523 U.S. 751

523 U.S. 751 523 U.S. 751118 S.Ct. 1700140 L.Ed.2d 981 KIOWA TRIBE OF OKLAHOMA, Petitionerv.MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES, INC. No. 96-1037. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Jan. 12, 1998. Decided May 26, 1998. Syllabus * Petitioner, a federally recognized Indian Tribe, owns land in Oklahoma, and the United States holds land in trust for it […]

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523 U.S. 614

523 U.S. 614 523 U.S. 614118 S.Ct. 1604140 L.Ed.2d 828 Kenneth Eugene BOUSLEY, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 96-8516. Supreme Court of the United States Argued March 3, 1998. Decided May 18, 1998. Syllabus * Petitioner pleaded guilty to drug possession with intent to distribute, 18 U.S.C. §841(a)(1), and to “using” a firearm “during and in relation […]

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523 U.S. 637

523 U.S. 637 523 U.S. 637118 S.Ct. 1618140 L.Ed.2d 849 Terry STEWART, Director, Arizona Department of Correction, et al., Petitioners,v.Ramon MARTINEZ-VILLAREAL. No. 97-300. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Feb. 25, 1998. Decided May 18, 1998. Syllabus * Respondent was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. His direct appeals and habeas petitions […]

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523 U.S. 420

523 U.S. 420 523 U.S. 420118 S.Ct. 1428140 L.Ed.2d 575 Lorelyn Penero MILLER, Petitioner,v.Madeleine K. ALBRIGHT, Secretary of State. No. 96-1060. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Nov. 4, 1997. Decided April 22, 1998. Syllabus * Petitioner was born out of wedlock in 1970 in the Philippines. Her mother is a Filipino national. Her […]

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523 U.S. 538

523 U.S. 538 523 U.S. 538118 S.Ct. 1489140 L.Ed.2d 728 Arthur CALDERON, Warden, Petitioner,v.Thomas THOMPSON. No. 97-215. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Dec. 9, 1997. Decided April 29, 1998. Syllabus * In 1983, respondent Thompson was convicted of rape and murder and sentenced to death in a California state court. The special circumstance […]

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523 U.S. 574

523 U.S. 574 523 U.S. 574118 S.Ct. 1584140 L.Ed.2d 759 Leonard Rollon CRAWFORD-EL, Petitioner,v.Patricia BRITTON. No. 96-827. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Dec. 1, 1997. Decided May 4, 1998. Syllabus * Petitioner is a litigious and outspoken prisoner in the District of Columbia’s correctional system. Because of overcrowding at the District’s prison, he […]

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523 U.S. 613

523 U.S. 613 523 U.S. 613118 S. Ct. 1693140 L. Ed. 2d 789 RANDALL RICCI, PETITIONER v.VILLAGE OF ARLINGTON HEIGHTS No. 97-501 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES May 4, 1998, Decided 1 ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT. Per Curiam 2 The writ of certiorari […]

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523 U.S. 65

523 U.S. 65 523 U.S. 65118 S.Ct. 992140 L.Ed.2d 191 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.Hernan RAMIREZ. No. 96-1469. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Jan. 13, 1998. Decided March 4, 1998. Syllabus* Based on a reliable confidential informant’s statement that he had seen a person he believed to be Alan Shelby, a dangerous escaped prisoner, at […]

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523 U.S. 57

523 U.S. 57 523 U.S. 57118 S.Ct. 974140 L.Ed.2d 90 Margaret KAWAAUHAU, et vir., Petitioners,v.Paul W. GEIGER. No. 97-115. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Jan. 21, 1998. Decided March 3, 1998. Syllabus * When petitioner Kawaauhau sought treatment for her injured foot, respondent Dr. Geiger examined and hospitalized her to attend to the […]

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523 U.S. 511

523 U.S. 511 523 U.S. 511118 S.Ct. 1475140 L.Ed.2d 703 Vincent EDWARDS, Reynolds A. Wintersmith, Horace Joiner, Karl V. Fort, and Joseph Tidwell, Petitioners,v.UNITED STATES. No. 96-8732. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Feb. 23, 1998. Decided April 28, 1998. Syllabus * At petitioners’ trial under 21 U.S.C. §§841 and 846 for “conspir[ing]” to […]

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523 U.S. 517

523 U.S. 517 523 U.S. 517118 S.Ct. 1478140 L.Ed.2d 710 UNITED STATES, Petitioner,v.ESTATE OF Francis J. ROMANI et al. No. 96-1613. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Jan. 12, 1998. Decided April 29, 1998. Syllabus * After a third party perfected a $400,000 judgment lien under Pennsylvania law on Francis Romani’s Cambria County real […]

