all - Opinion Summaries

MILLER v. ANDERSON

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Legal Malpractice
Petitioner would have had a reasonable chance at acquittal if his lawyer had been minimally competent and utilized DNA, treadmark, and footmark...

US v. JOHNSON

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Officer, who spotted car that had window tinting that violated state law if it was or should have been registered in that state, did not have a...

WILLIAMS v. LARA

Constitutional Law
County jail's operation of a voluntary chaplain training unit for prisoners violates the establishment clause of the Constitution.

PALAZZOLO v. RHODE ISLAND

Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate
A landowner may challenge state rules or regulations under the Takings Clause even if the enactment took place prior to transfer of title.

FIRST STATE INS. CO. v. BANCO DE SEGUROS DEL ESTADO

Constitutional Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Where the parties chose the method of providing notice of arbitration proceedings, one party may not later claim a violation of due process.

COLUMBIA UNION COLL. v. OLIVER

Constitutional Law, Education Law
For purposes of determining whether financial assistance to an institute of higher learning would violate the Establishment Clause, it no longer...

HENDERSON v. KENNEDY

Administrative Law, Constitutional Law
A Park Service regulation prohibiting the sale of goods in areas immediately surrounding the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument does not violate...

MOORE v. AVOYELLES CORR. CTR.

Constitutional Law
Louisiana did not violate the Constitution's proscription of ex post facto laws by subjecting petitioner to a sex offender neighborhood notification...

US v. UNITED FOODS INC.

Agriculture, Constitutional Law
Forced subsidy for generic advertising is a violation of the First Amendment where the advertising is not merely ancillary to a more comprehensive...

FED. ELECTION COMM'N v. COLORADO REPUBLICAN FED. CAMPAIGN COMM.

Constitutional Law, Elections
States may restrict a party's coordinated expenditures to minimize circumvention of the Federal Election Campaign Act's contribution limits because...