United States Supreme Court - June 2007 Opinion Summaries

Panetti v. Quarterman

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Health Law, Sentencing
Denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought by a prisoner convicted and sentenced to death in a Texas state court is reversed where: 1)...

Leegin Creative Leather Prods., Inc. v. PSKS, Inc.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Commercial Law
Dr. Miles Medical Co. v. John D. Park & Sons Co., 220 U. S. 373, which makes it per se illegal under section 1 of the Sherman Act for a...

Parents Involved in Cmty. Sch. v. Seattle Sch. Dist. No. 1

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law
In cases involving school districts that voluntarily adopted student assignment plans that rely upon race to determine which public schools certain...

Nat'l Ass'n of Homebuilders v. Defenders of Wildlife

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law, Water Law
Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act does not effectively operate as a tenth criterion on which the EPA's transfer of certain permitting...

Hein v. Freedom from Religion Found.

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In an action brought claiming that conferences held as part of the President's Faith-Based and Community Initiatives program violated the...

Wilkie v. Robbins

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action brought by the owner and operator of a commercial guest resort against officials of the Bureau of Land Management alleging harassment and...

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

Civil Procedure, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Elections, Tax-exempt Organizations
In an action brought by a nonprofit corporation, Wisconsin Right to Life (WRTL), seeking declaratory and injunctive relief and alleging that the...

Morse v. Frederick

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Government Law
Schools may take steps to safeguard those entrusted to their care from speech that can reasonably be regarded as encouraging illegal drug use. Thus,...

Rita v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
A court of appeals may apply a presumption of reasonableness to a district court sentence within the United States Sentencing Guidelines.

Tellabs, Inc. v. Makor Issues & Rights, Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Evidence, Securities Law
In the context of private securities fraud actions and the pleading requirements of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act (PSLRA) intended to...