United States Supreme Court - April 2011 Opinion Summaries

AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion

Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Communications Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, False Advertising, Civil Procedure
In dispute involving the scope of the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA ), 9 U. S. C. section 2 et seq., arising from a disputed contract for the sale and...

United States v. Tohono O’odham Nation

Indian Law
In a dispute related to managed tribal assets held in trust by the Federal Government and involving the scope of jurisdiction of the Court of Federal...

Sossamon v. Texas

Civil Rights, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a dispute involving the scope of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA), judgment of the appeals court affirming...

Virginia Office for Protection and Advocacy v. Stewart

Administrative Law, Administrative Law, Health Law, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Government Law
In a dispute arising from a petition for federal injunctive relief against state officers under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of...

Cullen v. Pinholster

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a federal habeas dispute involving the scope of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA), 28 U. S. C. section 2254, and...

Arizona Christian School Tuition Org. v. Winn

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Education Law, Tax Law
In an Establishment Clause challenge to a state law that gives tax credits for contributions to school tuition organizations which then use the...