United States Supreme Court - May 2016 Opinion Summaries

Johnson v. Lee

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a petition for writ of habeas corpus relief from sentence of life without parole for conviction of first degree murder, the Ninth Circuit grant of...

Lynch v. Arizona

Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a case in which the Arizona Supreme Court found that the State had put petitioner's future dangerousness at issue during his capital sentencing...

Army Corps of Engineers v. Hawkes Co.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Water Law
In a dispute arising under the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. sections 1311(a),1362(7), (12), and related regulations that allow property owners to...

Wittman v. Personhuballah

Constitutional Law, Elections, Government Law
In an action brought by voters from Virginia's Congressional District 3 challenging the Commonwealth's 2013 congressional redistricting plan on the...

Green v. Brennan

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Constitutional Law
In a suit brought by a former U.S. Postal Service employee, alleging discrimination or retaliation in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act...

Foster v. Chatman

Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a petition for habeas corpus relief from conviction of capital murder and death sentence, the Georgia Supreme court's denial is reversed where: 1)...

CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. EEOC

Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Constitutional Law, Attorney's Fees
In an attorney's fees action brought by an employer-defendant in an underlying sexual harassment suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,...

Torres v. Lynch

Immigration Law, Administrative Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a case in which petitioner, a lawful permanent resident, pleaded guilty in a New York court to attempted third-degree arson, the Immigration...

Betterman v. Montana

Sentencing, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Sentence and conviction for bail jumping after failing to appear in court on domestic assault charges, are affirmed, over defendant's claim that his...

Zubik v. Burwell

Labor & Employment Law, Insurance Law, Health Law, Constitutional Law
In a case brought by nonprofit organizations that provide health insurance to their employees, challenging the federal regulations require them to...