United States Supreme Court - January 2004 Opinion Summaries

FELLERS v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure
The absence of an "interrogation" did not foreclose the accused's claim that jailhouse statements should have been suppressed as fruits of the...

LAMIE v. US TRUSTEE

Bankruptcy Law
Bankruptcy Code section 330(a)(1) does not authorize compensation awards to debtors' attorneys from estate funds, unless they are employed as...

ALASKA DEP'T OF ENVTL. CONSERVATION v. EPA

Administrative Law, Construction, Environmental Law
The Clean Air Act authorizes defendant to stop construction of a major pollutant emitting facility permitted by a state authority when it finds that...

FREW v. HAWKINS

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law
Enforcement of a consent decree that springs from a federal dispute and that furthers the objectives of federal law does not violate the Eleventh...

KONTRICK v. RYAN

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
A debtor forfeits the right to challenge a creditor's objection to discharge as untimely under Federal Rule of Bankruptcy Procedure 4004 if the debtor...

SEC v. EDWARDS

Securities Law
An investment scheme promising a fixed rate of return can be an "investment contract" and thus a "security" subject to the federal securities laws....

VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. v. LAW OFFICES OF CURTIS V. TRINKO, LLP

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Communications Law
A class action alleging breach of an incumbent local exchange carrier's duty, per the Telecommunications Act of 1996, to share its network with...

ILLINOIS v. LIDSTER

Constitutional Law, Transportation
Brief highway checkpoint stops, when appropriately tailored by police seeking information about a crime of considerable public concern that was in all...