Opinions from 2011
Citation: 565 U.S. 42
Docket Number: 10-694
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: December 12, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: This case concerned the BIA's policy for deciding when resident aliens could apply to the Attorney General for relief from deportation under a now-repealed provision of the immigration law. The Court held that the BIA's policy ...
Citation: 565 U.S. 65
Docket Number: 11-74
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: December 12, 2011
Citation: 565 U.S. 34
Docket Number: 10-637
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: November 8, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant filed a federal habeas corpus petition in district court, alleging, inter alia, that the introduction of his nontestifying codefendants' statements violated the Confrontation Clause. At issue was whether "clearly ...
Citation: 565 U.S. 18
Docket Number: 10-1521
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: November 7, 2011
Citation: 565 U.S. 23
Docket Number: 10-1540
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: November 7, 2011
Citation: 565 U.S. 1
Docket Number: 10-1115
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: October 31, 2011
Citation: 564 U.S. 940
Docket Number: 11-5001
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 27, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a Mexican national, was convicted of murder and sentenced to death by a Texas court. Petitioner sought a stay of execution on the ground that his conviction was obtained in violation of the Vienna Convention on ...
Citation: 564 U.S. 915
Docket Number: 10-76
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 27, 2011
Citation: 564 U.S. 786
Docket Number: 08-1448
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 27, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Respondents, representing the video game and software industries, filed a preenforcement challenge to California Assembly Bill 1179 (Act), Cal. Civ. Code Ann. 1746-1746.5, which restricted the sale or rental of violent video ...
Citation: 564 U.S. 873
Docket Number: 09-1343
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 27, 2011
Citation: 564 U.S. 552
Docket Number: 10-779
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 23, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Vermont's Prescription Confidentiality Law, Vt. Stat. Ann., Tit. 18, 4631(d), restricted the sale, disclosure, and use of pharmacy records that revealed the prescribing practices of individual doctors. Respondents, Vermont ...
Citation: 564 U.S. 462
Docket Number: 10-179
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 23, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: This case stemmed from the long-running dispute between Vickie Lynn Marshall and E. Pierce Marshall over the fortune of J. Howard Marshall II, a man believed to have been one of the richest people in Texas. Vickie married ...
Citation: 564 U.S. 721
Docket Number: 10-238
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 23, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: The Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Act (matching funds provision), Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. 16-940 et seq., created a voluntary public financing system to fund the primary and general election campaigns of candidates for state ...
Citation: 564 U.S. 604
Docket Number: 09-993
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 23, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: These consolidated lawsuits involved state tort law claims based on certain drug manufacturers' alleged failure to provide adequate warning labels for the generic drug metoclopramide. State tort law required a manufacturer ...
Citation: 564 U.S. 522
Docket Number: 09-10245
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 23, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 ("Act"), 18 U.S.C. 3551 et seq., called for the creation of Sentencing Guidelines to inform judicial discretion in order to reduce unwarranted disparities in federal sentencing. The Act allowed ...
Citation: 564 U.S. 647
Docket Number: 09-10876
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 23, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated ("DWI") and the principal evidence against him was a forensic laboratory report certifying that his blood alcohol concentration was well above the threshold ...
Citation: 564 U.S. 431
Docket Number: 10-10
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 20, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: This case stemmed from petitioner's civil contempt proceedings where South Carolina's Family Court enforced child support orders against him. At issue was whether the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause required the ...
Citation: 564 U.S. 379
Docket Number: 09-1476
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 20, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: This case concerned the extent of the protection, if any, that the Petition Clause granted public employees in routine disputes with government employers where petitioner filed a 42 U.S.C. 1983 suit after respondent's termination ...
Citation: 564 U.S. 410
Docket Number: 10-174
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 20, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, several states, the city of New York, and three private land trusts, sued defendants, four private power companies and the federal Tennessee Valley Authority, alleging that defendants' emissions substantially ...
Citation: 564 U.S. 338
Docket Number: 10-277
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 20, 2011
Citation: 564 U.S. 685
Docket Number: 10-235
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 20, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: This case concerned the standard of causation applicable in cases arising under the Federal Employers' Liability Act ("FELA"), 45 U.S.C. 51 et seq., which rendered railroads liable for employees' injuries or deaths "resulting ...
Citation: 564 U.S. 319
Docket Number: 10-5400
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 16, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted of, inter alia, smuggling unauthorized aliens into the United States. The District Court imposed a 51 month prison sentence, reasoning that petitioner should serve that long in order to qualify for ...
Citation: 564 U.S. 229
Docket Number: 09-11328
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 16, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: While conducting a routine vehicle stop, police arrested petitioner, a passenger of the vehicle, for giving a false name. After handcuffing him and securing the scene, the police searched the vehicle and found petitioner's ...
