Constitutional Law – Page 3

ROPER v. SIMMONS, 543 U.S. 551 (2005)

Issues: Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause, Death Penalty, Eighth Amendment

No. 03-633. 543 U.S. 551 (2005) ROPER, SUPERINTENDENT, POTOSI CORRECTIONAL CENTER v. SIMMONS Supreme Court of United States. Argued October 13, 2004. Decided March 1, 2005. Attorney(s) appearing for the Case James R. Layton,?State Solicitor of Missouri, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were?Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon,?Attorney General, and?Stephen D. Hawke?and?Evan […]

MURPHY v. NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHETIC ASSOCIATION, 584 U.S. ___ (2018)

Issues: Anticommandeering Doctrine, Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, Tenth Amendment

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _________________ Nos. 16?476 and 16?477 _________________ PHILIP D. MURPHY, GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY, et?al., PETITIONERS v. NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, et?al. NEW JERSEY THOROUGHBRED HORSEMEN?S ASSOCIATION, INC., PETITIONER v. NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, et?al. On Writs of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit1 […]

OIL STATES ENERGY SERVICES, LLC v. GREENE’S ENERGY GROUP, LLC, 584 U.S. ___ (2018)

Issues: Article III, Patents, Seventh Amendment

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 […]

PATCHAK v. ZINKE, 583 U.S. ___ (2018)

Issues: Article III, Constitutional Law

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _________________ No. 16?498 _________________ DAVID PATCHAK, PETITIONER v. RYAN ZINKE, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, ET AL . ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT Argued November 7, 2017?Decided February 27, 2018 Syllabus Petitioner David Patchak filed suit challenging the […]

COLEMAN v. COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND, 566 U.S. 30 (2012)

Issues: Sovereign Immunity

132 S.Ct. 1327 (2012) Daniel COLEMAN, Petitioner v. COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND et al. No. 10-1016.Supreme Court of United States. Argued January 11, 2012.Decided March 20, 2012. Headnotes CONSTITUTIONAL LAW States’ Immunity from Suit — Self-Care Provision of Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. Fourth Circuit’s judgment that self-care provision of the Act, […]

ZIVOTOFSKY v. CLINTON, 566 U.S. 189 (2012)

Issues: Article III, Constitutional Law, Judicial Review, Political Question Doctrine, Separation of Powers

132 S.Ct. 1421 (2012) Menachem Binyamin ZIVOTOFSKY, by his parents and guardians, Ari Z. and Naomi Siegman ZIVOTOFSKY, Petitioner v. Hillary Rodham CLINTON, Secretary of State. No. 10-699.Supreme Court of United States. Argued November 7, 2011.Decided March 26, 2012. Headnotes CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Separation of Powers — Political Question Doctrine — Judicial Review — Secretary of […]

FLORENCE v. BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS OF THE COUNTY OF BURLINGTON, 566 U.S. 318 (2012)

Issues: Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure, Fourteenth Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Inmate Searches

132 S.Ct. 1510 (2012) Albert W. FLORENCE, Petitioner, v. BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS OF the COUNTY OF BURLINGTON et al. No. 10-945.Supreme Court of United States. Argued October 12, 2011.Decided April 2, 2012. Headnotes CONSTITUTIONAL LAW Searches and Seizures — Search of Newly Jailed Arrestees for Contraband — Close Visual Inspection While Undressed. County jail’s […]

LAFLER v. COOPER, 566 U.S. 156 (2012)

Issues: Constitutional Law, Criminal Procedure, Effective Assistance of Counsel, Plea Bargains, Right to Counsel, Sixth Amendment

132 S.Ct. 1376 (2012) Blaine LAFLER, Petitioner v. Anthony COOPER. No. 10-209.Supreme Court of United States. Argued October 31, 2011.Decided March 21, 2012. Headnotes CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — Right to Counsel — Effective Assistance — Counsel’s Ineffective Plea Offer Advice. Where counsel’s ineffective advice led to a plea offer’s rejection, and where prejudice alleged is having […]

MISSOURI v. FRYE, 566 U.S. 133 (2012)

Issues: Constitutional Law, Effective Assistance of Counsel, Plea Bargains, Right to Counsel, Sixth Amendment

132 S.Ct. 1399 (2012) MISSOURI, Petitioner v. Galin E. FRYE. No. 10-444.Supreme Court of United States. Argued October 31, 2011.Decided March 21, 2012. Headnotes CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — Right to Counsel — Effective Assistance — Counsel’s Duty to Communicate Plea Offer. Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel extends to consideration of plea offers that […]

ARMOUR v. INDIANAPOLIS, 566 U.S. 673 (2012)

Issues: Constitutional Law, Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment

132 S.Ct. 2073 (2012) Christine ARMOUR, et al., Petitioners v. CITY OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, et al. No. 11-161.Supreme Court of United States. Argued February 29, 2012.Decided June 4, 2012. Headnotes CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — Equal Protection of the Laws — Financing Public Improvement Projects — Rational Basis for Forgiving Unpaid Assessments while Issuing no Refunds. Where […]

BLUEFORD v. ARKANSAS, 566 U.S. 599 (2012)

