United States Supreme Court - June 2001 Opinion Summaries

LORILLARD TOBACCO CO. v. REILLY

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Communications Law
The Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, 15 USC 1333, preempts state regulation of advertising or promotion of cigarettes, including...

PALAZZOLO v. RHODE ISLAND

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A landowner may challenge state rules or regulations under the Takings Clause even if the enactment took place prior to transfer of title.

TYLER v. CAIN

Criminal Law & Procedure
The Cage Rule, that a jury instruction is unconstitutional if there is a reasonable likelihood that the jury understood the instruction to allow...

ZADVYDAS v. DAVIS

Habeas Corpus, Immigration Law
Under 8 USC 1231(a)(6), the government may detain aliens admitted to the United States but subsequently ordered removed beyond the normal 90 day...

US v. UNITED FOODS INC.

Agriculture, Constitutional Law
Forced subsidy for generic advertising is a violation of the First Amendment where the advertising is not merely ancillary to a more comprehensive...

CALCANO-MARTINEZ v. IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERV.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Circuit courts do not have jurisdiction to review appeals pursuant to 8 USC 1252(a)(1), but district courts may hear habeas corpus petitions pursuant...

IMMIGRATION & NATURALIZATION SERV. v. ST. CYR

Criminal Law & Procedure, Immigration Law
Where lawful permament resident would have been eligible for a waiver of deportation under the immigration law in effect when he was convicted, but...

NEVADA v. HICKS

Indian Law
A tribal court may not assert jurisdiction over civil claims against state officials who enter tribal land to execute a search warrant against a tribe...

FED. ELECTION COMM'N v. COLORADO REPUBLICAN FED. CAMPAIGN COMM.

Constitutional Law, Elections
States may restrict a party's coordinated expenditures to minimize circumvention of the Federal Election Campaign Act's contribution limits because...

NEW YORK TIMES CO., INC. v. TASINI

Intellectual Property, Copyright
Databases that reproduce and distribute articles standing alone and not in context, and not as part of that particular collective work to which the...