Volume 574
Citation: 574 U.S. 494
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: February 25, 2015
Citation: 574 U.S. 528
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: February 25, 2015
Justia Opinion Summary: While inspecting a commercial fishing vessel in the Gulf of Mexico, a federal agent found that the catch contained undersized red grouper, in violation of conservation regulations, and instructed the captain, Yates, to keep ...
Citation: 574 U.S. 445
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: February 24, 2015
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1943, Congress approved a Compact between Kansas, Nebraska, and Colorado to apportion the “virgin water originating in” the Republican River Basin. In 1998, Kansas filed an original action in the Supreme Court contending ...
Citation: 574 U.S. 427
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: January 26, 2015
Justia Opinion Summary: M&G purchased the Point Pleasant Polyester Plant in 2000 and entered a collective bargaining agreement and a related Pension, Insurance, and Service Award Agreement with the union, providing that certain retirees, surviving ...
Citation: 574 U.S. 405
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: January 21, 2015
Justia Opinion Summary: The London InterBank Offered Rate (LIBOR) is a reference point in determining interest rates for financial instruments in the U.S. and globally. The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) established a multidistrict ...
Citation: 574 U.S. 418
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: January 21, 2015
Justia Opinion Summary: Hana Financial and Hana Bank both provide financial services to individuals in the U.S. When Hana Financial sued Hana Bank for trademark infringement, Hana Bank invoked the tacking doctrine, under which lower courts have ...
Citation: 574 U.S. 383
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: January 21, 2015
Justia Opinion Summary: The 2002 Homeland Security Act provides that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) “shall prescribe regulations prohibiting the disclosure of information . . . if the Under Secretary decides that disclosur[e] ...
Citation: 574 U.S. 352
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: January 20, 2015
Justia Opinion Summary: The inmate, a devout Muslim wanted to grow a ½-inch beard in accordance with his religious beliefs. The Arkansas Department of Correction prohibits prisoners from growing beards, with an exception that inmates with diagnosed ...
Citation: 574 U.S. 318
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: January 20, 2015
Justia Opinion Summary: Teva’s patent covers a multiple sclerosis drug. When Sandoz tried to market a generic version of the drug, Teva sued for infringement. Sandoz countered that the patent was invalid because a claim that the active ingredient ...
Citation: 574 U.S. 373
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: January 20, 2015
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1999, Christeson was convicted of three counts of capital murder and sentenced to death. The Missouri Supreme Court affirmed Christeson’s conviction and sentence and denial of his post-conviction motion for relief. Under ...
Citation: 574 U.S. 271
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: January 14, 2015
Justia Opinion Summary: Jennings sought federal habeas relief based on ineffective assistance of counsel during the punishment phase of his state capital murder trial. The district court granted relief on his “Wiggins theories,” that counsel ...
Citation: 574 U.S. 293
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: January 14, 2015
Justia Opinion Summary: Roswell’s city council held a public hearing to consider T-Mobile’s application to build a cell phone tower on residential property. Council members expressed concerns about the tower’s impact on the area. The council ...
Citation: 574 U.S. 259
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: January 13, 2015
Justia Opinion Summary: Exactly three years after borrowing money to refinance their home mortgage, the Jesinoskis sent the lender a letter purporting to rescind the transaction. The lender replied, refusing to acknowledge the rescission’s validity. ...
Citation: 574 U.S. 265
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: January 13, 2015
Justia Opinion Summary: Whitfield, fleeing a botched bank robbery, entered 79-year-old Parnell’s home and guided her from a hallway to a room a few feet away, where she suffered a fatal heart attack. He was convicted of, among other things, violating ...
Citation: 574 U.S. 54
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: December 15, 2014
Justia Opinion Summary: Following a suspicious vehicle, Sergeant Darisse noticed that only one of the brake lights was working and pulled the driver over. While issuing a warning ticket for the broken light, Darisse became suspicious of the actions ...
Citation: 574 U.S. 81
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: December 15, 2014
Justia Opinion Summary: A defendant seeking to remove a case from state to federal court must file a notice of removal “containing a short and plain statement of the grounds for removal,” 28 U. S. C. 1446(a). Owens filed a putative class action ...
Citation: 574 U.S. 27
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: December 9, 2014
Justia Opinion Summary: Integrity Staffing required its hourly workers, who retrieved products from warehouse shelves and packaged them for delivery to Amazon.com customers, to undergo a security screening before leaving each day. Former employees ...
Citation: 574 U.S. 40
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: December 9, 2014
Justia Opinion Summary: Warger sued Shauers for negligence for injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident. After the jury returned a verdict for Shauers, a juror contacted Warger’s counsel, claiming that Whipple, the jury foreperson, had revealed ...
Citation: 574 U.S. 21
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: November 17, 2014
Justia Opinion Summary: Frost helped associates commit armed robberies in Washington, generally as the driver. Frost admitted involvement, but claimed he acted under duress. Frost’s lawyer planned to argue both that the state failed to meet its ...
Citation: 574 U.S. 10
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: November 10, 2014
Justia Opinion Summary: Shelby, Mississippi police officers alleged that they were fired, not for deficient performance, but because they brought to light criminal activities of an alderman. The district court entered summary judgment, rejecting ...
Citation: 574 U.S. 13
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: November 10, 2014
Justia Opinion Summary: Pennsylvania State Police received a report that Zita had stolen a car and loaded handguns and might have fled to the Carman home and sent Officers Carroll and Roberts to that home. The officers parked at the far rear of ...
Citation: 574 U.S. 1
Court: US Supreme Court
Date: October 6, 2014
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2005, Smith’s wife was killed at home by a blow to the head from a log roller. The home appeared to have been ransacked. Jewelry was missing. Smith was charged with first-degree murder. The prosecution presented evidence ...
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