United States Supreme Court - December 2013 Opinion Summaries

Heimeshoff v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Co.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Contracts, ERISA, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal of a petition for review of an ERISA plan administrator's denial of long-term disability benefits claim is affirmed, where: 1) the plan...

Kansas v. Cheever

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
The Kansas Supreme Court's decision vacating defendant's murder conviction and death sentence is vacated and remanded, where: 1) Buchanan v. Kentucky...

Unite Here Local 355 v. Mulhall

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Labor & Employment Law
Writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted in an action in which the Eleventh Circuit held that: 1) certain promises made by an employer...

Sprint Communications, Inc. v. Jacobs

Administrative Law, Communications Law, Constitutional Law, Cyberspace Law, Public Utilities
In a suit in which plaintiff sought a declaration that the Telecommunications Act of 1996 preempted the Iowa Utilities Board's (IUB) decision that...

Atlantic Marine Construction Co., Inc. v. US District Court for the Western District of Texas

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Construction, Contracts
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals' denial of a petition for a writ of mandamus requesting the district court dismiss a construction dispute case...

US v. Woods

Constitutional Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Tax Law, White Collar Crime
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal's affirmation of the district court's holding that defendants' partnerships were properly disregarded as shams but...

Ford Motor Co. v. US

Constitutional Law, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Tax Law
In a suit to recover interest from the government on plaintiff's tax overpayment for the period between the payment and the ultimate refund, the Sixth...