United States Supreme Court - April 2014 Opinion Summaries

EPA v. EME Homer City Generation, L. P.

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals erred in vacating the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, which attempted to...

Octane Fitness, LLC v. ICON Health & Fitness, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Judges & Judiciary
In considering a party's request under the Patent Act's fee-shifting provision, which authorizes district courts to award attorney's fees to...

Highmark Inc. v. Allcare Health Management System, Inc.

Attorney's Fees, Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property, Patent, Judges & Judiciary
The proper standard of review for an appellate court reviewing a district court's award of fees under the Patent Act's fee-shifting provision, which...

White v. Woodall

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
The Sixth Circuit erred in granting defendant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, challenging his capital sentence for murder, kidnapping and...

Paroline v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Remedies
The Fifth Circuit erred in holding that defendant, who pled guilty to possessing child pornography, two of which depicted images of the victim here,...

Schuette v. BAMN

Education Law, Elections, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
An amendment to the Constitution of the State of Michigan, approved and enacted by its voters, which prohibits the use of race-based preferences as...

Prado Navarette v. California

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendants' motion to suppress evidence of marijuana was properly denied, where: 1) defendants' truck was stopped by the highway patrol because it...

Northwest, Inc. v. Ginsberg

Constitutional Law, Contracts, Transportation
In an action alleging that defendant-airlines violated the duty of good faith and fair dealing when it terminated plaintiff's membership in its...

McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Elections
In an action in which plaintiffs alleged that aggregate limits restricting how much money a donor may contribute in total to all candidates or...