United States Supreme Court - January 2006 Opinion Summaries

Alaska v. US

Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A proposed decree prepared by the parties is approved regarding a bill of complaint to quiet title relating to certain marine submerged lands in...

Wisconsin Right to Life, Inc. v. Fed. Election Comm'n

Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Elections, Media Law
Dismissal of a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief involving the consitutionality of certain restrictions placed on plaintiff's...

Unitherm Food Sys., Inc. v. Swift-Eckrich, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Intellectual Property, Patent
Grant of a new trial pursuant to a review for sufficiency of the evidence in an antitrust case is vacated where defendant failed to renew its...

Cent. Virginia Cmty. Coll. v. Katz

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Debt Collection, Education Law
A bankruptcy trustee's proceeding to set aside the debtor's preferential transfers to state agencies is not barred by sovereign immunity. Pursuant to...

Will v. Hallock

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Cyberspace Law, Injury & Tort Law, Intellectual Property, Trade Secrets
A refusal to apply the Federal Tort Claims Act's judgment bar is not open to collateral appeal.

Rice v. Collins

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Grant of habeas corpus relief from a state conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute pursuant to defendant's Batson challenge is...

Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of N. New England

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Health Law, Remedies
A permanent injunction on enforcement of an abortion law requiring written parental notification prior to performance of an abortion on a pregnant...

Wachovia Bank, Nat'l Ass'n v. Schmidt

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Tax Law
For purposes of federal-court diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. section 1348, a national bank is a citizen of the state in which its main office,...

Wachovia Bank, Nat'l Ass'n v. Schmidt

Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Tax Law
For purposes of federal-court diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. section 1348, a national bank is a citizen of the state in which its main office,...

Gonzales v. Oregon

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law
The Controlled Substances Act does not allow the Attorney General to prohibit doctors from prescribing regulated drugs for use in physician-assisted...