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523 U.S. 224

523 U.S. 224 523 U.S. 224118 S.Ct. 1219140 L.Ed.2d 350 Hugo Roman ALMENDAREZ-TORRES, Petitioner,v.UNITED STATES. No. 96-6839. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Oct. 14, 1997. Decided March 24, 1998. Syllabus * Title 8 U.S.C. §1326(a) makes it a crime for a deported alien to return to the United States without special permission and […]

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523 U.S. 371

523 U.S. 371 523 U.S. 371118 S.Ct. 1352140 L.Ed.2d 529 Angel Francisco BREARDv.Fred W. GREENE, Warden.THE REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY et al.v.James S. GILMORE, Governor of Virginia, et al.In re ANGEL FRANCISCO BREARD.REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY et al.v.James GILMORE, III, Governor of Virginia, et al. Nos. 97-8214 (A-732), 97-1390 (A-738), 97-8660 (A-767) and 125, Orig. (A-771). Supreme […]

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523 U.S. 392

523 U.S. 392 523 U.S. 392118 S.Ct. 1419140 L.Ed.2d 551 Terry CAMPBELL, Petitioner,v.LOUISIANA. No. 96-1584. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Jan. 20, 1998. Decided April 21, 1998. Syllabus * A grand jury in Evangeline Parish, Louisiana, indicted petitioner Campbell for second-degree murder. In light of evidence that, for the prior 16 1/2 years, […]

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523 U.S. 410

523 U.S. 410 523 U.S. 410118 S.Ct. 1408140 L.Ed.2d 566 David R. BEACH, et ux., Petitioners,v.OCWEN FEDERAL BANK. No. 97-5310. Supreme Court of the United States Argued March 2, 1998. Decided April 21, 1998. Syllabus * Petitioners David and Linda Beach refinanced their Florida house in 1986 with a loan from Great Western Bank. In […]

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523 U.S. 44

523 U.S. 44 523 U.S. 44118 S.Ct. 966140 L.Ed.2d 79 Daniel BOGAN and Marilyn Roderick, Petitioners,v.Janet SCOTT-HARRIS. No. 96-1569. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Dec. 3, 1997. Decided March 3, 1998. Syllabus * Respondent Scott-Harris filed suit under 42 U.S.C. §1983 against the city of Fall River, Massachusetts, petitioners Bogan (the city’s mayor) […]

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523 U.S. 491

523 U.S. 491 523 U.S. 491118 S.Ct. 1464140 L.Ed.2d 626 CALIFORNIA and State Lands Commission, Petitioners,v.DEEP SEA RESEARCH, INC., et al. No. 96-1400. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Dec. 1, 1997. Decided April 22, 1998. Syllabus * The S.S. Brother Jonathan and its cargo sank off the coast of California in 1865. Shortly […]

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Ohio Adult Parole Auth. v. Woodard, 523 U.S. 272 (1998)

Issues: Fifth Amendment

523 U.S. 272;?118 S.Ct. 1244;?140 L.Ed.2d 387 OHIO ADULT PAROLE AUTHORITY, et al., Petitioners, v. Eugene WOODARD. No. 96-1769. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Dec. 10, 1997. Decided March 25, 1998. Syllabus* After respondent Woodard’s Ohio murder conviction and death sentence were affirmed on direct appeal and this Court denied certiorari, petitioner Ohio […]

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United States v. Scheffer, 523 U.S. 303 (1998)

Issues: Evidence Law, Polygraph Evidence

523 U.S. 303 118 S.Ct. 1261 140 L.Ed.2d 413 UNITED STATES, Petitioner, v. Edward G. SCHEFFER. No. 96-1133. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Nov. 3, 1997. Decided March 31, 1998. [qtbl style=”color:gray;”] Holding:?A per se exclusion of all polygraph evidence does not violate a defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to present a defense. [/qtbl] […]

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523 U.S. 340

523 U.S. 340 523 U.S. 340118 S.Ct. 1279140 L.Ed.2d 438 C. Elvin FELTNER, Jr., Petitioner,v.COLUMBIA PICTURES TELEVISION, INC. No. 96-1768. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Jan. 21, 1998. Decided March 31, 1998. Syllabus * Respondent Columbia Pictures Television, Inc., terminated agreements licensing several television series to three television stations owned by petitioner Feltner […]

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