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United States Supreme Court - January 2007 Opinion Summaries

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Cunningham v. California
United States Supreme Court
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing 
California's determinate sentencing law, by placing sentence-elevating factfinding within the judge's province, violates a defendant's right to trial... 		01/22/2007 05-6551
Osborn v. Haley
United States Supreme Court
Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law 
In the context of the Westfall Act, which accords federal employees absolute immunity from tort claims arising out of acts undertaken in the course of... 		01/22/2007 05-593
Jones v. Bock
United States Supreme Court
Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure 
Procedural rules adopted by the Sixth Circuit and other lowers courts, designed to implement the Prison Litigation Reform Act's (PLRA) exhaustion... 		01/22/2007 05-7058, 05-7142
Gonzales v. Duenas-Alvarez
United States Supreme Court
Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law 
In the context of 8 U.S.C. section 1101(a)(43)(G), which provides for removal from the United States of an alien convicted of "a theft offense ... for... 		01/17/2007 05-1629
Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Sorrell
United States Supreme Court
Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law 
In cases under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), railroad negligence and employee contributory negligence are governed by the same... 		01/10/2007 05-746
US v. Resendiz-Ponce
United States Supreme Court
Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law 
The Ninth Circuit's reversal of respondent's conviction for illegally attempting to reenter the U.S. is reversed where the indictment at issue was not... 		01/09/2007 05-998
MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc.
United States Supreme Court
Civil Procedure, Contracts, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent  (Industry: Manufacturing)
Dismissal of a drug manufacturer's patent and contract declaratory judgment action, for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction, is reversed where... 		01/09/2007 05-608
Burton v. Stewart
United States Supreme Court
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing  (Industry: Manufacturing)
Denial of a habeas petition challenging the constitutionality of petitioner's sentence under Apprendi is vacated where petitioner failed to comply... 		01/09/2007 05-9222

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