workers-v-lynn/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112172/ | 1,989 | 1988-022 | 1 | 8 | 0 | Finnegan v. Leu, 456 U.S. 431, 436-437 (1982), observed that "[i]t is readily apparent, both from the language of these provisions and from the legislative history of Title I, that it was rank-and-file union members not union officers or employees, as such whom Congress sought to protect" (footnote omitted). If tha... | , observed that "[i]t is readily apparent, both from the language of these provisions and from the legislative history of Title I, that it was rank-and-file union members not union officers or employees, as such whom Congress sought to protect" (footnote omitted). If that is so and if a case involves speech in the ... |
Justice White | second_dissenting | false | New York v. Belton | 1981-09-23T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/110559/new-york-v-belton/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/110559/ | 1,981 | 1980-147 | 1 | 6 | 3 | In Robbins v. California, ante, p. 420, it was held that a wrapped container in the trunk of a car could not be searched without a warrant even though the trunk itself could be searched without a warrant because there was probable cause to search the car and even though there was probable cause to search the container ... | In Robbins v. California, ante, p. 420, it was held that a wrapped container in the trunk of a car could not be searched without a warrant even though the trunk itself could be searched without a warrant because there was probable cause to search the car and even though there was probable cause to search the container ... |
Justice Kagan | majority | false | Ransom v. FIA Card Services, N. A. | 2011-01-11T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/182567/ransom-v-fia-card-services-n-a/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/182567/ | 2,011 | 2010-007 | 1 | 8 | 1 | Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code enables an individ
ual to obtain a discharge of his debts if he pays his credi
tors a portion of his monthly income in accordance with a
court-approved plan. 11 U.S. C. §1301 et seq. To deter
mine how much income the debtor is capable of paying,
Chapter 13 uses a statutory formula know... | Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code enables an individ ual to obtain a discharge of his debts if he pays his credi tors a portion of his monthly income in accordance with a court-approved plan. 11 U.S. C. et seq. To deter mine how much income the debtor is capable of paying, Chapter 13 uses a statutory formula known as t... |
per_curiam | per_curiam | true | Chicago Mercantile Exchange v. Deaktor | 1973-12-03T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/108886/chicago-mercantile-exchange-v-deaktor/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/108886/ | 1,973 | 1973-017 | 1 | 8 | 1 | The petitioner, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, was sued in two separate actions in the District Court. In one, the Phillips suit, it was alleged that the Exchange had forced sales of futures contracts in March 1970 fresh eggs at artificially depressed market prices and had thereby monopolized and restrained commerce in v... | The petitioner, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, was sued in two separate actions in the District Court. In one, the Phillips suit, it was alleged that the Exchange had forced sales of futures contracts in March 1970 fresh eggs at artificially depressed market prices and had thereby monopolized and restrained commerce in v... |
Justice Brennan | dissenting | false | Engle v. Isaac | 1982-06-21T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/110692/engle-v-isaac/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/110692/ | 1,982 | 1981-076 | 1 | 7 | 2 | Today's decision is a conspicuous exercise in judicial activism particularly so since it takes the form of disregard of precedent scarcely a month old. In its eagerness to expatiate upon the "significant costs" of the Great Writ, ante, at 126-128, and to apply "the principles articulated in Wainwright v. Sykes, [433 ... | Today's decision is a conspicuous exercise in judicial activism particularly so since it takes the form of disregard of precedent scarcely a month old. In its eagerness to expatiate upon the "significant costs" of the Great Writ, ante, at 126-128, and to apply "the principles articulated in ]," ante, at 123, to the c... |
Justice Stevens | majority | false | Summit Health, Ltd. v. Pinhas | 1991-05-28T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112599/summit-health-ltd-v-pinhas/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112599/ | 1,991 | 1990-083 | 2 | 5 | 4 | The question presented is whether the interstate commerce requirement of antitrust jurisdiction is satisfied by allegations that petitioners conspired to exclude respondent, a duly licensed and practicing physician and surgeon, from the market for ophthalmological services in Los Angeles because he refused to follow an... | The question presented is whether the interstate commerce requirement of antitrust jurisdiction is satisfied by allegations that petitioners conspired to exclude respondent, a duly licensed and practicing physician and surgeon, from the market for ophthalmological services in Los Angeles because he refused to follow an... |
Justice Brennan | concurring | false | Bethel School Dist. No. 403 v. Fraser | 1986-07-07T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111754/bethel-school-dist-no-403-v-fraser/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111754/ | 1,986 | 1985-160 | 1 | 7 | 2 | Respondent gave the following speech at a high school assembly in support of a candidate for student government office:
" `I know a man who is firm he's firm in his pants, he's firm in his shirt, his character is firm but most . . . of all, his belief in you, the students of Bethel, is firm.
