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HURTADO v. CALIFORNIA, 110 U.S. 516 (1884)

Issues: Due Process Clause, Due Process of Law, Fourteenth Amendment

110 U.S. 516 (1884) HURTADO v. PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA. Supreme Court of United States.Argued January 22d, 23d, 1884.Decided March 3d, 1884.IN ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA. Syllabus 1. The words “due process of law” in the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States do not necessarily require an indictment by a […]

F.C.C. v. FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC., 132 S.Ct. 2307 (2012)

Issues: Due Process Clause, Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Fifth Amendment

132 S.Ct. 2307 (2012) 567 U.S. 239 183 L.Ed.2d 234 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION, et al., Petitioners v. FOX TELEVISION STATIONS, INC., et al. Federal Communications Commission, et al., Petitioners v. ABC, Inc., et al. Supreme Court of United States. No. 10-1293. Argued January 10, 2012. Decided June 21, 2012. Headnotes CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — Due Process […]

BECKLES v. UNITED STATES, 580 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Due Process Clause, Retroactivity, Sentencing, Void for Vagueness Doctrine

NOTE:?Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued.The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader.See United States v. Detroit […]

Chambers v. Mississippi, 410 U.S. 284 (1973)

Issues: Due Process Clause, Due Process of Law, Evidence Law, Fourteenth Amendment, Hearsay Rule

410 U.S. 284 93 S.Ct. 1038 35 L.Ed.2d 297 Leon CHAMBERS, Petitioner, v. State of MISSISSIPPI. No. 71?5908. Argued Nov. 15, 1972. Decided Feb. 21, 1973. Counsel: Peter Westen for petitioner, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court. Timmie Hancock, Meadville, Miss., for respondent. [hr] Syllabus After petitioner was arrested for murder, another person […]

PAPACHRISTOU v. CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, 405 U.S. 156 (1972)

Issues: Constitutional Law, Due Process Clause, Fifth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Void for Vagueness Doctrine

405 U.S. 156 92 S.Ct. 839 31 L.Ed.2d 110 Margaret PAPACHRISTOU et al., Petitioners,v.CITY OF JACKSONVILLE. No. 70?5030. Argued Dec. 8, 1971. Decided Feb. 24, 1972. Syllabus The Jacksonville vagrancy ordinance, under which petitioners were convicted, is void for vagueness, in that it ‘fails to give a person of ordinary intelligence fair notice that his […]

Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986)

Issues: Batson Challenge, Civil Rights, Due Process Clause, Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Racial Segregation

476 U.S. 79 106 S.Ct. 1712 90 L.Ed.2d 69 James Kirkland BATSON, Petitioner, v. KENTUCKY. No. 84-6263. Argued Dec. 12, 1985. Decided April 30, 1986. [qtbl style=”color:gray;] Summary:?The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a prosecutor’s use of peremptory challenge in a criminal case?the dismissal of jurors without stating a valid cause for doing so?may not […]

KEETON v. HUSTLER MAGAZINE, INC., 465 U.S. 770 (1984)

Issues: Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Due Process Clause, Fifth Amendment, Minimum Contacts, Personal Jurisdiction

465 U.S. 770 104 S.Ct. 1473 79 L.Ed.2d 790 Kathy KEETON, Petitioner, v. HUSTLER MAGAZINE, INC., et al. No. 82-485. Argued Nov. 8, 1983. Decided March 20, 1984. Headnotes CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — Due Process — Diversity Libel Action — Federal Jurisdiction Where petitioner, a New York resident, brought a libel suit in Federal District Court […]

Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co., Inc., 500 U.S. 614 (1991)

Issues: Batson Challenge, Due Process Clause, Due Process of Law, Fifth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment

500 U.S. 614 111 S.Ct. 2077 114 L.Ed.2d 660 Thaddeus Donald EDMONSON, Petitioner v. LEESVILLE CONCRETE COMPANY, INC. No. 89-7743. Argued Jan. 15, 1991. Decided June 3, 1991. [qtbl style=”color:gray;”] Summary:??The Supreme Court of the United States held that peremptory challenges may not be used to exclude jurors on the basis of race in?civil trials. […]

J.E.B. v. Alabama, 511 U.S. 127 (1994)

Issues: Batson Challenge, Due Process Clause, Due Process of Law, Fifth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Gender Equality

511 U.S. 127 114 S.Ct. 1419 128 L.Ed.2d 89 J.E.B., Petitioner v. ALABAMA ex rel. T.B. No. 92-1239. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Nov. 2, 1993. Decided April 19, 1994. [qtbl style=”color:gray;”] The Supreme Court of the United States held that making peremptory challenges based solely on a prospective juror’s sex is unconstitutional.J.E.B. […]

Estelle v. McGuire, 502 U.S. 62 (1991)

Issues: Battered Child Syndrome, Due Process Clause, Due Process of Law, Fourteenth Amendment, Jury Instructions

502 U.S. 62 112 S.Ct. 475 116 L.Ed.2d 385 Wayne ESTELLE, Warden, Petitioner v. Mark Owen McGUIRE. No. 90-1074. Argued Oct. 9, 1991. Decided Dec. 4, 1991. Headnotes: Admission of evidence of battered child syndrome — Jury instructions: Neither admission of prior injury evidence as proof of battered child syndrome nor jury instruction as to […]

Griffin v. United States, 502 U.S. 46 (1991)

Issues: Conspiracy, Criminal Law, Due Process Clause, Fifth Amendment

502 U.S. 46 112 S.Ct. 466 116 L.Ed.2d 371 Diane GRIFFIN, Petitioner v. UNITED STATES. No. 90-6352. Argued Oct. 7, 1991. Decided Dec. 3, 1991. Headnotes: Multiple-object conspiracy — General verdict: Neither Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause nor this Court’s precedents require, in a federal prosecution, that a general guilty verdict on a multiple-object conspiracy […]

Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel, 524 U.S. 498 (1998)

Issues: Due Process Clause, Fifth Amendment, Takings Clause

524 U.S. 498 118 S.Ct. 2131 141 L.Ed.2d 451 EASTERN ENTERPRISES, Petitioner, v. Kenneth S. APFEL, Commissioner of Social Security, et al. No. 97-42. Supreme Court of the United States Argued March 4, 1998. Decided June 25, 1998. Headnotes: Due Prcoess ?– Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992 — Health care benefits funding: […]