United States Supreme Court - May 2011 Opinion Summaries

Ashcroft v. al-Kidd

Constitutional Law, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a dispute arising from a Bivens action against petitioner for allegedly abusing the federal material-witness statute, 18 U. S. C. section 3144,...

Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S. A.

Commercial Law, Patent, Contracts, Intellectual Property
In a patent dispute involving the scope of 35 U. S. C. section 271(b), judgment of the appeals court is affirmed where an induced infringement action...

Camreta v. Greene

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Judges & Judiciary
In a dispute concerning the authority of the Court to review a judgment by an appeals court that petitioners were entitled to qualified immunity in a...

Fowler v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
In a dispute arising from the conviction and sentencing of defendant for murdering a police officer with the intent to prevent the officer from...

US v. Tinklenberg

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a dispute involving the scope of The Speedy Trial Act of 1974 (Act), 18 U.S.C. section 3161(c)(1), judgment of the appeals court dismissing...

Chamber of Commerce of United States of America v. Whiting

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Health Law, Constitutional Law, Government Benefits, Immigration Law
In a federal pre-enforcement suit challenging the Legal Arizona Workers Act, which, in certain circumstances, revoke the licenses of state employers...

Brown v. Plata

Criminal Law & Procedure, Constitutional Law
In a constitutional challenge to state prison overcrowding, judicial order mandating reduction in prison population is affirmed where the order is...

General Dynamics Corp. v. US

Commercial Law, Contracts, Government Contracts, Military Law, Remedies, Civil Procedure, Civil Procedure
In a dispute arising from the termination of a government contract for the manufacture of stealth aircraft, judgment of the appeals court is reversed...

Kentucky v. King

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence
In a Fourth Amendment dispute involving the scope of the exigency rule, judgment of the state supreme court is reversed where the rule applies when...

CIGNA Corp. v. Amara

ERISA, Labor & Employment Law
In an ERISA dispute involving the District Court's authority to reform a pension plan, judgment of the appeals court is reversed where although ERISA...