" `Jeff Kuhlman is a ma... | Respondent gave the following speech at a high school assembly in support of a candidate for student government office: " `I know a man who is firm he's firm in his pants, he's firm in his shirt, his character is firm but most of all, his belief in you, the students of Bethel, is firm. " `Jeff Kuhlman is a man who ... |
Justice Powell | majority | false | Batson v. Kentucky | 1986-04-30T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111662/batson-v-kentucky/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111662/ | 1,986 | 1985-078 | 2 | 7 | 2 | This case requires us to reexamine that portion of Swain v. Alabama, 380 U.S. 202 (1965), concerning the evidentiary burden placed on a criminal defendant who claims that he has been denied equal protection through the State's use of peremptory challenges to exclude members of his race from the petit jury.[1]
I
Petiti... | This case requires us to reexamine that portion of concerning the evidentiary burden placed on a criminal defendant who claims that he has been denied equal protection through the State's use of peremptory challenges to exclude members of his race from the petit [1] I Petitioner, a black man, was indicted in Kentucky o... |
Justice Blackmun | concurring | false | South Carolina v. Regan | 1984-02-22T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111104/south-carolina-v-regan/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111104/ | 1,984 | 1983-039 | 2 | 9 | 0 | I, too, agree with all those who have written opinions in this case that the Anti-Injunction Act, 26 U.S. C. § 7421(a), is no bar to the ability of the State of South Carolina to invoke the original jurisdiction of this Court in order to challenge the validity of a federal tax statute. Like JUSTICE O'CONNOR, I have res... | I, too, agree with all those who have written opinions in this case that the Anti-Injunction Act, 26 U.S. C. 421(a), is no bar to the ability of the State of South Carolina to invoke the original jurisdiction of this Court in order to challenge the validity of a federal tax statute. Like JUSTICE O'CONNOR, I have reserv... |
Justice Thomas | majority | false | O'Dell v. Netherland | 1997-06-19T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/118131/odell-v-netherland/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/118131/ | 1,997 | 1996-078 | 1 | 5 | 4 | This case presents the question whether the rule set out in Simmons v. South Carolina, 512 U.S. 154 (1994)which requires that a capital defendant be permitted to inform his sentencing jury that he is parole ineligible if the prosecution argues that he presents a future dangerwas "new" within the meaning of Teague v. ... | This case presents the question whether the rule set out in which requires that a capital defendant be permitted to inform his sentencing jury that he is parole ineligible if the prosecution argues that he presents a future dangerwas "new" within the meaning of and thereby inapplicable to an already final death sente... |
Justice White | majority | false | United States v. Watson | 1975-10-06T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/109352/united-states-v-watson/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/109352/ | 1,975 | 1975-032 | 1 | 6 | 2 | This case presents questions under the Fourth Amendment as to the legality of a warrantless arrest and of an ensuing search of the arrestee's automobile carried out with his purported consent.
I
The relevant events began on August 17, 1972, when an informant, one Khoury, telephoned a postal inspector informing him tha... | This case presents questions under the Fourth Amendment as to the legality of a warrantless arrest and of an ensuing search of the arrestee's automobile carried out with his purported consent. I The relevant events began on August 17, 1972, when an informant, one Khoury, telephoned a postal inspector informing him that... |
Justice Rehnquist | majority | false | Green Tree Financial Corp.-Ala. v. Randolph | 2000-12-11T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/118394/green-tree-financial-corp-ala-v-randolph/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/118394/ | 2,000 | 2000-008 | 2 | 9 | 0 | In this case we first address whether an order compelling arbitration and dismissing a party's underlying claims is a "final decision with respect to an arbitration" within the meaning of § 16(a)(3) of the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S. C. § 16(a)(3), and thus is immediately appealable pursuant to that Act. Because we... | In this case we first address whether an order compelling arbitration and dismissing a party's underlying claims is a "final decision with respect to an arbitration" within the meaning of 16(a)(3) of the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S. C. 16(a)(3), and thus is immediately appealable pursuant to that Act. Because we dec... |
Justice Sotomayor | majority | false | Moncrieffe v. Holder | 2013-04-23T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/858802/moncrieffe-v-holder/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/858802/ | 2,013 | null | null | null | null | The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 66 Stat.
