Category: 2017

/U.S. Supreme Court Opinions / 2017 /

ABBOTT v. VEASEY, 580 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Elections, Fifteenth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Voting Rights Act of 1965

ADVOCATE HEALTH CARE NETWORK ET AL. v. STAPLETON ET AL., 581 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: ERISA

ARTHUR v. DUNN, 580 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause, Death Penalty, Eighth Amendment, Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment

ARTHUR v. DUNN, 581 U.S. ___ (2017)

BANK OF AMERICA CORP. v. CITY OF MIAMI, 581 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Fair Housing Act (FHA)

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

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

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

BETHUNE-HILL v. VIRGINIA STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, 580 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Elections, Voting Rights Act of 1965

BNSF RAILWAY CO. v. TYRRELL, 581 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Civil Procedure, Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), Personal Jurisdiction

BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA v. HELMERICH & PAYNE INTERNATIONAL DRILLING, 581 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA)

BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA, 582 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Civil Procedure, Personal Jurisdiction, Specific Jurisdiction

BUCK v. DAVIS, 580 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Appeals, Civil Procedure, Effective Assistance of Counsel, Right to Counsel, Sixth Amendment

CALIF. PUBLIC EMPLOYEES’ RET. v. ANZ SEC., 137 S.Ct. 2042 (2017)

Issues: Securities & Exchange, Securities Act of 1933

COOPER v. HARRIS, 581 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Voting Rights Act of 1965

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES v. MENDEZ, 581 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: 1983 Claim, Excessive Force, Fourth Amendment

COVENTRY HEALTH CARE OF MISSOURI, INC. v. NEVILS, 581 U.S. ____ (2017)

Issues: Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (FEHBA), Preemption

CZYZEWSKI v. JEVIC HOLDING CORP., 580 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Bankruptcy Law, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

DAVILA v. DAVIS, 137 S.Ct. 2058 (2017)

Issues: Effective Assistance of Counsel, Right to Counsel, Sixth Amendment

DEAN v. UNITED STATES, 581 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Criminal Law, Sentencing, U.S. Sentencing Guidelines

DUNN v. MADISON, 583 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Death Penalty