United States Supreme Court - February 2004 Opinion Summaries

LOCKE v. DAVEY

Constitutional Law, Education Law
Washington State's exclusion of the pursuit of a devotional theology degree from its otherwise-inclusive scholarship aid program does not violate the...

USPS v. FLAMINGO INDUS. (USA) LTD.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Government Law
Plaintiff is not subject to antitrust liability. In both form and function, it is not a separate antitrust person from the US but is part of the...

MUHAMMAD v. CLOSE

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Court of Appeal's dismissal of prisoner's section 1983 action is reversed where the rule in Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U. S. 477 (1994), which requires...

GROH v. RAMIREZ

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
The search of plaintiffs' ranch was clearly unreasonable under the Fourth Amendment. The warrant was plainly invalid, failing to describe with...

GEN. DYNAMICS LAND SYS., INC. v. CLINE

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
The ADEA's text, structure, purpose, history, and relationship to other federal statutes show that the statute does not mean to stop an employer from...

DOE v. CHAO

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
Plaintiff must prove some actual damages to qualify for the minimum statutory award under the Privacy Act of 1974. His uncorroborated claim of...

OLYMPIC AIRWAYS v. HUSAIN

Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Transportation
Defendant is liable for the death of an international passenger because its conduct here constitutes an "accident" under Article 17 of the Warsaw...

BANKS v. DRETKE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
When police or prosecutors conceal significant exculpatory or impeaching material in the State's possession, e.g., by withholding evidence that would...

ILLINOIS v. FISHER

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure