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Heffernan v. City of Paterson, 578 U.S. ___ (2016)

Issues: Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Protected Political Activity

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 […]

Ocasio v. United States, 578 U.S. ___ (2016)

Issues: Conspiracy, Criminal Law, Hobbs Act (18 U.S.C. Section 1951)

Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, 577 U. S. ____ (2016)

Issues: Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Derivative Sovereign Immunity Doctrine, Mootness

CAMPBELL-EWALD CO. v. GOMEZ, (2016) ?United States Supreme Court No. 14-857 Argued: October 14, 2015????Decided: January 20, 2016 Syllabus The United States Navy contracted with petitioner Campbell-Ewald Company (Campbell) to develop a multimedia recruiting campaign that included the sending of text messages to young adults, but only if those individuals had “opted in” to receipt […]

Cal. Business Indus. Assoc. v. San Jose, 577 U.S. ___ (2016)

Issues: Fifth Amendment, Takings Clause

United States Supreme Court CALIFORNIA BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION v. CITY OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, ET AL., (2016) No. 15-330 Argued: ????Decided: February 29, 2016 ? ? ?The petition for writ of certiorari is denied. ?????JUSTICE THOMAS, concurring in the denial of certiorari. This case implicates an important and unsettled issue under the Takings Clause. The […]

BRUCE v. SAMUELS, 577 U.S. ____ (2016)

Issues: Prison Litigation Reform Act, Prisoner's Rights

United States Supreme Court ANTOINE BRUCE, PETITIONER v. CHARLES E. SAMUELS, JR., ET?AL. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUI No. 14-844 577 U.S. ____ (2016) 136 S.Ct. 627 193 L. Ed. 2d 496 Argued: November 4, 2015????Decided: January 12, 2016 Syllabus The Prison Litigation […]

Amgen Inc. v. Harris, 577 U.S. ___ (2016)

Issues: Employment Law, ERISA

?United States Supreme Court AMGEN INC., ET AL. v. STEVE HARRIS, ET AL., (2016) No. 15-278 577 U.S. ___ (2016) 136 S.Ct. 758 (2016) 193 L. Ed. 2d 696 Argued: ????Decided: January 25, 2016 PER CURIAM. The Court considers for the second time the Ninth Circuit’s determination that respondent stockholders’ complaint states a claim against […]

Americold Realty Trust v. Conagra Foods, Inc., 577 U.S. ___ (2016)

Issues: Civil Procedure, Diversity Jurisdiction, Subject Matter Jurisdiction

AMERICOLD REALTY TRUST v. CONAGRA FOODS, INC., ET AL., (2016) United States Supreme Court No. 14-1382 Argued: January 19, 2016????Decided: March 7, 2016 Syllabus Respondents, corporate citizens of Delaware, Nebraska, and Illinois, sued petitioner Americold Realty Trust, a “real estate investment trust” organized under Maryland law, in a Kansas court. Americold removed the suit to […]

American Freedom Defense Initiative v. King County, 578 U.S. ___ (2016)

Issues: Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech

?AMERICAN FREEDOM DEFENSE INITIATIVE, ET AL. v. KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON, (2016) United States Supreme Court No. 15-584 Argued: ????Decided: March 7, 2016 JUSTICE THOMAS, with whom JUSTICE ALITO joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. The First Amendment prohibits the government from “abridging the freedom of speech.” But the Court has struggled with how that […]

Luis v. United States, 578 U. S. ____ (2016)

Issues: Right to Counsel, Sixth Amendment

LUIS v. UNITED STATES, (2016) United States Supreme Court No. 14-419 Argued: November 10, 2015????Decided: March 30, 2016 Syllabus:?A federal statute provides that a court may freeze before trial certain assets belonging to a defendant accused of violations of federal health care or banking laws. Those assets include (1) property “obtained as a result of” […]

Nichols v. United States, 578 U. S. ____ (2016)

Issues: Criminal Law, The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA)

NICHOLS v. UNITED STATES, (2016) United States Supreme Court No. 15-5238 Argued: March 1, 2016????Decided: April 4, 2016 Syllabus:?The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) makes it a federal crime for certain sex offenders to “knowingly fai[l] to register or update a registration,” 18 U.?S.?C. ?2250(a)(3), and requires that offenders who move to a […]

Evenwel v. Abbott, 578 U.S. ___ (2016)

Issues: Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, One Person One Vote Principle

EVENWEL ET AL. v. ABBOTT, GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, ET AL., (2016) United States Supreme Court No. 14-940 578 U.S. ___ (2016) Argued: December 8, 2015????Decided: April 4, 2016 [qtbl style=”color:gray;”] Holding:?Evenwel v. Abbott, 578 U.S. ___ (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the one person, one vote […]

Kakarala v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 578 U.S. ___ (2016)

Issues: Civil Procedure, Remand from Federal to State Court

ANNE MERCY KAKARALA v. WELLS FARGO BANK, N. A., (2016) United States Supreme Court No. 15-712 Argued: ????Decided: April 4, 2016 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE THOMAS, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. The question presented by this petition is whether the Court should overrule Thermtron Products, Inc. v. Hermansdorfer, […]

Woods v. Etherton, 578 U.S. ___ (2016)

Issues: Confrontation Clause, Criminal Procedure, Effective Assistance of Counsel, Sixth Amendment

JEFFREY WOODS, WARDEN v. TIMOTHY ETHERTON, (2016) United States Supreme Court No. 15-723 Argued: ________; Decided: April 4, 2016 PER CURIAM. In the fall of 2006, Michigan law enforcement received an anonymous tip that two white males were traveling on I-96 between Detroit and Grand Rapids in a white Audi, possibly carrying cocaine. Officers spotted […]