Constitutional Law Archives

McWILLIAMS v. DUNN, 582 US ___ (2017)

Issues: Due Process of Law, Fourteenth Amendment, Indigents: Assistance Of Psychiatrist

JAMES E. McWILLIAMS, Petitioner, v. JEFFERSON S. DUNN, COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ET AL. Supreme Court of the United States. No. 16-5294. Argued April 24, 2017. Decided June 19, 2017. Counsel: Stephen B. Bright, Southern Center for Human Rights, sbright@schr.org, Attorneys for Petitioner, James E. McWilliams. Mark Aaron Loudon-Brown, mloudonbrown@schr.org, for James E. McWilliams. […]

ZIGLAR v. ABBASI, 582 US ___ (2017)

Issues: Civil Rights, Fifth Amendment

JAMES W. ZIGLAR, Petitioner, v. AHMER IQBAL ABBASI, ET AL. JOHN D. ASHCROFT, FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL, ET AL., Petitioners, v. AHMER IQBAL ABBASI, ET AL. DENNIS HASTY, ET AL., Petitioners, v. AHMER IQBAL ABBASI, ET AL. Supreme Court of the United States. No. 15-1358. Argued January 18, 2017. Decided June 19, 2017. Counsel: William A. […]

PACKINGHAM v. NORTH CAROLINA, 582 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: First Amendment, Internet

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 […]

SESSIONS v. MORALES-SANTANA, 582 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Equal Protection Clause of the Fifth Amendment, Fifth Amendment, Gender Equality, Immigration Law

BOND v. UNITED STATES, 564 U.S. 211

Issues: Standing to Challenge Constitutionality

?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 […]

Papish v. Board of Curators of the University of Missouri, 410 U.S. 667 (1973)

Issues: First Amendment, Protected Political Activity, Schools/Colleges

410 U.S. 667 93 S.Ct. 1197 35 L.Ed.2d 618 Barbara Susan PAPISH v. The BOARD OF CURATORS OF the UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI et al. No. 72?794. Decided March 19, 1973. PER CURIAM. 1 Petitioner, a graduate student in the University of Missouri School of Journalism, was expelled for distributing on campus a newspaper ‘containing forms […]

NELSON v. COLORADO, 581 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Due Process of Law, Fourteenth Amendment

EXPRESSIONS HAIR DESIGN v. SCHNEIDERMAN, 581 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Businesses, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech

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 […]

MOORE v. TEXAS, 581 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Atkins Claim, Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause, Death Penalty, Due Process of Law, Eighth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _________________ No. 15?797 _________________ BOBBY JAMES MOORE, PETITIONER v. TEXAS ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS [March 28, 2017] No. 15?797.?Argued November 29, 2016?Decided March 28, 2017 Syllabus Petitioner Moore was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for fatally shooting a […]

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

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

RIPPO v. BAKER, 580 U.S. ___ (2017)

Issues: Due Process of Law, Fourteenth Amendment

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES MICHAEL DAMON RIPPO, PETITIONER v.RENEE BAKER, WARDEN ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA No. 16?6316.?Decided March 6, 2017 Per Curiam. A Nevada jury convicted petitioner Michael Damon Rippo of first-degree murder and other offenses and sentenced him to death. During his trial, Rippo […]

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

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES THOMAS D. ARTHUR v. JEFFERSON S. DUNN, ?COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT ??OF CORRECTIONS, ET AL. ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 16?602. Decided February 21, 2017 ?The motion of Certain Medical Professionals and Medical Ethicists for leave to […]

ALREADY, LLC v. NIKE, INC., 568 U.S. ___ (2013)

Issues: Article III, Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Voluntary Cessation Doctrine

133 S.Ct. 721 (2013) 184 L. Ed. 2d 553 ALREADY, LLC, dba Yums, Petitioner v. NIKE, INC. Supreme Court of United States. No. 11-982. Argued November 7, 2012. Decided January 9, 2013. Counsel: James W. Dabney, New York, NY, for Petitioner. Ginger D. Anders, for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of […]

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

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

Cite as: 580 U. S. ____ (2017) SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES GREG ABBOTT, GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, ET AL. v.?MARC VEASEY, ET AL . ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED ?STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 16?393. Decided January 23, 2017 ?The petition for a writ of certiorari […]

OBERGEFELL v. HODGES, 135 S.Ct. 2584 (2015)

Issues: Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Same-Sex Marriage

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 […]

UNITED STATES v. LOPEZ, 514 U.S. 549 (1995)

Issues: Article I, Commerce Clause, Constitutional Law

115 S.Ct. 1624 UNITED STATES v. LOPEZ CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 93-1260. Argued November 8, 1994 Decided April 26, 1995 Headnotes CONSTITUTIONAL LAW — Commerce Clause — Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 — Impact of Firearms Possession on Interstate Commerce The Act, which prohibits knowing […]

Sireci v. Florida, No. 16-5247 (12/12/2016)

Issues: Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause, Death Penalty

United States Supreme Court HENRY PERRY SIRECI v. FLORIDA, (2016) No. 16-5247 Argued: ????Decided: December 12, 2016 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE BREYER, dissenting from denial of certiorari. Henry Sireci, the petitioner, was tried, convicted of murder, and first sentenced to death in 1976. He has lived in prison under […]

Bravo-Fernandez v. United States, 580 U.S. ___ (2016)

Issues: Double Jeopardy

ATCHISON RY. v. RAILROAD COMM., 283 U.S. 380 (1931)

Issues: Article I, Commerce Clause, Constitutional Law

51 S.Ct. 553 ATCHISON, TOPEKA SANTA FE RAILWAY CO. v. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF CALIFORNIA ET AL. LOS ANGELES SALT LAKE RAILROAD CO. v. SAME. SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. ET AL. v. SAME. APPEALS FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF CALIFORNIA. Nos. 470, 471, 472. Argued April 23, 24, 1931. Decided May 18, 1931. 1. The power of […]

PARDEN v. TERMINAL R. CO., 377 U.S. 184 (1964)

Issues: Eleventh Amendment, Sovereign Immunity

84 S.Ct. 1207 PARDEN ET AL. v. TERMINAL RAILWAY OF THE ALABAMA STATE DOCKS DEPARTMENT ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. No. 157. Argued February 26-27, 1964. Decided May 18, 1964. Operation of a common carrier railroad in interstate commerce by a State constituted a waiver of […]