Issues: Constitutional Law, Double Jeopardy, Fifth Amendment

132 S.Ct. 2044 (2012) Alex BLUEFORD, Petitioner v. ARKANSAS. No. 10-1320.Supreme Court of United States. Argued February 22, 2012.Decided May 24, 2012. Headnotes CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — Double Jeopardy — Jury Instruction on Capital Murder, First-Degree Murder, Manslaughter, and Negligent Homicide — Mistrial After Jury Deadlock — Reprosecution for Capital and First-Degree Murder. When a jury […]

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS v. SEBELIUS, 567 U.S. 519 (2012)

Issues: Anti-Injunction Act, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Taxing and Spending Clause

132 S.Ct. 2566 (2012) NATIONAL FEDERATION OF INDEPENDENT BUSINESS, et al., Petitioners, v. Kathleen SEBELIUS, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. Department of Health and Human Services, et al., Petitioners, v. Florida, et al. Florida, et al., Petitioners, v. Department of Health and Human Services et al. Nos. 11-393, 11-398, 11-400.Supreme Court of […]

SMITH v. ALABAMA, 124 U.S. 465 (1888)

Issues: Article I, Commerce Clause, Constitutional Law

124 U.S. 465 (1888) SMITH v. ALABAMA. Supreme Court of United States. Argued January 4, 1888.Decided January 30, 1888.ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA. 470*470?Mr. E.L. Russell?and?Mr. B.B. Boone?for plaintiff in error. Mr. T.N. McClellan,?Attorney General of the State of Alabama, for defendant in error. 472*472?MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS, after stating the […]

WABASH, ST. LOUIS & PACIFIC RY. CO. v. ILLINOIS, 118 U.S. 557 (1886)

Issues: Article I, Commerce Clause, Constitutional Law

118 U.S. 557 (1886) WABASH, ST. LOUIS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. ILLINOIS. Supreme Court of United States. Argued April 14, 15, 1886. Decided October 25, 1886. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. 558*558 Mr. H.S. Greene, for plaintiff in error. Mr. George Hunt, Attorney-General of Illinois, for defendant in error. […]

ARIZONA v. UNITED STATES, 567 U.S. 387 (2012)

Issues: Constitutional Law, Preemption, Supremacy Clause

132 S.Ct. 2492 (2012) ARIZONA, et al., Petitioners v. UNITED STATES. No. 11-182.Supreme Court of United States. Argued April 25, 2012.Decided June 25, 2012. Headnotes CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — Supremacy Clause. Arizona Statute on Unlawful Aliens — Pre-Emption. Three provisions of an Arizona statute addressing issues related to unlawful immigration are pre-empted, but a fourth — […]

UNITED STATES v. ALVAREZ, 567 U.S. 709 (2012)

Issues: Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Stolen Valor Act

132 S.Ct. 2537 (2012) UNITED STATES, Petitioner v. Xavier ALVAREZ. No. 11-210.Supreme Court of United States. Argued February 22, 2012.Decided June 28, 2012.Headnotes CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — FIRST AMENDMENT — FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Stolen Valor Act.? Ninth Circuit’s judgment — that Stolen Valor Act, which makes it a crime to falsely claim receipt of military decorations […]

AMERICAN TRADITION PARTNERSHIP, INC. v. BULLOCK, 567 U.S. 516 (2012)

Issues: Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech

132 S.Ct. 2490 (2012) AMERICAN TRADITION PARTNERSHIP, INC., fka Western Tradition Partnership, Inc., et al. v. Steve BULLOCK, Attorney General of Montana, et al. No. 11-1179.Supreme Court of United States. June 25, 2012.Headnotes CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — FIRST AMENDMENT — FREEDOM OF SPEECH. Political Donations — Montana’s Corportate Expenditure Limitations. First Amendment holding in?Citizens United v. […]

KNOX v. SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 1000, 567 U.S. 298 (2012)

Issues: Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Freedom of Association

132 S.Ct. 2277 (2012) Dianne KNOX, et al., Petitioners v. SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 1000. No. 10-1121.Supreme Court of United States. Argued January 10, 2012.Decided June 21, 2012.Headnotes: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — FIRST AMENDMENT — FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION. Public-Sector Union — Special Assessment not Disclosed with Regular Assessment — Fresh Notice and Nonmembers’ Consent Requirements. […]

C&A CARBONE, INC. v. CLARKSTOWN, 511 U.S. 383 (1994)

Issues: Article I, Commerce Clause, Constitutional Law

511 U.S. 383 (1994) C & A CARBONE, INC., et al. v. TOWN OF CLARKSTOWN, NEW YORK No. 92-1402.United States Supreme Court.Argued December 7, 1993.Decided May 16, 1994. CERTIORARI TO THE APPELLATE DIVISION, supreme court OF NEW YORK, second judicial department Headnotes CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — Discrimination Against Interstate Commerce — Solid Waste Disposal — Flow […]

COOK v. GRALIKE, 531 U.S. 510 (2001)

Issues: Article I, Constitutional Law, Elections Clause, Tenth Amendment

531 U.S. 510 (2001) COOK v. GRALIKE et al. No. 99-929.United States Supreme Court. Argued November 6, 2000.Decided February 28, 2001. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT Headnotes: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — Elections Clause — Congressional Term Limits — Ballot Specifications. Article VIII of Missouri Constitution — which instructs State’s […]