United States Supreme Court - June 2008 Opinion Summaries

Dist. of Columbia v. Heller

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
The District of Columbia's prohibition on the possession of usable handguns in the home violates the Second Amendment to the Constitution, as does its...

Sprint Communications Co., L.P. v. APCC Servs., Inc.

Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Contracts
An assignee of a legal claim for money owed has standing to pursue that claim in federal court, even when the assignee has promised to remit the...

Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an action brought against Exxon for economic losses resulting from the Exxon Valdez oil spill, a circuit court ruling remitting the punitive...

Metro. Life Ins. Co. v. Glenn

Administrative Law, ERISA, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Supreme Court rules that the dual role of ERISA plan administrators that both determine whether an employee is eligible for benefits, and pay...

Florida Dep't of Revenue v. Piccadilly Cafeterias, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Government Law, Tax Law
In the bankruptcy context, 11 U.S.C. section 1146(a)'s stamp-tax exemption does not apply to transfers made before a plan is confirmed under Chapter...

Munaf v. Geren

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, International Law, Military Law
In cases concerning the availability of habeas corpus relief arising from an international coalition force's detention of American citizens who...

Boumediene v. Bush

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Habeas Corpus, Military Law
In habeas proceedings brought by aliens detained at Guantanamo after being captured in Afghanistan or elsewhere abroad and designated enemy combatants...

Florida Dep't of Revenue v. Piccadilly Cafeterias, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Government Law, Tax Law
In the bankruptcy context, 11 U.S.C. section 1146(a)'s stamp-tax exemption does not apply to transfers made before a plan is confirmed under Chapter...

Dada v. Mukasey

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Immigration Law
In the context of aliens who have requested and been granted voluntary departure from the U.S., which is a form of discretionary relief that avoids...

Taylor v. Sturgell

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Government Law, Trade Secrets
In a case involving two friends' and antique aircraft enthusiasts' separate Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests asking the FAA for copies of...