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COLLINS v. VIRGINIA, 584 U.S. 586 (2018)

Issues: Criminal Procedure, Fourth Amendment, Probable Cause, Vehicle Searches

138 S.Ct. 1663 (2018)584 U.S. 586 Ryan Austin COLLINS, Petitioner v. VIRGINIA. No. 16-1027.Supreme Court of United States. Argued January 9, 2018.Decided May 29, 2018.ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA. HEADNOTES CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — Searches and Seizures — Unauthorized Rental Car Driver’s Reasonable Expectation of Privacy Fourth Amendment’s automobile exception does […]

MILLER v. PARKER, 586 U.S. ___ (2018)

Issues: Death Penalty

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES DAVID E. MILLER v. TONY PARKER, COMMISSIONER, TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY AND PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT No. 18-6906 (18A578). Decided December 6, 2018 ?The application for stay of execution of sentence […]

GEE v. PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GULF COAST, INC., 586 U.S. ___ (2018)

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES REBEKAH GEE, SECRETARY, LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS v. PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF GULF COAST, INC., ET AL. ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED ?STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 17?1492. Decided December 10, 2018 ?The petition for a writ of certiorari is […]

UNITED STATES v. STITT, 586 U.S. ___ (2018)

Issues: Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), Burglary, Criminal Law

NOTICE: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the preliminary print of the United States Reports. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D. C. 20543, of any typographical or other formal errors, in order that corrections may be made before the preliminary […]

WEYERHAEUSER CO. v. UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, 586 U.S. ___ (2018)

Issues: Endangered Species Act of 1973, Environmental Law

STUART v. ALABAMA, 586 U.S. ___ (2018)

Issues: Criminal Procedure, Sixth Amendment

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES VANESSA STUART v. ALABAMA ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF ?CRIMINAL APPEALS OF ALABAMA No. 17?1676. Decided November 19, 2018 ?The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE GORSUCH, with whom JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR ?joins, dissenting from the denial of certiorari. More and more, […]

REYNOLDS v. FLORIDA, 586 U.S. ___ (2018)

Issues: Death Penalty, Eighth Amendment

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES MICHAEL GORDON REYNOLDS v. FLORIDA ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE ??SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA No. 18?5181. Decided November 13, 2018 ?The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. ?Statement of JUSTICE BREYER respecting the denial of certiorari. This case, along with 83 others in which […]

ZAGORSKI v. HASLAM, 586 U.S. ___ (2018)

Issues: Death Penalty

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES EDMUND ZAGORSKI v. BILL HASLAM, GOVERNOR ?OF TENNESSEE, ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY AND PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF ??APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT No. 18-6530 (18A470) Decided November 1, 2018 ?The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented […]

MOUNT LEMMON FIRE DISTRICT v. GUIDO, 586 U.S. ___ (2018)

Issues: Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), Employment Law

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _________________ No. 17?587 _________________ MOUNT LEMMON FIRE DISTRICT, PETITIONER v. JOHN GUIDO, ET AL. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF ?APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT [November 6, 2018] Syllabus No. 17?587. Argued October 1, 2018?Decided November 6, 2018 John Guido and Dennis Rankin filed suit, […]

CARPENTER v. UNITED STATES, 138 S.Ct. 2206 (2018)

Issues: Criminal Procedure, Fourth Amendment

No. 16-402. 138 S.Ct. 2206 (2018) Timothy Ivory CARPENTER, Petitioner v. United States. Supreme Court of United States. Argued November 29, 2017. Decided June 22, 2018. Syllabus Cell phones perform their wide and growing variety of functions by continuously connecting to a set of radio antennas called ?cell sites.? Each time a phone connects to […]

CURRIER v. VIRGINIA, 138 S.Ct. 2144 (2018)

Issues: Double Jeopardy, Fifth Amendment

No. 16-1348. 138 S.Ct. 2144 (2018) Michael Nelson CURRIER, Petitioner, v. VIRGINIA. Supreme Court of United States. Argued February 20, 2018. Decided June 22, 2018. Syllabus Petitioner Michael Currier was indicted for burglary, grand larceny, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Because the prosecution could introduce evidence of Mr. Currier?s prior […]

WESTERNGECO LLC v. ION GEOPHYSICAL CORP., 138 S.Ct. 2129 (2018)

