| Description | Date | Docket # |
| JOHNSON v. CALIFORNIA United States Supreme Court Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing Strict scrutiny is the proper standard of review for an equal protection challenge to the California Department of Corrections' unwritten policy of... |
02/23/2005 | 03-636 |
| STEWART v. DUTRA CONSTR. CO. United States Supreme Court Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation A dredge, which is a floating platform used to remove silt from the ocean floor, is a "vessel" for purposes of the Longshore and Harbor Workers'... |
02/22/2005 | 03-814 |
| SMITH v. MASSACHUSETTS United States Supreme Court Criminal Law & Procedure Under the Double Jeopardy Clause, a judge's acquittal of a defendant, midway through a jury trial, precludes the judge from reconsidering that... |
02/22/2005 | 03-8661 |