United States Supreme Court - March 2002 Opinion Summaries

BARNHART v. WALTON

Government Benefits
The Social Security Admin.'s interpretation that the 12-month duration requirement in a statute that authorizes disability and SSI payments to...

MICKENS v. TAYLOR

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In order to demonstrate a Sixth Amendment violation where the trial court fails to inquire into a potential conflict of interest about which it knew...

HOFFMAN PLASTIC COMPOUNDS, INC. v. NAT'L LABOR RELATIONS BD.

Immigration Law, Labor & Employment Law
Federal immigration policy, as expressed by Congress in the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, foreclosed the NLRB from awarding backpay to...

DEP'T OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEV. v. RUCKER

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Benefits, Landlord Tenant Law
Section 1437d(l)(6) of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1998, 42 U.S.C. 11901(3), gives local public housing authorities discretion to evict public housing...

RAGSDALE v. WOLVERINE WORLD WIDE, INC.

Labor & Employment Law
29 CFR 825.700(a), a Labor Department regulation, is contrary to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 and beyond the Secretary of Labor's...

EDELMAN v. LYNCHBURG COLLEGE

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
The EEOC's relation-back regulation is an unassailable interpretation of section 706 of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

NEW YORK v. F.E.R.C.

Administrative Law, Oil and Gas Law, Public Utilities
While Section 205 of the Federal Power Act (FPA) gives the federal government control over management of the country's power grids, F.E.R.C. is not...

YOUNG v. US

Bankruptcy Law, Tax Law
The lookback period under Section 507(a)(8)(A)(i) of the Bankruptcy Code is tolled during the pendency of a prior bankruptcy petition, making an IRS...

US v. VONN

Criminal Law & Procedure
A criminal defendant who knowingly and voluntarily enters a guilty plea under Fed. R. Crim. P. 11(h), without objection, carries the burden of showing...