United States Supreme Court - January 2002 Opinion Summaries

KANSAS v. CRANE

Criminal Law & Procedure
A state must show that a sexual offender lacks some ability to control his violent behavior to justify confining him under its sexually violent...

LEE v. KEMNA

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Failure of a criminal defendant to make a written motion for continuance under Missouri Court Rule 24.09 does not constitute adequate state grounds to...

NAT'L CABLE & TELECOMM. ASS'N, INC. v. GULF POWER CO.

Communications Law, Cyberspace Law
47 USC 224(b) of the Pole Attachments Act, which requires the Federal Communications Commission to set reasonable rates for attachments to telephone...

US v. ARVIZU

Criminal Law & Procedure
Under the totality of the circumstances test for investigatory stops, an officer may rely on combination of otherwise innocent observations to briefly...

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMM'N v. WAFFLE HOUSE, INC.

Labor & Employment Law
Arbitration agreement between employer and employee for employment related disputes does not preclude the EEOC from seeking judicial relief on the...

THOMAS v. CHICAGO PARK DIST.

Constitutional Law
A content-neutral permit scheme regulating uses of a public forum need not have procedural safeguards required for subject matter speech regulations.

KELLY v. S. CAROLINA

Criminal Law & Procedure
Evidence of defendant's violent conduct in prison is relevant to issue of defendant's future danger to society in death penalty cases, such that...

CHAO v. MALLARD BAY DRILLING, INC.

Admiralty, Labor & Employment Law
Coast Guard's refusal to regulate working conditions on "uninspected vessels" does not preclude OSHA regulations on those vessels.

DUSENBERY v. US

Asset Forfeiture, Constitutional Law
In an asset forfeiture proceeding, where the government sends notice of forfeiture proceeding by certified mail to prisoner in prison that has a...

TOYOTA MOTOR MFG., KENTUCKY, INC. v. WILLIAMS

Labor & Employment Law
To be "substantially limited in a major life activity" under the Americans with Disabilities Act, an individual must have an impairment that prevents...