Issues: Intellectual Property, Patents

No. 16-1011. 138 S.Ct. 2129 (2018) WESTERNGECO LLC, Petitioner, v. ION Geophysical Corporation. Supreme Court of United States. Argued April 16, 2018. Decided June 22, 2018. Syllabus Petitioner WesternGeco LLC owns patents for a system used to survey the ocean floor. Respondent ION Geophysical Corp. began selling a competing system that was built from components […]

OHIO v. AMERICAN EXPRESS CO., 138 S.Ct. 2274 (2018)

Issues: Antitrust Law, Sherman Antitrust Act

No. 16-1454. 138 S.Ct. 2274 (2018) OHIO, et al., Petitioners, v. AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, et al. Supreme Court of United States. Argued February 26, 2018. Decided June 25, 2018. Syllabus Respondent credit-card companies American Express Company and American Express Travel Related Services Company (collectively, Amex) operate what economists call a ?two-sided platform,? providing services to […]

ABBOTT v. PEREZ, 138 S.Ct. 2305 (2018)

Issues: Elections

Nos. 17-586, 17-626. 138 S.Ct. 2305 (2018) Greg ABBOTT, Governor of Texas, et al., Appellants, v. Shannon PEREZ, et al. Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas, et al., Appellants, v. Shannon Perez, et al. Supreme Court of United States. Argued April 24, 2018. Decided June 25, 2018. Syllabus In 2011, the Texas Legislature adopted a new […]

TRUMP v. HAWAII, 138 S.Ct. 2392 (2018)

Issues: Article III, Executive Powers, Immigration Law

No. 17-965. 138 S.Ct. 2392 (2018) Donald J. TRUMP, President of the United States, et al., Petitioners v. HAWAII, et al. Supreme Court of United States. Argued April 25, 2018. Decided June 26, 2018. Syllabus In September 2017, the President issued Proclamation No. 9645, seeking to improve vetting procedures for foreign nationals traveling to the […]

NIFLA v. BECERRA, 138 S.Ct. 2361 (2018)

Issues: Abortion, Constitutional Law, First Amendment

No. 16-1140. 138 S.Ct. 2361 (2018) NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FAMILY AND LIFE ADVOCATES, dba NIFLA, et al., Petitioners, v. Xavier BECERRA, Attorney General of California, et al. Supreme Court of United States. Argued March 20, 2018. Decided June 26, 2018. Syllabus The California Reproductive Freedom, Accountability, Comprehensive Care, and Transparency Act (FACT Act) was enacted […]

FLORIDA v. GEORGIA, 138 S.Ct. 2502 (2018)

No. 142, Orig. 138 S.Ct. 2502 (2018) State of FLORIDA, Plaintiff v. State of GEORGIA. Supreme Court of United States. Argued January 8, 2018. Decided June 27, 2018. Counsel Gregory G. Garre?, for the Plaintiff. Craig S. Primis?, for the Defendant. Edwin S. Kneedler?for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the […]

JANUS v. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, 138 S.Ct. 2448 (2018)

Issues: Labor Unions

No. 16-1466. 138 S.Ct. 2448 (2018) Mark JANUS, Petitioner, v. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, COUNCIL 31, et al. Supreme Court of United States. Argued February 26, 2018. Decided June 27, 2018. Counsel: William L. Messenger?, Springfield, VA, for Petitioner. Noel J. Francisco?, Solicitor General, for the United States as amicus curiae, […]

NORTH CAROLINA v. COVINGTON, 138 S.Ct. 2548 (2018)

Issues: Elections

No. 17-1364. 138 S.Ct. 2548 (2018) NORTH CAROLINA, et al., Appellants v. Sandra Little COVINGTON, et al. Supreme Court of United States. June 28, 2018. [138 S.Ct. 2550] PER CURIAM.This appeal arises from a remedial redistricting order entered by the District Court in a racial gerrymandering case we have seen before. The case concerns the […]

SEXTON v. BEAUDREAUX, 138 S.Ct. 2555 (2018)

Issues: Habeas Corpus

No. 17-1106. 138 S.Ct. 2555 (2018) Michael SEXTON, Warden v. Nicholas BEAUDREAUX. Supreme Court of United States. June 28, 2018. [138 S.Ct. 2557] PER CURIAM.In this case, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a denial of federal habeas relief, 28 U.S.C. ? 2254, on the ground that the state court […]