United States Supreme Court - February 2006 Opinion Summaries

Scheidler v. Nat'l Org. for Women, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Health Law, Remedies, Tax-exempt Organizations
Physical violence unrelated to robbery or extortion falls outside the scope of the Hobbs Act. A judgment for respondents, a nonprofit organization...

Texaco v. Dagher

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law, Oil and Gas Law
It is not per se illegal under section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. section 1, for a lawful, economically integrated joint venture to set the...

Oregon v. Guzek

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
The Constitution does not prohibit a state from limiting the innocence-related evidence a capital defendant can introduce at a sentencing proceeding...

Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The threshold number of employees for application of Title VII to an employer is an element of a plaintiff's claim for relief, not a jurisdictional...

Dolan v. US Postal Serv.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) suit against the postal service for personal injuries suffered when she tripped and fell over...

Domino's Pizza, Inc. v. MacDonald

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Rights, Construction, Contracts
A plaintiff cannot state a claim under 42 U.S.C. section 1981 unless he has or would have rights under the existing or proposed contract that he...

Lance v. Dennis

Civil Procedure, Elections, Government Law
Dismissal of citizen plaintiffs' suit involving Colorado's congressional redistricting pursuant to the Rooker-Feldman doctrine is vacated where...

Ash v. Tyson Foods, Inc.

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
A judgment in an employment racial discrimination suit is vacated where the court of appeals erred in: 1) holding that modifiers or qualifications are...

Ministry of Def. & Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran v. Elahi

Civil Procedure, Debt Collection, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Law, International Law
Judgment involving a private citizen's attempt to attach an asset belonging to Iran's Ministry of Defense in order to help satisfy a judgment for...

Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc. v. Cardegna

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
With regards to contracts containing an arbitration clause, a challenge to the validity of a contract as a whole and not specifically to an...