Citation: 564 U.S. 211
Docket Number: 09-1227
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 16, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was indicted for violating 18 U.S.C. 229, which forbid knowing possession or use, for nonpeaceful purposes, of a chemical that "can cause death, temporary incapacitation or permanent harm to humans," and which ...
Citation: 564 U.S. 261
Docket Number: 09-11121
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 16, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: J.D.B., a thirteen-year-old seventh-grade student, was taken from his classroom to a closed-door conference room where uniformed police and school administrators questioned him for at least 30 minutes regarding two home break-ins ...
Citation: 564 U.S. 162
Docket Number: 10-382
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 13, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: The Jicarilla Apache Nation's ("Tribe") reservation contained natural resources that were developed pursuant to statutes administered by the Interior Department and proceeds from these resources were held by the United States ...
Citation: 564 U.S. 135
Docket Number: 09-525
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 13, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Respondent, First Derivative Traders, representing a class of stockholders in petitioner Janus Capital Group, Inc. ("JCG"), filed a private action under the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") Rule 10b-5, alleging ...
Citation: 564 U.S. 210
Docket Number: 09-5801
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 13, 2011
Citation: 564 U.S. 299
Docket Number: 09-1205
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 13, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: In this case, a Federal District Court enjoined a state court from considering a plaintiff's request to approve a class action. The District Court did so because it had earlier denied a motion to certify a class in a related ...
Citation: 564 U.S. 70
Docket Number: 09-1533
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 9, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted for distribution of 50 grams or more of cocaine base under section 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A)(iii) of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986 ("ADAA"), 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A)(iii), and sentenced to ...
Citation: 564 U.S. 117
Docket Number: 10-568
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 9, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner administered and enforced Nevada's Ethics in Government Law, Nev. Rev. Stat. 281A.420, and investigated respondent, an elected official who voted to approve a hotel/casino project proposed by a company that used ...
Citation: 564 U.S. 1
Docket Number: 09-11311
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 9, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: When petitioner pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm, he had prior convictions for at least three felonies, including the state-law crime of "using a vehicle" to "knowingly or intentionally" "flee from ...
Citation: 563 U.S. 51
Docket Number: 09-571
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 9, 2011
Citation: 564 U.S. 50
Docket Number: 10-313
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 9, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: The Telecommunications Act of 1996, 110 Stat. 56, required incumbent local exchange carriers ("LECs"), providers of local telephone service, to share their physical networks with competitive LECs at cost-based rates. This ...
Citation: 563 U.S. 27
Docket Number: 09-1156
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 6, 2011
Citation: 563 U.S. 816
Docket Number: 10-5258
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: June 6, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant pleaded guilty to unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1), and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base, 21 U.S.C. 841(a)(1). At sentencing, the district court determined that defendant ...
Citation: 563 U.S. 776
Docket Number: 09-1159
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: May 31, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: The Board of Trustees of Stanford University filed suit against Roche Molecular Systems ("Roche") claiming that their HIV test kits infringed upon Stanford's patents. The suit stemmed from Stanford's employment of a research ...
Citation: 563 U.S. 826
Docket Number: 10-114
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: May 31, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Claiming that he was subjected to dirty tricks during his successful campaign to become the police chief of Vinton, La., plaintiff filed a state court suit against the incumbent chief and the town (collectively, "defendant") ...
Citation: 563 U.S. 754
Docket Number: 10-6
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: May 26, 2011
Citation: 563 U.S. 731
Docket Number: 10-98
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: May 26, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Respondent alleged that, after the September 11th terrorist attacks, then-Attorney General Ashcroft authorized federal officials to detain terrorism suspects using the federal material-witness statute, 18 U.S.C. 3144. Respondent ...
Citation: 563 U.S. 804
Docket Number: 09-1403
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: May 26, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, the lead plaintiff in a putative securities fraud class action, filed suit against respondent alleging violations under section 10(b) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. 78a et seq., and Securities ...
Citation: 563 U.S. 647
Docket Number: 09-1498
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: May 23, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Respondent's trial on federal drug and gun charges began 287 days after his arraignment. The Sixth Circuit agreed with the District Court that many of the 287 days were excludable under the lists of exclusions from the 70 ...
Citation: 563 U.S. 582
Docket Number: 09-115
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: May 23, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: The Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America and various business and civil rights organizations (collectively, "Chamber") filed a federal preenforcement suit against those charged with administering the Legal ...
Citation: 563 U.S. 692
Docket Number: 09-1454
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: May 16, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Nearly a decade ago, petitioners, a state child protective services worker and a county deputy sheriff, interviewed then 9-year-old S.G. at her Oregon elementary school about allegations that her father had sexually abused ...
Citation: 563 U.S. 668
Docket Number: 10-5443
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: May 16, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: While preparing to rob a bank, petitioner and others were discovered by a local police officer, whom petitioner killed. Petitioner was convicted of violating the federal witness tampering statute, 18 U.S.C. 1512(a)(1)(C). ...
