United States Supreme Court - May 2014 Opinion Summaries
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Hall v. FloridaUnited States Supreme Court
Sentencing, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
As interpreted by the Florida Supreme Court, Florida's rule requiring a threshold showing that a defendant have an IQ score of 70 or below before...
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05/27/2014 | 12-10882 |
Michigan v. Bay Mills Indian CommunityUnited States Supreme Court
Constitutional Law, Contracts, Gaming Law, Indian Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Plaintiff-state's suit alleging that defendant-tribe had violated their compact pursuant to the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) is barred by...
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05/27/2014 | 12-515 |
Wood v. MossUnited States Supreme Court
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action in which plaintiff-protesters alleged that defendant-agents engaged in viewpoint discrimination in violation of the First Amendment when...
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05/27/2014 | 13-115 |
Plumhoff v. RickardUnited States Supreme Court
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 action alleging that the officers used excessive force in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments when they shot...
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05/27/2014 | 12-1117 |
Martinez v. IllinoisUnited States Supreme Court
Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
The Double Jeopardy Clause bars the State's attempt to appeal in the hope of subjecting defendant to a new trial on charges of aggravated battery and...
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05/27/2014 | 13-5967 |
Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.United States Supreme Court
Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright
In an copyright infringement action brought by plaintiff-copyright owner, who inherited the rights to her father's screenplay, which he had assigned...
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05/19/2014 | 12-1315 |
Tolan v. CottonUnited States Supreme Court
Injury & Tort Law, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
In an action under 42 U.S.C. 1983 for excessive force arising out of defendant-police sergeant's shooting of plaintiff, summary judgment for defendant...
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05/05/2014 | 13-551 |
Robers v. United StatesUnited States Supreme Court
Banking Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
Following defendant's conviction of a federal crime for submitting fraudulent mortgage loan applications to two banks, the district court's order that...
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05/05/2014 | 12-9012 |
Town of Greece v. GallowayUnited States Supreme Court
Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Defendant-town's practice of beginning the monthly town board meetings with a prayer given by clergy selected from the congregations listed in a local...
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05/05/2014 | 12-696 |