United States Supreme Court - March 2007 Opinion Summaries

Limtiaco v. Camacho

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Tax Law
In the context of the Guam Organic Act's debt-limitation provision, 48 U.S.C. section 1423a, Guam's debt limitation must be calculated according to...

Rockwell Int'l Corp. v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a qui tam suit under the False Claims Act brought by relator-former engineer against Rockwell arising from its operation of a nuclear weapons plant...

Travelers Cas. & Surety Co. of Am. v. Pac. Gas & Elec. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Contracts, Insurance Law, Public Utilities
Federal bankruptcy law does not disallow contract-based claims for attorney's fees based solely on the fact that the fees were incurred litigating...

Lance v. Coffman

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In an action brought by Colorado citizens involving the constitutionality of a state constitutional provision limiting redistricting to once per...

Sinochem Int'l Co. Ltd. v. Malaysia Int'l Shipping Corp.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, International Law
A district court has discretion to respond at once to a defendant's forum non conveniens plea, and need not take up first any other threshold...

Whorton v. Bockting

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Under the rules set out in Teague v. Lane, 489 U. S. 288 (1989), the Supreme Court's decision regarding the admissibility of testimonial hearsay...