SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES MIKE STANTON, PETITIONER v. DRENDOLYN SIMS ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED ?STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT No. 12?1217. Decided November 4, 2013 ?PER CURIAM. Around one o?clock in the morning on May 27, 2008, Officer Mike Stanton and his partner responded to […]
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES RAY WHITE, et?al. v. DANIEL T. PAULY, as personal representative of the ESTATE OF SAMUEL PAULY, DECEASED et?al. On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit No. 16?67.?Decided January 9, 2017 Per Curiam. This case addresses the situation of an […]
Nos. 14-556, 14-562, 14-571, 14-574. 135 S.Ct. 2584 (2015) 192 L. Ed. 2d 609 576 U.S. ___ James OBERGEFELL, et al., Petitioners v. Richard HODGES, Director, Ohio Department of Health, et al.; Valeria Tanco, et al., Petitioners v. Bill Haslam, Governor of Tennessee, et al.; April DeBoer, et al., Petitioners v. Rick Snyder, Governor of […]
131 S.Ct. 2541 WAL-MART STORES, INC., PETITIONER v. BETTY DUKES ET AL. No. 10-277. Decided June 20, 2011. Headnotes: CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 Employment discrimination?Class certification.?In this Title VII employment discrimination case, certification of a nationwide class of 1.5 million women was not consistent with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(a)?s commonality requirement, and […]
74 S.Ct. 686 BROWN ET AL. v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF TOPEKA ET AL. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS.[*] No. 1. Argued December 9, 1952. Reargued December 8, 1953. Decided May 17, 1954. [*] Page 483 Together with No. 2, Briggs et al. v. Elliott et al., on […]
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 […]
60 U.S. 393 60 U.S. 393 19 How. 393 15 L.Ed. 691 DRED SCOTT, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR,v.JOHN F. A. SANDFORD. December Term, 1856 [Syllabus from pages 393-395 intentionally omitted] THIS case was brought up, by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Missouri. It was an action […]
303 U.S. 552 303 U.S. 552 58 S.Ct. 703 82 L.Ed. 1012 NEW NEGRO ALLIANCE et al.v.SANITARY GROCERY CO., Inc. No. 511. Argued March 2, 3, 1938. Decided March 28, 1938. As Amended April 25, 1938. Messrs. Belford V. Lawson, Jr., and Thurman L. Dodson, both of Washington, D.C., for petitioner. Mr. A. Coulter Wells, […]
384 U.S. 808 86 S.Ct. 1800 16 L.Ed.2d 944 The CITY OF GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI, Petitioner, v. Willie PEACOCK et al. Willie PEACOCK et al., Petitioners, v. The CITY OF GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI. Nos. 471, 649. Argued April 26, 1966. Decided June 20, 1966. Counsel: Hardy Lott, Greenwood, Miss., for petitioner in No. 471 and respondent in […]
364 U.S. 454 81 S.Ct. 182 5 L.Ed.2d 206 Bruce BOYNTON, Petitioner, v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. No. 7. Argued Oct. 12, 1960. Decided Dec. 5, 1960. [qtbl style=”color:gray;”] Holding: The United States Supreme Court?overturned a judgment convicting an African American law student for trespassing by being in a restaurant in a bus terminal which was […]
Syllabus VANCE v. BALL STATE UNIV. ( ) 646 F. 3d 461, affirmed. Syllabus [HTML] [PDF] Opinion, Alito [HTML] [PDF] Concurrence, Thomas [HTML] [PDF] Dissent, Ginsburg [HTML] [PDF] 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 […]
Syllabus UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER v. NASSAR ( ) 674 F.?3d 448, vacated and remanded. Syllabus [HTML] [PDF] Opinion, Kennedy [HTML] [PDF] Dissent, Ginsburg [HTML] [PDF] 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 […]
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 […]
134 S.Ct. 1623 (2014);?188 L. Ed. 2d 613 BILL SCHUETTE, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MICHIGAN, PETITIONER v. COALITION TO DEFEND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, INTEGRATION AND IMMIGRANT RIGHTS AND FIGHT FOR EQUALITY BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY (BAMN), ET AL. No. 12-682.Supreme Court of the United States.Argued October 15, 2013.Decided April 22, 2014.[hr] NOTE:?Where it is feasible, a syllabus […]
163 U.S. 537;?16 S.Ct. 1138;?41 L.Ed. 256 PLESSY v. FERGUSON. UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT No. 210. May 18, 1896. Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896), was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of “separate but equal”.?The decision was […]
438 U.S. 265 98 S.Ct. 2733 57 L.Ed.2d 750 REGENTS OF the UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Petitioner, v. Allan BAKKE. No. 76-811. Argued Oct. 12, 1977. Decided June 28, 1978. Counsel: Archibald Cox, Cambridge, Mass., for petitioner. Sol. Gen. Wade H. McCree, Jr., Washington, D. C., for United States, as amicus curiae, by special leave of […]
410 U.S. 179 93 S.Ct. 739 35 L.Ed.2d 201 Mary DOE et al., Appellants, v. Arthur K. BOLTON, as Attorney General of the State of Georgia, et al. No. 70?40. Argued Dec. 13, 1971. Reargued Oct. 11, 1972. Decided Jan. 22, 1973. Rehearing Denied Feb. 26, 1973. See 410 U.S. 959, 93 S.Ct. 1410. Counsel: […]
410 U.S. 113 93 S.Ct. 705 35 L.Ed.2d 147 Jane ROE, et al., Appellants, v. Henry WADE. No. 70-18. Argued Dec. 13, 1971. Reargued Oct. 11, 1972. Decided Jan. 22, 1973. Rehearing Denied Feb. 26, 1973. See 410 U.S. 959, 93 S.Ct. 1409. Counsel: Sarah R. Weddington, Austin, Tex., for appellants. Robert C. Flowers, Asst. […]
403 U.S. 217 91 S.Ct. 1940 29 L.Ed.2d 438 Hazel PALMER et al., Petitioners, v. Allen C. THOMPSON, Mayor, City of Jackson, et al. No. 107. Argued Dec. 14, 1970. Decided June 14, 1971. Counsel: Paul A. Rosen, Detroit, Mich., and William M. Kunstler, New York City, for petitioners. William F. Goodman, Jr., Jackson, Miss., […]
577 U.S. ___ (2015); 136 S. Ct. 305;?193 L. Ed. 2d 255 CHADRIN LEE MULLENIX v. BEATRICE LUNA, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF ISRAEL LEIJA, JR., ET AL., (2015) United States Supreme Court No. 14-1143 Argued: ????Decided: November 9, 2015 [qtbl style=”color:gray;”] SUMMARY? Mullenix v. Luna, 577 U.S. ___ (2015) was a […]