United States Supreme Court - April 2006 Opinion Summaries

Hartman v. Moore

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Contracts, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
A plaintiff in a retaliatory-prosecution action must plead and show the absence of probable cause for pressing the underlying criminal charges.

Jones v. Flowers

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
For purposes of due process, when mailed notice of a tax sale is returned unclaimed, a state must take additional reasonable steps to attempt to...

Day v. McDonough

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Dismissal of a habeas petition as untimely under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act's (AEDPA) one-year limitation is affirmed where,...

Day v. McDonough

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Dismissal of a habeas petition as untimely under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act's (AEDPA) one-year limitation is affirmed where,...

Day v. McDonough

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Dismissal of a habeas petition as untimely under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act's (AEDPA) one-year limitation is affirmed where,...

N. Ins. Co. of New York

Admiralty, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Insurance Law
An entity that does not qualify as an "arm of the State" for Eleventh Amendment purposes cannot assert sovereign immunity as a defense to an admiralty...

Salinas v. United States

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Judgment of the Fifth Circuit is vacated and remanded where the court erred in treating a prior conviction for simple possession as a "controlled...

Gonzales v. Thomas

Immigration Law
A judgment in an asylum case holding that a particular family fell within the scope of the statutory term "particular social group" and was persecuted...