United States Supreme Court - March 2014 Opinion Summaries

US v. Castleman

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's prior conviction for "intentionally or knowingly causing bodily injury to" the mother of his child does qualify as a misdemeanor crime of...

Lexmark International, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc.

Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, False Advertising, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In an action in which plaintiff, a toner cartridge seller, alleged that defendant, a maker and seller of components for the remanufacture of...

US v. Quality Stores, Inc.

Bankruptcy Law, Labor & Employment Law, Tax Law
In an action in which plaintiff sought a refund of taxes paid on severance payments it made to employees who were involuntarily terminated as part of...

Marvin M. Brandt Revocable Trust v. US

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Transportation
In an action in which the government sought to quiet title to a right of way through defendant-landowner's property that had been granted pursuant to...

Lozano v. Montoya Alvarez

Constitutional Law, Family Law, International Law
The 1-year period contained in Article 12 of the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction is not subject to equitable...

BG Group PLC v. Republic of Argentina

Contracts, Constitutional Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, International Law, Oil and Gas Law
The decision by the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit that arbitrators lacked authority to decide a dispute between the parties...

Rosemond v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's conviction for aiding and abetting a violation of 18 U.S.C. section 924(c), using or carrying a gun in connection with a drug trafficking...

Law v. Siegel

Attorney's Fees, Bankruptcy Law, Constitutional Law, Sanctions
The Bankruptcy Court exceeded the limits of its authority when it ordered that the $75,000 protected by the debtor's homestead exemption be made...

Lawson v. FMR LLC

Constitutional Law, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
The whistleblower protection provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 contained in 18 U. S. C. section 1514A include employees of a public ...