United States Supreme Court - April 2008 Opinion Summaries

Crawford v. Marion County Election Bd.

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a suit challenging the constitutionality of an Indiana law requiring citizens voting in person to present photo identification issued by the...

Virginia v. Moore

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a case raising the issue of whether a police officer violates the Fourth Amendment by making an arrest based on probable cause but prohibited by...

Begay v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI), as set forth in New Mexico's criminal statutes, is not a "violent felony" as the term is defined in the...

Burgess v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The term "felony drug offense" contained in the Controlled Substances Act's (CSA), 21 U.S.C. section 841(b)(1)(A), provision for a 20-year minimum...

Baze v. Rees

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Kentucky's lethal injection protocol used as its method of execution does not violate the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishments....

MeadWestvaco Corp. v. Illinois Dep't of Revenue

Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Government Law, M&A, Tax Law
In a case raising the issue of whether Illinois constitutionally taxed an apportioned share of the capital gain realized by Mead, an out-of-state...

US v. Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Co.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Tax Law
The plain language of 26 U.S.C. sections 7422(a) and 6511 requires a taxpayer seeking a refund for a tax assessed in violation of the Export Clause,...