Supreme Court Opinions by Issues
- 1983 Claim
- Abortion
- Absolute Immunity
- Absolute Privilege
- Abuse of Process
- Administrative Law
- Administrative Procedure Act
- Administrative Searches
- Admiralty Law
- Aerial Surveillance
- Affirmative Action
- Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA)
- Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (AMAA)
- Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act
- Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980
- Alien Tort Statute/Alien Tort Claims Act
- Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA")
- Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986
- Anti-Injunction Act
- Anticommandeering Doctrine
- Antitrust Law
- Appeals
- Appeals
- apportionment of Congressional Districts
- Arbitration Clause
- Arbitration of Employee Claims
- Arbitrations
- Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA)
- Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA)
- Article I
- Article II
- Article III
- Article IV
- Atkins Claim
- Atomic Energy Act
- Attorney-Client Privilege
- Attorneys' Fees
- Bankruptcy Court's Jurisdiction
- Bankruptcy Law
- Batson Challenge
- Battered Child Syndrome
- Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009
- Blood Tests
- Brady Disclosure
- Bribery
- Burglary
- Business Records Exception
- Businesses
- Case or Controversy Clause
- Census Act
- Certificate of Appealability
- Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
- Chapter 12 Bankruptcy
- Chapter 13 Bankruptcy
- Chapter 7 Bankruptcy
- Character Evidence
- Civil Procedure
- Civil Rights
- Civil Rights Act of 1866
- Civil Rights Act of 1871
- Civil Rights Act of 1964
- Civil Rights Attorney's Fees Awards Act of 1976
- Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (CSRA)
- Class Actions
- Clean Air Act
- Clean Water Act
- Collateral Estoppel
- Commerce Clause
- Commerce Clause
- Commercial Speech
- Common Carriers
- Communications Act of 1934
- Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
- Comprehensive Environmental Response
- Comprehensive Forfeiture Act of 1984
- Compulsory Sterilization
- Confrontation Clause
- Consent Decrees
- Consent to Search
- Consideration
- Consolidation of Actions
- Conspiracy
- Constitutional Law
- Contraceptives
- Contract Damages
- Contracts Law
- Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
- Copyright Remedy Clarification Act of 1990
- Copyrights
- Costs to Prevailing Party
- Criminal Law
- Criminal Procedure
- Cruel & Unusual Punishment Clause
- Curtilage
- Death Penalty
- Declaration Against Interest
- Defamation
- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
- Derivative Sovereign Immunity Doctrine
- Discovery
- Diversity Jurisdiction
- DNA (Searches & Seizures)
- Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
- Dormant Commerce Clause
- Double Jeopardy
- Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984
- Drug-Sniffing Dogs (Searches & Seizures)
- Dual-sovereignty doctrine
- Due Process Clause
- Due Process of Law
- Durational Residency Requirements
- Effective Assistance of Counsel
- Eighth Amendment
- Elections
- Elections Clause
- Eleventh Amendment
- Eminent Domain
- Employment Law
- Endangered Species Act of 1973
- Entrapment
- Environmental Law
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Equal Access to Justice Act
- Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA)
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
- Equal Protection Clause of the Fifth Amendment
- Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment
- Erie Doctrine
- ERISA
- Establishment Clause
- Evidence Law
- Evidence of Prior Convictions
- Ex Post Facto Clause
- Excessive Fines Clause
- Excessive Force
- Exclusionary Rule
- Exclusionary Rule
- Executive Powers
- Exigent Circumstances
- Expert Testimony
- Express Contracts
- Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)
- Fair Housing Act (FHA)
- Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
- Fair Sentencing Act of 2010
- False Claims Act (FCA)
- Family Law
- Farmers Home Administration (FmHA)
- Federal Arbitration Act
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Federal Courts
- Federal Courts Inherent Authority to Impose Sanctions
- Federal Drug Administration (FDA)
- Federal Employees Health Benefits Act (FEHBA)
- Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA)
- Federal Power Act (FPA)
- Federal Preemption
- Federal Torts Claims Act (FTCA)
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Federal Vacancies Reform Act
- Felony Murder Rule
- Fifteenth Amendment
- Fifth Amendment
- Fifth Amendment
- Financial Institutions Supervisory Act of 1966
- Firearms Prohibition
- First Amendment
- First Sale Doctrine
- Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act (FSIA)
- Forensic Evidence
- Forum Non Conveniens
- Forum-Selection Clauses
- Fourteenth Amendment
- Fourth Amendment
- Free Exercise Clause
- Freedom of Association
- Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
- Freedom of Press
- Freedom of Speech
- Full Faith and Credit Clause
- Gender Equality
- General Jurisdiction
- Gerrymandering
- Good Faith Exception to Exclusionary Rule
- Government Edicts Doctrine
- Government Informer's Privilege
