United States Supreme Court - March 2011 Opinion Summaries

Astra USA, Inc. v. Santa Clara County

Consumer Protection Law, Drugs & Biotech, Government Benefits, Health Law
In a dispute arising out of allegations of overcharging by 340B entities in violation of the Pharmaceutical Pricing Agreement, judgment by appeals...

Connick v. Thompson

Sentencing, Evidence, Government Law, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a dispute involving the scope of section 1983 liability, judgment of the appeals court is reversed where the office of the district attorney may...

Matrixx Initiatives, Inc. v. Siracusano

Class Actions, Securities Law
In a securities fraud dispute involving the applicable standard for a claim under section10(b) and Rule 10b–5, appeals court judgment that district...

Kasten v. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Corp.

Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute involving the scope of the Fair Labor Standards Act (Act), 29 U.S.C. section 201 et seq., appeals court determination that oral...

Felkner v. Jackson

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a petition for certiorari involving a Batson challenge to the preemptory strike of two, prospective African Americans from a jurors reversal by...

Milner v. Department of Navy

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Military Law
In a dispute over that reach of Exemption 2 to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the exemption encompasses only those records that relate to...

Wall v. Kholi

Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a case involving the scope of 28 U.S.C. section 2244(d)(2), the phrase "collateral review" as used in section 2244(d)(2) means judicial review of a...

Skinner v. Switzer

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
Post-conviction requests for DNA evidence are cognizable not only in habeas corpus, but such requests are also cognizable under 42 U.S.C. section...

Pepper v. United States

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
District courts at resentencing are permitted to consider evidence of post-sentencing rehabilitation, holding that such evidence, may, in appropriate...

Snyder v. Phelps

Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law
In a dispute involving the acerbic picketing of a military funeral on public land, Supreme Court holds that the First Amendment shields protesters...