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United States Supreme Court - March 2011 Opinion Summaries

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Astra USA, Inc. v. Santa Clara County
United States Supreme Court
Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Benefits, Health Law 
In a dispute arising out of allegations of overcharging by 340B entities in violation of the Pharmaceutical Pricing Agreement, judgment by appeals...
03/29/2011 09–1273
Connick v. Thompson
United States Supreme Court
Sentencing, Evidence, Government Law, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure 
In a dispute involving the scope of section 1983 liability, judgment of the appeals court is reversed where the office of the district attorney may...
03/29/2011 09–571
Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp.
United States Supreme Court
Labor & Employment Law 
In a dispute involving the scope of the Fair Labor Standards Act (Act), 29 U.S.C. section 201 et seq., appeals court determination that oral...
03/22/2011 09–834
Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. v. Siracusano
United States Supreme Court
Class Actions, Securities Law 
In a securities fraud dispute involving the applicable standard for a claim under section10(b) and Rule 10b–5, appeals court judgment that district...
03/22/2011 09–1156
Felkner v. Jackson
United States Supreme Court
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus 
In a petition for certiorari involving a Batson challenge to the preemptory strike of two, prospective African Americans from a jurors reversal by...
03/21/2011 10–797
Skinner v. Switzer
United States Supreme Court
Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence 
Post-conviction requests for DNA evidence are cognizable not only in habeas corpus, but such requests are also cognizable under 42 U.S.C. section...
03/07/2011 09–9000
Wall v. Kholi
United States Supreme Court
Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus 
In a case involving the scope of 28 U.S.C. section 2244(d)(2), the phrase "collateral review" as used in section 2244(d)(2) means judicial review of a...
03/07/2011 09–868
Milner v. Department of Navy
United States Supreme Court
Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Military Law 
In a dispute over that reach of Exemption 2 to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the exemption encompasses only those records that relate to...
03/07/2011 09–1163
Snyder v. Phelps
United States Supreme Court
Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law 
In a dispute involving the acerbic picketing of a military funeral on public land, Supreme Court holds that the First Amendment shields protesters...
03/02/2011 09–751
Pepper v. United States
United States Supreme Court
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing 
District courts at resentencing are permitted to consider evidence of post-sentencing rehabilitation, holding that such evidence, may, in appropriate...
03/02/2011 09–6822

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