United States Supreme Court - March 2009 Opinion Summaries
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Rivera v. IllinoisUnited States Supreme Court
Criminal Law & ProcedureProvided that all jurors seated in a criminal case are qualified and unbiased, the Due Process Clause does not require automatic reversal of a... |
03/31/2009 | 07-9995 |
Hawaii v. Office of Hawaiian AffairsUnited States Supreme Court
Government Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real EstateIn an action to enjoin the sale of land owned by the State of Hawaii until final determination of native Hawaiians' claims, the grant of the... |
03/31/2009 | 07-1372 |
Puckett v. USUnited States Supreme Court
Criminal Law & Procedure, SentencingThe plain-error test of Fed. R. Crim. P. 52(b), which instructs parties how to preserve claims of error, applies to a forfeited claim that the... |
03/25/2009 | 07-9712 |
Knowles v. MirzayanceUnited States Supreme Court
Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas CorpusThe District Court's grant of Petitioner's habeas petition is reversed, where, whether the state court's denial of his ineffective assistance claim is... |
03/24/2009 | 07-1315 |
Vaden v. Discover BankUnited States Supreme Court
Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Dispute Resolution & ArbitrationThe District Court's order compelling arbitration is reversed, where a federal court may "look through" a 9 U.S.C. section 4 petition to determine... |
03/09/2009 | 07-773 |
Bartlett v. StricklandUnited States Supreme Court
Elections, Government LawIn an appeal from a state court order requiring a voting district to be redrawn under the Voting Rights Act (VRA), the judgment is affirmed. The... |
03/09/2009 | 07-689 |
Kansas v. ColoradoUnited States Supreme Court
Civil Procedure, RemediesIn an objection to an expert witness attendance fee award, the objection is overruled, where expert witness attendance fees that are available in... |
03/09/2009 | 105 |
Vermont v. BrillonUnited States Supreme Court
Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional ResponsibilityThe Vermont Supreme Court's reversal of Defendant's domestic violence conviction is reversed, where the Vermont Supreme Court held that delays... |
03/09/2009 | 08-88 |
Wyeth v. LevineUnited States Supreme Court
Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product LiabilityIn a tort action based on an injury due to the medical use of Defendant's drug Phenergan, judgment for Plaintiff is affirmed where Federal law does... |
03/04/2009 | 06-1249 |
Negusie v. HolderUnited States Supreme Court
Administrative Law, Immigration LawIn an application for asylum, the denial of the application based on Petitioner's persecution of others is reversed, where the Board of Immigrant... |
03/03/2009 | 07-499 |
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