United States Supreme Court - May 2013 Opinion Summaries

McQuiggin v. Perkins

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The Sixth Circuit's holding that that defendant's actual-innocence claim allowed him to present his ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim as if it...

Trevino v. Thaler

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Where, as here, a State's procedural framework, by reason of its design and operation, makes it highly unlikely in a typical case that a defendant...

Metrish v. Lancaster

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Defendant is not entitled to federal habeas relief, where: 1) after defendant's first trial but prior to his retrial, the Michigan Supreme Court 2001...

City of Arlington v. Federal Communications Commission

Administrative Law, Communications Law
Courts must apply the Chevron framework to an agency's interpretation of a statutory ambiguity that concerns the scope of the agency's statutory...

PPL Corp. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue

Constitutional Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, International Law, Tax Law
The U.K. one-time "windfall tax" imposed on privatized companies in 1997 and paid by petitioner, is creditable under Internal Revenue Code section...

Sebelius v. Cloer

Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law
An untimely petition under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act may qualify for an award of attorney's fees if it is filed in good faith and...

Dan’s City Used Cars, Inc. v. Pelkey

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Consumer Protection Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
State-law claims stemming from the storage and disposal of a car, once towing has ended, are not sufficiently connected to a motor carrier's service...

Bullock v. BankChampaign, N. A.

Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates
The term "defalcation" in the 11 U.S.C. section 532(a)(4) of the Bankruptcy Code includes a culpable state of mind requirement involving knowledge of,...

Bowman v. Monsanto Co.

Agriculture, Constitutional Law, Drugs & Biotech, Intellectual Property, Patent
The doctrine of patent exhaustion does not permit a farmer to reproduce patented seeds through planting and harvesting without the patent holder's...