United States Supreme Court - June 2011 Opinion Summaries

United States v. Juvenile Male

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a dispute involving the scope of the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), 42 U. S. C. section 16901 et seq., judgment of the...

Goodyear Dunlop Tires Operations, S. A. v. Brown

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law
In a dispute involving the assertion of personal jurisdiction over petitioners in a wrongful death action arising from an accident in France, judgment...

J. McIntyre Machinery, Ltd. v. Nicastro

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury & Tort Law, cs_84
In a dispute arising from a products liability action in state court and involving whether the assertion of jurisdiction over a foreign manufacturer...

Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn.

Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Entertainment Law
In a challenge to a California law that restricts the sale or rental of violent video games to minors, Cal. Civ. Code sections1746–1746.5, judgment of...

Arizona Free Enterprise Club's Freedom Club PAC v. Bennett

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In a campaign finance dispute involving a constitutional challenge to the matching funds scheme of Arizona's Citizens Clean Elections Act, judgment of...

CSX Transp., Inc. v. McBride

Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a dispute concerning the appropriate causation instruction to give the jury in a claim under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), judgment...

Freeman v. United States

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a dispute involving the retroactive application of 18 U. S. C. section 3582(c)(2) to plea agreements under FRCP 11(c)(1)(C), judgment of the...

Bullcoming v. New Mexico

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
In a dispute arising from the introduction of a forensic report without the testimony of the analyst who completed and signed the report, judgment of...

PLIVA, Inc. v. Mensing

Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In a dispute arising from several state products liability actions, judgments of the appeals courts are reversed where the federal drug regulations...

Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc.

Commercial Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Health Law
In a dispute involving the constitutionality of Vermont's Prescription Confidentiality Law, judgment of the the appeals court striking down the...