| Description | Date | Docket # |
| LAMIE v. US TRUSTEE United States Supreme Court Bankruptcy Law Bankruptcy Code section 330(a)(1) does not authorize compensation awards to debtors' attorneys from estate funds, unless they are employed as... |
01/26/2004 | 02-693 |
| FELLERS v. US United States Supreme Court Criminal Law & Procedure The absence of an "interrogation" did not foreclose the accused's claim that jailhouse statements should have been suppressed as fruits of the... |
01/26/2004 | 02-6320 |
| ALASKA DEP'T OF ENVTL. CONSERVATION v. EPA United States Supreme Court Administrative Law, Construction, Environmental Law The Clean Air Act authorizes defendant to stop construction of a major pollutant emitting facility permitted by a state authority when it finds that... |
01/21/2004 | 02-658 |
| KONTRICK v. RYAN United States Supreme Court Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure A debtor forfeits the right to challenge a creditor's objection to discharge as untimely under Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 4004 if the debtor... |
01/14/2004 | 02-819 |
| FREW v. HAWKINS United States Supreme Court Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law Enforcement of a consent decree that springs from a federal dispute and that furthers the objectives of federal law does not violate the Eleventh... |
01/14/2004 | 02-628 |
| VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. v. LAW OFFICES OF CURTIS V. TRINKO, LLP United States Supreme Court Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Communications Law A class action alleging breach of an incumbent local exchange carrier's duty, per the Telecommunications Act of 1996, to share its network with... |
01/13/2004 | 02-682 |
| ILLINOIS v. LIDSTER United States Supreme Court Constitutional Law, Transportation Brief highway checkpoint stops, when appropriately tailored by police seeking information about a crime of considerable public concern that was in all... |
01/13/2004 | 02-1060 |
| SEC v. EDWARDS United States Supreme Court Securities Law An investment scheme promising a fixed rate of return can be an "investment contract" and thus a "security" subject to the federal securities laws.... |
01/13/2004 | 02-1196 |