163, 8 U.S. C. §1101 et seq., provides that a noncitizen
who has been convicted of an “aggravated felony” may be
deported from this country. The INA also prohibits the
Attorney General from granting discretionary relief from
removal to an aggravated felon, no matter h... | The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 66 Stat. 163, 8 U.S. C. et seq., provides that a noncitizen who has been convicted of an “aggravated felony” may be deported from this country. The INA also prohibits the Attorney General from granting discretionary relief from removal to an aggravated felon, no matter how com... |
Justice Brennan | concurring | false | United States v. Hensley | 1985-01-08T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111294/united-states-v-hensley/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111294/ | 1,985 | 1984-015 | 1 | 9 | 0 | I join the opinion of the Court. With respect to its effect on respondent's "right . . . to be secure . . . in [his] perso[n]" guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment, the stop in this case although it no doubt seriously infringed upon respondent's privacy lasted a mere matter of moments, see ante, at 224-225, before th... | I join the opinion of the Court. With respect to its effect on respondent's "right to be secure in [his] perso[n]" guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment, the stop in this case although it no doubt seriously infringed upon respondent's privacy lasted a mere matter of moments, see ante, at 224-225, before the discovery ... |
Justice White | majority | false | Hancock v. Train | 1976-06-07T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/109467/hancock-v-train/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/109467/ | 1,976 | 1975-111 | 2 | 7 | 2 | The question for decision in this case is whether a State whose federally approved implementation plan forbids an air contaminant source to operate without a state permit may require existing federally owned or operated installations to secure such a permit. The case presents an issue of statutory construction requirin... | The question for decision in this case is whether a State whose federally approved implementation plan forbids an air contaminant source to operate without a state permit may require existing federally owned or operated installations to secure such a permit. The case presents an issue of statutory construction requirin... |
per_curiam | per_curiam | true | United States v. Michigan Nat. Corp. | 1974-10-21T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2496261/united-states-v-michigan-nat-corp/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/2496261/ | 1,974 | 1974-001 | 2 | 9 | 0 | This is an appeal from an order of the District Court dismissing without prejudice the Government's suit under § 7 of the Clayton Act, 38 Stat. 731, 15 U.S. C. § 18, to enjoin a bank holding company's acquisition. Appellee Michigan National Corporation (MNC), a bank holding company that owns five Michigan banks, seeks ... | This is an appeal from an order of the District Court dismissing without prejudice the Government's suit under 7 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S. C. 18, to enjoin a bank holding company's acquisition. Appellee Michigan National Corporation (MNC), a bank holding company that owns five Michigan banks, seeks control of four ad... |
Justice Scalia | majority | false | Holland v. Illinois | 1990-02-20T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112358/holland-v-illinois/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112358/ | 1,990 | 1989-026 | 1 | 5 | 4 | The questions presented by this case are (1) whether a white defendant has standing to raise a Sixth Amendment *476 challenge to the prosecutor's exercise of peremptory challenges to exclude all black potential jurors from his petit jury, and (2) whether such exclusion violates his Sixth Amendment right to trial by an ... | The questions presented by this case are (1) whether a white defendant has standing to raise a Sixth Amendment *476 challenge to the prosecutor's exercise of peremptory challenges to exclude all black potential jurors from his petit jury, and (2) whether such exclusion violates his Sixth Amendment right to trial by an ... |
