United States Supreme Court - May 2010 Opinion Summaries

Jefferson v. Upton

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a capital habeas matter, the Eleventh Circuit's affirmance of the denial of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where the court of appeals did...

Hardt v. Reliance Std. Life Ins. Co.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, ERISA, Insurance Law
In an action alleging that defendant violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) by wrongfully denying her benefits claim,...

Lewis v. Chicago

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a Title VII action challenging Chicago's practice of selecting only applicants who scored 89 or above on a written examination because of its...

American Needle, Inc. v. Nat'l Football League

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Intellectual Property, Sports Law, Trademark
In an antitrust action challenging the NFL's grant to Reebok of an exclusive license to create apparel incorporating the NFL's intellectual property,...

US v. O'Brien

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
The First Circuit's affirmance of defendant's sentence for using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence is affirmed where the fact that the...

US v. Marcus

Criminal Law & Procedure
The Second Circuit's reversal of defendant's forced labor and sex trafficking conviction is reversed where the Second Circuit-s plain error standard,...

Abbott v. Abbott

Family Law, International Law
In a petition seeking an order requiring petitioner's son's return to Chile under the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child...

Renico v. Lett

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, a grant of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where it was reasonable for the Michigan Supreme Court to determine that...

Hui v. Castaneda

Administrative Law, Civil Rights, Government Law, Health Law, Immigration Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action raising medical negligence claims against the U.S. under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) and the Bivens doctrine, a denial of...