No. 01-419 Argued: April 23, 2002Decided: June 20, 2002 Federal law preempts prescriptions by “a State political subdivision of a…
Read MoreCHRISTOPHER, FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE, et al. v. HARBURY(2002)
No. 01-394 Argued: March 18, 2002Decided: June 20, 2002 Respondent-plaintiff Harbury alleges that Government officials intentionally deceived her in concealing…
Read MoreCHEVRON U. S. A. INC. v. ECHAZABAL(2002)
No. 00-1406 Argued: February 27, 2002Decided: June 10, 2002 Respondent Echazabal worked for independent contractors at one of petitioner Chevron…
Read MoreCHAO, SECRETARY OF LABOR v. MALLARD BAY DRILLING, INC.(2002)
No. 00-927 Argued: October 31, 2001Decided: January 9, 2002 While Rig 52, respondent’s oil and gas exploration barge, was drilling…
Read MoreCAREY, WARDEN v. SAFFOLD(2002)
No. 01-301 Argued: February 27, 2002Decided: June 17, 2002 The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 requires a…
Read MoreBORDEN RANCH PARTNERSHIP and ANGELO K. TSAKOPOULOS, PETITIONERS v. UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS and ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY(2002)
No. 01-1243 Argued: Decided: December 16, 2002 Per Curiam. The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court. Justice Kennedy…
Read MoreBOARD OF EDUCATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 92 OF POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY et al. v. EARLS et al.(2002)
No. 01-332 Argued: March 19, 2002Decided: June 27, 2002 The Student Activities Drug Testing Policy (Policy) adopted by the Tecumseh,…
Read MoreBELL, WARDEN v. CONE(2002)
No. 01-400 Argued: March 25, 2002Decided: May 28, 2002 Respondent was tried in a Tennessee court for the murder of…
Read MoreBE CONSTRUCTION CO. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD et al.(2002)
No. 01-518 Argued: April 16, 2002Decided: June 24, 2002 Petitioner, who had a contract to modernize a steel mill, and…
Read MoreBARNHART, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY v. WALTON(2002)
No. 00-1937 Argued: January 16, 2002Decided: March 27, 2002 The Social Security Act authorizes payment of Title II disability insurance…
Read MoreBARNHART, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY v. SIGMON COAL CO., INC., et al.(2002)
No. 00-1307 Argued: November 7, 2001Decided: February 19, 2002 The Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992 (Coal Act…
Read MoreBARNES, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS OF KANSAS CITY MISSOURI, et al. v. GORMAN(2002)
No. 01-682 Argued: April 23, 2002Decided: June 17, 2002 Respondent, a paraplegic, suffered serious injuries that left him unable to…
Read MoreATKINS v. VIRGINIA(2002)
No. 00-8452 Argued: February 20, 2002Decided: June 20, 2002 Petitioner Atkins was convicted of capital murder and related crimes by…
Read MoreASHCROFT, ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al. v. FREE SPEECH COALITION et al.(2002)
No. 00-795 Argued: October 30, 2001Decided: April 16, 2002 The Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 (CPPA) expands the federal…
Read MoreASHCROFT, ATTORNEY GENERAL v. AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION et al.(2002)
No. 00-1293 Argued: November 28, 2001Decided: May 13, 2002 In Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, 521 U. S. 844,…
Read MoreALABAMA v. SHELTON(2002)
No. 00-1214 Argued: February 19, 2002Decided: May 20, 2002 Defendant-respondent Shelton represented himself in an Alabama Circuit Court criminal trial.…
Read MoreABU-ALI ABDUR’RAHMAN, PETITIONER v. RICKY BELL, WARDEN(2002)
No. 98-6568 Argued: Decided: December 10, 2002 Per Curiam. The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted. ABU-ALI ABDUR’RAHMAN,…
Read MoreUNITED STATES v. CLEVELAND INDIANS BASEBALL CO.(2001)
No. 00-203 Argued: February 27, 2001Decided: April 17, 2001 Under a grievance settlement agreement, respondent Cleveland Indians Baseball Company (Company)…
Read MorePALAZZOLO v. RHODE ISLAND et al.(2001)
No. 99-2047 Argued: February 26, 2001Decided: June 28, 2001 In order to acquire the waterfront parcel of Rhode Island land…
Read MoreCITY NEWS & NOVELTY, INC. v. CITY OF WAUKESHA(2001)
No. 99-1680 Argued: November 28, 2000Decided: January 17, 2001 The City of Waukesha, Wisconsin (City), requires sellers of sexually explicit…
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