Justice Douglas | dissenting | false | United Air Lines, Inc. v. Mahin | 1973-03-05T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/108737/united-air-lines-inc-v-mahin/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/108737/ | 1,973 | 1972-072 | 2 | 6 | 3 | The Court today makes a break with the history of the Commerce Clause that has been largely responsible for creating in this Nation a great common market. One *633 protective device this Court has used to keep the national channels of commerce open against hostile state legislation has been the constitutional ban on st... | The Court today makes a break with the history of the Commerce Clause that has been largely responsible for creating in this Nation a great common market. One *633 protective device this Court has used to keep the national channels of commerce open against hostile state legislation has been the constitutional ban on st... |
per_curiam | per_curiam | true | Youakim v. Miller | 1976-03-31T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/109422/youakim-v-miller/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/109422/ | 1,976 | 1975-070 | 2 | 8 | 0 | As part of the federal Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, 42 U.S. C. § 601 et seq., the State of Illinois provides federally subsidized foster care (AFDC-FC) payments of $105 per month for a dependent child placed with unrelated foster parents. Under Illinois' administration of the program no foste... | As part of the federal Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program, 42 U.S. C. 601 et seq., the State of Illinois provides federally subsidized foster care (AFDC-FC) payments of $105 per month for a dependent child placed with unrelated foster parents. Under Illinois' administration of the program no foster ... |
Justice Kennedy | majority | false | Weaver v. Massachusetts | 2017-06-22T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4403801/weaver-v-massachusetts/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/4403801/ | 2,017 | 2016-069 | 1 | 7 | 2 | During petitioner’s trial on state criminal charges, the
courtroom was occupied by potential jurors and closed to
the public for two days of the jury selection process. De-
fense counsel neither objected to the closure at trial nor
raised the issue on direct review. And the case comes to
the Court on the assumption tha... | During petitioner’s trial on state criminal charges, the courtroom was occupied by potential jurors and closed to the public for two days of the jury selection process. De- fense counsel neither objected to the closure at trial nor raised the issue on direct review. And the case comes to the Court on the assumption tha... |
Justice Scalia | majority | false | Midland Asphalt Corp. v. United States | 1989-03-28T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112226/midland-asphalt-corp-v-united-states/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112226/ | 1,989 | 1988-061 | 1 | 9 | 0 | Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e)(2) prohibits public disclosure by Government attorneys of "matters occurring before the grand jury" except in certain specified circumstances. This case presents the question whether a district court order denying a criminal defendant's motion to dismiss an indictment for an alle... | Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e)(2) prohibits public disclosure by Government attorneys of "matters occurring before the grand jury" except in certain specified circumstances. This case presents the question whether a district court order denying a criminal defendant's motion to dismiss an indictment for an alle... |
Justice Brennan | majority | false | Union Labor Life Ins. Co. v. Pireno | 1982-06-28T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/110772/union-labor-life-ins-co-v-pireno/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/110772/ | 1,982 | 1981-149 | 2 | 6 | 3 | In these cases we consider an alleged conspiracy to eliminate price competition among chiropractors, by means of a "peer review committee" that advised an insurance company whether particular chiropractors' treatments and fees were "necessary" and "reasonable." The question presented is whether the alleged conspiracy i... | In these cases we consider an alleged conspiracy to eliminate price competition among chiropractors, by means of a "peer review committee" that advised an insurance company whether particular chiropractors' treatments and fees were "necessary" and "reasonable." The question presented is whether the alleged conspiracy i... |
Justice White | majority | false | Keeney v. Tamayo-Reyes | 1992-05-04T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112728/keeney-v-tamayo-reyes/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112728/ | 1,992 | 1991-066 | 1 | 5 | 4 | Respondent is a Cuban immigrant with little education and almost no knowledge of English. In 1984, he was charged with murder arising from the stabbing death of a man who had allegedly attempted to intervene in a confrontation between respondent and his girlfriend in a bar.
