No. 10-91 Argued: Decided: November 8, 2010 PER CURIAM. Federal courts may not issue writs of habeas corpus to state…
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No. 08-1470 Argued: March 1, 2010Decided: June 1, 2010 After advising respondent Thompkins of his rights, in full compliance with…
Read MoreBERGHUIS, WARDEN v. SMITH(2010)
No. 08-1402 Argued: January 20, 2010Decided: March 30, 2010 Criminal defendants have a Sixth Amendment right to trial by an…
Read MoreBARBER ET AL. v. THOMAS, WARDEN(2010)
No. 09-5201 Argued: March 30, 2010Decided: June 7, 2010 The federal sentencing statute at issue provides that a “prisoner ……
Read MoreASTRUE, COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY v. RATLIFF(2010)
No. 08-1322 Argued: February 22, 2010Decided: June 14, 2010 Respondent Ratliff was Ruby Kills Ree’s attorney in Ree’s successful suit…
Read MoreANTHONY C. PITRE v. NATHAN CAIN ET AL.(2010)
No. 09-9515 Argued: Decided: October 18, 2010 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, dissenting from…
Read MoreAMERICAN NEEDLE, INC. v. NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE ET AL.(2010)
No. 08-661 Argued: January 13, 2010Decided: May 24, 2010 Respondent National Football League (NFL) is an unincorporated association of 32…
Read MoreALABAMA ET AL. v. NORTH CAROLINA(2010)
No. 132orig Argued: January 11, 2010Decided: June 1, 2010 In 1986, Congress granted its consent to the Southeast Interstate Low-Level…
Read MoreABBOTT v. UNITED STATES(2010)
No. 09-479 Argued: October 4, 2010Decided: November 15, 2010 Petitioners Abbott and Gould, defendants in unrelated prosecutions, were charged with…
Read MoreABBOTT v. ABBOTT(2010)
No. 08-645 Argued: January 12, 2010Decided: May 17, 2010 After the Abbotts, a married couple, moved to Chile and separated,…
Read MoreDEAN v. UNITED STATES(2009)
No. 08-5274 Argued: March 4, 2009Decided: April 29, 2009 An individual convicted for using or carrying a firearm during and…
Read MoreDAVID BOBBY, WARDEN v. ROBERT J. VAN HOOK(2009)
No. 09-144 Argued: Decided: November 9, 2009 PER CURIAM. The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted habeas relief…
Read MoreCUOMO, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NEW YORK v. CLEARING HOUSE ASSOCIATION, L. L. C., ET AL.(2009)
No. 08-453 Argued: April 28, 2009Decided: June 29, 2009 To determine whether various national banks had violated New York’s fair-lending…
Read MoreCSX TRANSPORTATION, INC. v. THURSTON HENSLEY(2009)
No. 08-1034 Argued: Decided: June 1, 2009 PER CURIAM. The Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA), 35 Stat. 65, as amended,…
Read MoreCRAWFORD v. METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE(2009)
No. 06-1595 Argued: October 8, 2008Decided: January 26, 2009 In response to questions from an official of respondent local government…
Read MoreCORLEY v. UNITED STATES(2009)
No. 7-10441 Argued: January 21, 2009Decided: April 6, 2009 McNabb v. United States, 318 U. S. 332, and Mallory v.…
Read MoreCONE v. BELL, WARDEN(2009)
No. 07-1114 Argued: December 9, 2008Decided: April 28, 2009 After the State discredited petitioner Cone’s defense that he killed two…
Read MoreCOEUR ALASKA, INC. v. SOUTHEAST ALASKA CONSERVATION COUNCIL ET AL.(2009)
No. 07-984 Argued: January 12, 2009Decided: June 22, 2009 In reviving a closed Alaska gold mine using a “froth flotation”…
Read MoreCHAMBERS v. UNITED STATES(2009)
No. 6-11206 Argued: November 10, 2008Decided: January 13, 2009 The Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA) imposes a 15-year mandatory prison…
Read MoreCECIL C. JOHNSON v. PHIL BREDESEN, GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE, ET AL.(2009)
No. 09-7839 Argued: Decided: December 7, 2009 The application for stay of execution of sentence of death presented to JUSTICE…
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