United States Supreme Court - June 2009 Opinion Summaries

Cuomo v. Clearing House Ass'n., L.L.C.

Banking Law, Government Law
In an action claiming that certain state fair-lending laws were preempted by the National Bank Act (NBA) and accompanying regulations, an injunction...

Ricci v. DeStefano

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action claiming that a city discriminated against white firefighter candidates for a promotion by discarding their test results based...

Safford Unified Sch. Dist. No. 1. v. Redding

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Education Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging an unlawful search of a student, the denial of summary judgment based on qualified immunity is affirmed...

Horne v. Flores

Civil Procedure, Education Law
In a motion by state legislators to purge the District Court's contempt order holding that the state was providing inadequate Engligh Language-Learner...

Atlantic Sounding Co. v. Townsend

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
In an action based on Defendant's alleged refusal to pay maintenance and cure to Plaintiff for injuries he suffered while working on Defendant's...

Melendez-Diaz v. Mass.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's drug conviction is reversed, where the trial court's admission of the prosecution's certificates by laboratory analysts, stating that...

Northwest Austin Mun. Utility Dist. No. 1. v. Holder

Civil Rights, Elections, Government Law
In an action seeking relief under the "bailout" provision in Section 4(a) of the Voting Rights Act, which allows a "political subdivision" to be...

Forest Grove Sch. Dist. v. T.A.

Administrative Law, Education Law
In an action challenging a hearing officer's order reimbursing fees paid by Plaintiff's parents for his special education program under the...

Coeur Alaska, Inc. v. Southeast Alaska Conservation Council

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Water Law
In an action against the Army Corps of Engineers challenging the Corps' grant of a permit to a mining company to discharge waste materials, summary...

Yeager v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
In an appeal from the District Court's order denying Defendant's motion to dismiss his wire fraud indictment on Double Jeopardy grounds, the order is...