Respondent was provided with a defense attorn... | Respondent is a Cuban immigrant with little education and almost no knowledge of English. In 1984, he was charged with murder arising from the stabbing death of a man who had allegedly attempted to intervene in a confrontation between respondent and his girlfriend in a bar. Respondent was provided with a defense attorn... |
Justice Stevens | dissenting | false | Connecticut Bd. of Pardons v. Dumschat | 1981-06-17T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/110525/connecticut-bd-of-pardons-v-dumschat/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/110525/ | 1,981 | 1980-121 | 1 | 7 | 2 | "Liberty from bodily restraint always has been recognized as the core of the liberty protected by the Due Process Clause from arbitrary governmental action." Greenholtz v. Nebraska Penal Inmates, 442 U.S. 1, 18 (opinion of POWELL, J.). *469 The liberty that is worthy of constitutional protection is not merely "a statut... | "Liberty from bodily restraint always has been recognized as the core of the liberty protected by the Due Process Clause from arbitrary governmental action." (opinion of POWELL, J.). *469 The liberty that is worthy of constitutional protection is not merely "a statutory creation of the State," 4 U.S. 539, Surely the Co... |
Justice Stewart | majority | false | Hills v. Gautreaux | 1976-04-20T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/109428/hills-v-gautreaux/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/109428/ | 1,976 | 1975-076 | 2 | 8 | 0 | The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has been judicially found to have violated the Fifth Amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in connection with the selection of sites for public housing in the city of Chicago. The issue before us is whether the remedial order of the federal trial ... | The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has been judicially found to have violated the Fifth Amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in connection with the selection of sites for public housing in the city of Chicago. The issue before us is whether the remedial order of the federal trial ... |
Justice Stevens | concurring | false | Givhan v. Western Line Consol. School Dist. | 1979-01-09T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/109967/givhan-v-western-line-consol-school-dist/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/109967/ | 1,979 | 1978-025 | 2 | 9 | 0 | Because this Court's opinion in Mt. Healthy City Bd. of Ed. v. Doyle, 429 U.S. 274, had not been announced when the District Court decided this case, it did not expressly find that respondents would have rehired petitioner if she had not engaged in constitutionally protected conduct. The District Court did find, howeve... | Because this Court's opinion in Mt. Healthy City Bd. of had not been announced when the District Court decided this case, it did not expressly find that respondents would have rehired petitioner if she had not engaged in constitutionally protected conduct. The District Court did find, however, that petitioner's protect... |
Justice Breyer | majority | false | O'Gilvie v. United States | 1996-12-10T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/118070/ogilvie-v-united-states/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/118070/ | 1,996 | 1996-009 | 2 | 6 | 3 | Internal Revenue Code § 104(a)(2), as it read in 1988, excluded from "gross income" the
"amount of any damages received (whether by suit or agreement and whether as lump sums or as periodic payments) on account of personal injuries or sickness. " 26 U.S. C. § 104(a)(2) (emphasis added).
The issue before us is whether t... | Internal Revenue Code 104(a)(2), as it read in excluded from "gross income" the "amount of any damages received (whether by suit or agreement and whether as lump sums or as periodic payments) on account of personal injuries or sickness. " 26 U.S. C. 104(a)(2) (emphasis added). The issue before us is whether this provis... |
Justice Brennan | majority | false | Greene v. Lindsey | 1982-05-17T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/110705/greene-v-lindsey/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/110705/ | 1,982 | 1981-089 | 2 | 6 | 3 | A Kentucky statute provides that in forcible entry or detainer actions, service of process may be made under certain circumstances by posting a summons on the door of a tenant's apartment. The question presented is whether this statute, as applied to tenants in a public housing project, fails to afford those tenants th... | A Kentucky statute provides that in forcible entry or detainer actions, service of process may be made under certain circumstances by posting a summons on the door of a tenant's apartment. The question presented is whether this statute, as applied to tenants in a public housing project, fails to afford those tenants th... |
Justice Brennan | dissenting | false | Wainwright v. Sykes | 1977-06-23T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/109717/wainwright-v-sykes/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/109717/ | 1,977 | 1976-162 | 1 | 7 | 2 | Over the course of the last decade, the deliberate-bypass standard announced in Fay v. Noia, 372 U.S. 391, 438-439 (1963), has played a central role in efforts by the federal judiciary to accommodate the constitutional rights of the individual with the States' interests in the integrity of their judicial procedural reg... | Over the course of the last decade, the deliberate-bypass standard announced in has played a central role in efforts by the federal judiciary to accommodate the constitutional rights of the individual with the States' interests in the integrity of their judicial procedural regimes. The Court today decides that this sta... |
Justice Stevens | majority | false | Hardin v. Straub | 1989-05-22T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112265/hardin-v-straub/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112265/ | 1,989 | 1988-092 | 2 | 9 | 0 | This case presents the question whether a federal court applying a state statute of limitations to an inmate's federal civil rights action should give effect to the State's provision tolling the limitations period for prisoners.
