United States Supreme Court - January 2003 Opinion Summaries

FED. COMMUNICATIONS COMM'N v. NEXTWAVE PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property
Bankruptcy Code section 525 prohibits the FCC from removing licenses held by a debtor in bankruptcy upon the debtor's failure to make timely payments...

MEYER v. HOLLEY

Civil Rights, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Property Law & Real Estate
The Fair Housing Act, 42 U.S.C. Sections 3604(b), 3605(a), imposes liability without fault upon an employer in accordance with traditional agency...

US v. RECIO

Criminal Law & Procedure
A conspiracy does not automatically terminate simply because the government has defeated its object, thus the Ninth Circuit erred in finding that a...

ELDRED v. ASHCROFT

Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
Congress acted within its authority and did not transgress constitutional limitations in enlarging the duration of copyrights under the Copyright Term...

BARNHART v. PEABODY COAL CO.

Administrative Law, Government Benefits, Labor & Employment Law
An initial assignment of an extant operating company or related entity to a coal industry retiree, for funding of benefits under the Coal Industry...

PIERCE COUNTY v. GUILLEN

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
An evidentiary privilege, 23 U.S.C. section 409, which protects information related to certain federal highway safety programs from discovery or...

SATTAZAHN v. PENNSYLVANIA

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
There was no Double Jeopardy bar to the state of Pennsylvania's seeking the death penalty on re-trial, where a defendant convicted of murder and...