United States Supreme Court - February 2008 Opinion Summaries

Fed. Express Corp. v. Holowecki

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an Age Discrimination in Employment Act case involving the question of whether Fed Ex courier's filing of an intake questionnaire and affidavit...

Sprint/United Mgmt. Co. v. Mendelsohn

Civil Rights, Evidence, Labor & Employment Law
In an age discrimination case brought under 29 U. S. C. section 621 et seq., in which the district court excluded testimony by nonparties alleging...

Rowe v. New Hampshire Motor Transp. Ass'n

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Transportation
A federal statute that prohibits states from enacting any law "related to" a motor carrier "price, route, or service" preempts two provisions of a...

Preston v. Ferrer

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Entertainment Law
When parties agree to arbitrate all questions arising under a contract, state laws lodging primary jurisdiction in another forum, whether judicial or...

Riegel v. Medtronic

Administrative Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
The pre-emption clause enacted in the Medical Device Amendments of 1976 (MDA) bars common-law claims challenging the safety or effectiveness of a...

Danforth v. Minnesota

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Teague v. Lane, 489 U. S. 288 (1989), limits the kinds of constitutional violations that will entitle an individual to federal habeas corpus relief,...

LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg & Assocs., Inc.

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
Although section 502(a)(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) does not provide a remedy for individual injuries distinct...