United States Supreme Court - February 2019 Opinion Summaries
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Jam v. International Finance Corp.United States Supreme Court
International Law, Civil Procedure
Held that an international organization did not have as much immunity from lawsuits as it contended it did. The U.S.-headquartered organization was...
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02/27/2019 | 17–1011 |
Madison v. AlabamaUnited States Supreme Court
Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Held that the Eighth Amendment may permit executing a prisoner even if he cannot remember committing his crime, but it may forbid execution if his...
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02/27/2019 | 17–7505 |
Garza v. IdahoUnited States Supreme Court
Criminal Law & Procedure
Held that a defendant who had, in the course of pleading guilty, signed what is often called an appeal waiver was entitled to the presumption of...
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02/27/2019 | 17–1026 |
Nutraceutical Corp. v. LambertUnited States Supreme Court
Class Actions, Civil Procedure
Held that the federal rule governing appeals from orders granting or denying class certification is not subject to equitable tolling. The plaintiff...
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02/26/2019 | 17–1094 |
Yovino v. RizoUnited States Supreme Court
Judges & Judiciary, Labor & Employment Law
Held that the Ninth Circuit should not have counted the vote of a circuit judge who died before the decision was issued, because deceased federal...
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02/25/2019 | 18–272 |
Timbs v. IndianaUnited States Supreme Court
Sentencing, Asset Forfeiture, Constitutional Law
Held that the Fourteenth Amendment makes the Eighth Amendment's prohibition on excessive fines fully applicable to the States. In this case involving...
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02/20/2019 | 17–1091 |
Dawson v. SteagerUnited States Supreme Court
Tax Law
Held that West Virginia unlawfully discriminated against a U.S. Marshalls Service retiree when it gave a generous pension tax benefit only to state or...
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02/20/2019 | 17–419 |
Moore v. TexasUnited States Supreme Court
Sentencing, Criminal Law & Procedure
Held that a man convicted of murder had shown that he had an intellectual disability and thus was ineligible for the death penalty. In reaching a...
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02/19/2019 | 18–443 |