United States Supreme Court - January 2011 Opinion Summaries

Thompson v. N. Am. Stainless, LP

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act by a man claiming he was fired by his employer in retaliation for his fiancee's filing of...

Ortiz v. Jordan

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a former inmate's civil rights action under 42 U. S. C. section 1983 seeking a judgment for damages against superintending prison officers for...

Chase Bank USA, N. A. v. McCoy

Banking Law, Commercial Law, Consumer Protection Law
In a suit by a credit card holder, alleging that Chase increased his interest rate due to his delinquency or default and applied that increase...

Swarthout v. Cooke

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The Ninth Circuit's grant of habeas relief, based on its conclusion that the state courts had misapplied California's "some evidence" rule, is...

Harrington v. Richter

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a murder prosecution, the Ninth Circuit's reversal of the denial of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where: 1) 28 U.S.C. section 2254(d)...

Premo v. Moore

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a felony murder prosecution, the Ninth Circuit's reversal of the district court's denial of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed where: 1) the...

NASA v. Nelson

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In an action claiming that NASA's National Agency Check with Inquiries background check process violated a constitutional right to informational...

Ransom v. FIA Card Servs., N.A.

Bankruptcy Law
In a petition for Chapter 13 bankruptcy relief, the Ninth Circuit's affirmance of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel's order denying the confirmation of...

Mayo Found. for Med. Educ. & Rsrch. v. US

Administrative Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
In an action asserting that certain Treasury Department regulations, which provided that the services of a full-time employee -- which included an...

Madison Cty. v. Oneida Indian Nation of N.Y.

Civil Procedure, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Tax Law
In an action concerning an Indian tribe's collection of property taxes, the Supreme Court vacated a grant of certiorari and remanded to the Second...