- Governmental Privilege
- Grand Juries
- Grand Jury Testimony
- Habeas Corpus
- Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
- Hague Service Convention
- Hearsay Rule
- Hobbs Act (18 U.S.C. Section 1951)
- Hub-and-spoke conspiracy
- Immigration & Nationality Act
- Immigration Law
- Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (IRCA)
- Impeachment of Witness
- Implied Contracts
- In Personam Jurisdiction
- Independent Source Doctrine
- Indian General Allotment Act of 1887
- Indian Reorganization Act of 1934
- Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act
- Indigents: Assistance Of Psychiatrist
- Individuals With Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
- Inevitable Discovery Doctrine
- Informants
- Injunctions
- Injury-In-Fact Standing Requirement
- Inmate Searches
- Insanity Defense
- Intellectual Property
- Internal Revenue Code
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- International Organizations Immunities Act (IOIA)
- Internet
- Interstate Commerce Act
- Investigative Traffic Stop
- Jones Act
- Judgments
- Judicial Review
- Judiciary Act of 1789
- Jury Instructions
- Justiciability
- Juveniles
- Kidnapping
- Knock & Announce
- Labor Management Relations Act
- Labor Unions
- Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act
- Lanham Act
- Last Clear Chance Doctrine
- Leahy-Smith America Invents Act
- Libel
- Line-Ups
- Maritime Law
- Maritime Tort
- Medicare
- Mens Rea
- Mineral Leasing Act of 1920
- Minimum Contacts
- Miranda Warnings
- Miscarriage-of-Justice Exception
- Mootness
- National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)
- Necessary and Proper Clause
- Negligence
- Obstruction of Justice
- Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA)
- Oil Pollution Act of 1990
- One Person One Vote Principle
- Open Fields Doctrine
- Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act
- Patent Act
- Patent-Exhaustion Doctrine
- Patents
- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- Personal Jurisdiction
- Pinkerton Doctrine
- Plain View Doctrine
- Plea Bargains
- Political Question Doctrine
- Political Speech
- Polygraph Evidence
- Preemption
- Price-Fixing
- Prior Sexual Conduct
- Prison Litigation Reform Act
- Prisoner's Rights
- Privileges & Immunities Clause
- Products Liability
- Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act
- Property Law
- Protected Political Activity
- Protective Sweeps
- Proximate Causation
- Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege
- Public Health Services Act
- Public Records Exception
- Public Schools
- Punitive Damages
- Qualified Immunity
- Racial Segregation
- Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations Statute (RICO)
- Railroad Retirement Tax Act
- Railroad Revitalization and Regulation Reform Act
- Reasonable Suspicion
- Red River Compact
- Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993
- Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000
- Remand from Federal to State Court
- Removal from State Court to Federal Court
- Res Judicata
- Rest & Meal Breaks
- Retroactivity
- Right Against Self-Incrimination
- RIght to Access to Ballot
- Right to Bear Arms
- Right to Contraceptives
- Right to Counsel
- Right to Jury Trial
- Rio Grande Compact
- Riparian Rights
- Robbery
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Same-Sex Marriage
- Schools/Colleges
- Scientific Evidence
- Search Incident to a Lawful Arrest
- Searches of Passengers on Public Transportation
- Second Amendment
- Second Amendment
- Securities & Exchange
- Securities Act of 1933
- Securities Exchange Act of 1934
- Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998
- Sensory-Enhancing Devices
- Sentencing
- Sentencing Reform Act of 1984
- Separation of Powers
- Service of Process
- Seventh Amendment
- Sherman Antitrust Act
- Similar Criminal Acts
- Sixth Amendment
- Social Security Act
- Social Security Disability Benefits Reform Act
- Sovereign Immunity
- Specific Jurisdiction
- Speedy Trial
- Speedy Trial Act of 1974
- Spousal Privilege
- Standard of Review
- Standing to Challenge Constitutionality
- Standing to Sue
- State Action
- Statute of Limitations
- Statute of Limitations for SEC Enforcement Actions
- Statutes of Limitations
- Stays
- Stolen Valor Act
- Stream of Commerce
- Strict Liability
- Subject Matter Jurisdiction
- Subpoenas
- Summary Judgment Motions
- Suppression Hearings
- Supremacy Clause
- Takings Clause
- Tax Law
- Taxing and Spending Clause
- Telecommunications Act of 1996
- Tenth Amendment
- Terry Stop & Frisk
- Testimony of Jury Members (FRE 606)
- The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA)
- Third-Party Consent to Search
- Title VII
- Torts
- Trademarks
- Tribal sovereignty
- Tribunal Courts
- Truth in Lending Act
- Twenty-First Amendment
- U.S. Sentencing Guidelines
- Uniformity Clause
- Unilateral Contracts
- University and Small Business Patent Procedures Act of 1980
- Vehicle Searches
- Venue
- Veterans Affairs
- Veterans' Reemployment Rights Act
- Vienna Convention on Consular Relations
- Void for Vagueness Doctrine
- Voluntary Cessation Doctrine
- Voting Rights Act of 1965
- Water Rights
- Wire Fraud
- Wiretapping
- Witness Tampering
- Wrongful Death
- Yellowstone River Compact