Petitioner is incarcerated in a Michigan state prison. In 1986 he filed a pro se complaint ... | This case presents the question whether a federal court applying a state statute of limitations to an inmate's federal civil rights action should give effect to the State's provision tolling the limitations period for prisoners. Petitioner is incarcerated in a Michigan state prison. In 1986 he filed a pro se complaint ... |
per_curiam | per_curiam | true | Bazemore v. Friday | 1986-07-01T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111746/bazemore-v-friday/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111746/ | 1,986 | 1985-152 | 2 | 9 | 0 | These cases present several issues arising out of petitioners' action against respondents for alleged racial discrimination in employment and provision of services by the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service (Extension Service). The District Court declined to certify various proposed classes and, after a lengt... | These cases present several issues arising out of petitioners' action against respondents for alleged racial discrimination in employment and provision of services by the North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service (Extension Service). The District Court declined to certify various proposed classes and, after a lengt... |
Justice Powell | concurring | false | Ralston v. Robinson | 1982-01-25T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/110585/ralston-v-robinson/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/110585/ | 1,982 | 1981-012 | 1 | 6 | 3 | The only question presented in this case is whether an offender, the respondent, serving a sentence under the Federal Youth Corrections Act (YCA), 18 U.S. C. § 5005 et seq., and thereafter sentenced to a consecutive term of imprisonment as an adult, must nevertheless be separated from other adult offenders for the rema... | The only question presented in this case is whether an offender, the respondent, serving a sentence under the Federal Youth Corrections Act (YCA), 18 U.S. C. 5005 et seq., and thereafter sentenced to a consecutive term of imprisonment as an adult, must nevertheless be separated from other adult offenders for the remain... |
per_curiam | per_curiam | true | Davis v. Georgia | 1976-12-06T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/109564/davis-v-georgia/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/109564/ | 1,976 | 1976-019 | 2 | 6 | 3 | The petitioner in this case was convicted of murder and sentenced to death after trial by a jury selected in violation of the standards enunciated in Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U.S. 510 (1968), and applied in Boulden v. Holman, 394 U.S. 478 (1969), and Maxwell v. Bishop, 398 U.S. 262 (1970). The Witherspoon case held... | The petitioner in this case was convicted of murder and sentenced to death after trial by a jury selected in violation of the standards enunciated in and applied in and The Witherspoon case held that "a sentence of death cannot be carried out if the jury that imposed or recommended it was chosen by excluding veniremen ... |
Justice Thomas | majority | false | FCC v. Beach Communications, Inc. | 1993-06-01T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/112870/fcc-v-beach-communications-inc/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/112870/ | 1,993 | 1992-082 | 2 | 9 | 0 | In providing for the regulation of cable television facilities, Congress has drawn a distinction between facilities that serve separately owned and managed buildings and those that serve one or more buildings under common ownership or management. Cable facilities in the latter category are exempt from regulation as lon... | In providing for the regulation of cable television facilities, Congress has drawn a distinction between facilities that serve separately owned and managed buildings and those that serve one or more buildings under common ownership or management. Cable facilities in the latter category are exempt from regulation as lon... |
Justice Marshall | second_dissenting | false | Couch v. United States | 1973-01-09T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/108650/couch-v-united-states/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/108650/ | 1,973 | 1972-029 | 1 | 7 | 2 | I cannot agree with the majority that the Constitution permits the Government to enforce the summons issued in this case. The opinion of the Court fails to articulate the basis of its result in a way that addresses the range of constitutional concerns involved.[1] The majority seems to create a bright-line rule that no... | I caot agree with the majority that the Costitutio permits the Govermet to eforce the summos issued i this case. The opiio of the Court fails to articulate the basis of its result i a way that addresses the rage of costitutioal cocers ivolved.[1] The majority seems to create a bright-lie rule that o costitutioal right ... |
Justice Scalia | majority | false | Hewitt v. Helms | 1987-06-19T00:00:00 | null | https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/111929/hewitt-v-helms/ | https://www.courtlistener.com/api/rest/v3/clusters/111929/ | 1,987 | 1986-135 | 1 | 5 | 4 | This case presents the peculiar-sounding question whether a party who litigates to judgment and loses on all of his claims can nonetheless be a "prevailing party" for purposes of an award of attorney's fees.
Following a prison riot at the Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, inmate Aaron Helms was... | This case presents the peculiar-sounding question whether a party who litigates to judgment and loses on all of his claims can nonetheless be a "prevailing party" for purposes of an award of attorney's fees. Following a prison riot at the Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, inmate Aaron Helms was... |
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