Fifth Amendment – Page 2

Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co., Inc., 500 U.S. 614 (1991)

Issues: Batson Challenge, Due Process Clause, Due Process of Law, Fifth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment

500 U.S. 614 111 S.Ct. 2077 114 L.Ed.2d 660 Thaddeus Donald EDMONSON, Petitioner v. LEESVILLE CONCRETE COMPANY, INC. No. 89-7743. Argued Jan. 15, 1991. Decided June 3, 1991. [qtbl style=”color:gray;”] Summary:??The Supreme Court of the United States held that peremptory challenges may not be used to exclude jurors on the basis of race in?civil trials. […]

J.E.B. v. Alabama, 511 U.S. 127 (1994)

Issues: Batson Challenge, Due Process Clause, Due Process of Law, Fifth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, Gender Equality

511 U.S. 127 114 S.Ct. 1419 128 L.Ed.2d 89 J.E.B., Petitioner v. ALABAMA ex rel. T.B. No. 92-1239. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Nov. 2, 1993. Decided April 19, 1994. [qtbl style=”color:gray;”] The Supreme Court of the United States held that making peremptory challenges based solely on a prospective juror’s sex is unconstitutional.J.E.B. […]

LUCAS v. SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL COUNCIL, 505 U.S. 1003 (1992)

Issues: Fifth Amendment, Takings Clause

505 U.S. 1003 505 U.S. 1003 112 S.Ct. 2886 120 L.Ed.2d 798 David H. LUCAS, Petitioner,v.SOUTH CAROLINA COASTAL COUNCIL. No. 91-453. Argued March 2, 1992. Decided June 29, 1992. Syllabus * In 1986, petitioner Lucas bought two residential lots on a South Carolina barrier island, intending to build single-family homes such as those on the […]

Griffin v. United States, 502 U.S. 46 (1991)

Issues: Conspiracy, Criminal Law, Due Process Clause, Fifth Amendment

502 U.S. 46 112 S.Ct. 466 116 L.Ed.2d 371 Diane GRIFFIN, Petitioner v. UNITED STATES. No. 90-6352. Argued Oct. 7, 1991. Decided Dec. 3, 1991. Headnotes: Multiple-object conspiracy — General verdict: Neither Fifth Amendment’s Due Process Clause nor this Court’s precedents require, in a federal prosecution, that a general guilty verdict on a multiple-object conspiracy […]

Estelle v. McGuire, 502 U.S. 62 (1991)

Issues: Battered Child Syndrome, Due Process Clause, Due Process of Law, Fourteenth Amendment, Jury Instructions

502 U.S. 62 112 S.Ct. 475 116 L.Ed.2d 385 Wayne ESTELLE, Warden, Petitioner v. Mark Owen McGUIRE. No. 90-1074. Argued Oct. 9, 1991. Decided Dec. 4, 1991. Headnotes: Admission of evidence of battered child syndrome — Jury instructions: Neither admission of prior injury evidence as proof of battered child syndrome nor jury instruction as to […]

Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel, 524 U.S. 498 (1998)

Issues: Due Process Clause, Fifth Amendment, Takings Clause

524 U.S. 498 118 S.Ct. 2131 141 L.Ed.2d 451 EASTERN ENTERPRISES, Petitioner, v. Kenneth S. APFEL, Commissioner of Social Security, et al. No. 97-42. Supreme Court of the United States Argued March 4, 1998. Decided June 25, 1998. Headnotes: Due Prcoess ?– Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992 — Health care benefits funding: […]

Ohio Adult Parole Auth. v. Woodard, 523 U.S. 272 (1998)

Issues: Fifth Amendment

523 U.S. 272;?118 S.Ct. 1244;?140 L.Ed.2d 387 OHIO ADULT PAROLE AUTHORITY, et al., Petitioners, v. Eugene WOODARD. No. 96-1769. Supreme Court of the United States Argued Dec. 10, 1997. Decided March 25, 1998. Syllabus* After respondent Woodard’s Ohio murder conviction and death sentence were affirmed on direct appeal and this Court denied certiorari, petitioner Ohio […]

Cal. Business Indus. Assoc. v. San Jose, 577 U.S. ___ (2016)

Issues: Fifth Amendment, Takings Clause

United States Supreme Court CALIFORNIA BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION v. CITY OF SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, ET AL., (2016) No. 15-330 Argued: ????Decided: February 29, 2016 ? ? ?The petition for writ of certiorari is denied. ?????JUSTICE THOMAS, concurring in the denial of certiorari. This case implicates an important and unsettled issue under the Takings Clause. The […]