Citation: 563 U.S. 493
Docket Number: 09-1233
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: May 16, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: The State appealed a three-judge district court order directing California to remedy two ongoing violations of the Cruel and Unusual Punishments Clause, a guarantee binding on the States by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth ...
Citation: 563 U.S. 421
Docket Number: 09-804
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: May 2, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Respondents, on behalf of beneficiaries of the CIGNA Corporation's ("CIGNA") Pension Plan, challenged the new plan's adoption, claiming that CIGNA's notice of the changes was improper, particularly because the new plan in ...
Citation: 563 U.S. 395
Docket Number: 10-1000
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: May 2, 2011
Citation: 563 U.S. 478
Docket Number: 09-1298
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: May 2, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: After petitioners fell behind schedule in developing a stealth aircraft (A-12) for the Navy, the contracting officer terminated their $4.8 billion fixed-price contract for default and ordered petitioners to repay approximately ...
Citation: 563 U.S. 452
Docket Number: 09-1272
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: April 27, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Respondent entered a conditional guilty plea to charges of trafficking in marijuana, first-degree trafficking in a controlled substance, and second-degree persistent felony offender status and appealed the denial of his motion ...
Citation: 563 U.S. 401
Docket Number: 10-188
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: April 26, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Respondent filed an action under the False Claims Act ("FCA"), 31 U.S.C. 3730(e)(4)(A), alleging that his former employer had submitted hundreds of false claims for payment under its federal contracts. At issue was whether ...
Citation: 563 U.S. 333
Docket Number: 09-893
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: April 4, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Respondents filed a complaint against AT&T Mobility LLC ("AT&T"), which was later consolidated with a putative class action, alleging that AT&T had engaged in false advertising and fraud by charging sales tax on phones it ...
Citation: 563 U.S. 307
Docket Number: 09-846
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: April 4, 2011
Justia Opinion Summary: Respondent filed suit in Federal District Court against federal officials who managed tribal assets held in trust by the Federal Government alleging violations of fiduciary duty and requesting equitable relief. The next ...
Citation: 563 U.S. 170
Docket Number: 09-1088
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: April 4, 2011
Citation: 563 U.S. 247
Docket Number: 09-529
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: March 29, 2011
Citation: 563 U.S. 125
Docket Number: 09-987
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: March 22, 2011
Citation: 563 U.S. 123
Docket Number: 09-11556
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: March 22, 2011
Citation: 563 U.S. 277
Docket Number: 08-1438
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: March 22, 2011
Citation: 563 U.S. 110
Docket Number: 09-1273
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: March 21, 2011
Citation: 562 U.S. 594
Docket Number: 10-797
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: March 21, 2011
Citation: 563 U.S. 1
Docket Number: 09-834
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: March 7, 2011
Citation: 562 U.S. 562
Docket Number: 09-1163
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: March 7, 2011
Citation: 562 U.S. 545
Docket Number: 09-868
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: March 7, 2011
Citation: 562 U.S. 476
Docket Number: 09-6822
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: March 2, 2011
Citation: 562 U.S. 521
Docket Number: 09-9000
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: March 2, 2011
Citation: 562 U.S. 428
Docket Number: 09-1036
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: March 1, 2011
Citation: 562 U.S. 411
Docket Number: 09-400
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: March 1, 2011
Citation: 562 U.S. 443
Docket Number: 09-751
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: March 1, 2011
Citation: 562 U.S. 397
Docket Number: 09-1279
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: February 28, 2011
Citation: 562 U.S. 307
Docket Number: 09-996
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: February 23, 2011
Citation: 562 U.S. 344
Docket Number: 09-150
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: February 23, 2011
Citation: 562 U.S. 277
Docket Number: 09-520
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: February 22, 2011
Citation: 562 U.S. 323
Docket Number: 08-1314
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: February 22, 2011
Citation: 562 U.S. 180
Docket Number: 09-737
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: January 24, 2011
Citation: 562 U.S. 216
Docket Number: 10-333
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: January 24, 2011
Citation: 562 U.S. 195
Docket Number: 09-329
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: January 24, 2011
Citation: 562 U.S. 223
Docket Number: 09-152
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: January 24, 2011
Citation: 562 U.S. 115
Docket Number: 09-658
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: January 19, 2011
Citation: 562 U.S. 86
Docket Number: 09-587
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: January 19, 2011
Citation: 562 U.S. 170
Docket Number: 09-291
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: January 19, 2011
Citation: 562 U.S. 61
Docket Number: 09-907
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: January 11, 2011
Citation: 562 U.S. 134
Docket Number: 09-530
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: January 10, 2011
Citation: 562 U.S. 42
Docket Number: 10-72
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: January 10, 2011
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