United States Supreme Court - January 2005 Opinion Summaries

ILLINOIS v. CABALLES

Criminal Law & Procedure
A dog sniff conducted during a lawful traffic stop, that reveals no information other than the location of a substance that no individual has any...

COMM'R v. BANKS

Attorney's Fees, Tax Law
In calculating federal income tax, when a litigant's recovery constitutes income, the litigant's income includes the portion of the recovery paid to...

HOWELL v. MISSISSIPPI

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A writ of certiorari granted to plaintiff is dismissed where his allegations of Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment violations were not raised in the...

BELL v. CONE

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
A Court of Appeals's grant of a writ of habeas corpus to defendant, on the ground that the "especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel" aggravating...

US v. BOOKER

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The Federal Sentencing Guidelines limit the severity of the sentence that a judge can lawfully impose on a defendant to the facts found by the jury at...

JAMA v. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Title 8 U.S.C. section 1231(b)(2), which prescribes the procedure for selecting the country to which an alien ineligible to remain in the U.S. will be...

CLARK v. MARTINEZ

Constitutional Law, Immigration Law
Under immigration statute 8 U.S.C. section 1231(a)(6), the Secretary of Homeland Security may detain inadmissible aliens beyond the 90-day removal...

WHITFIELD v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction for conspiracy to commit money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. section 1956(h), does not require proof of an overt act in furtherance...