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Category: Supreme Court Decisions

Brown v Legal Foundation of Washington (2003)

Brown v Legal Foundation of Washington (2003)

In Brown v Legal Foundation of Washington, 538 U.S. 216 (2003), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the use of interest on lawyers' trust accounts to pay for legal services provided to the needy did not constitute a state taking in violation of the Just...

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No Taking Clause Exception to Full Faith and Credit Statute in San Remo Hotel v City and County of San Francisco 2005

No Taking Clause Exception to Full Faith and Credit Statute in San Remo Hotel v City and County of San Francisco

In San Remo Hotel v City and County of San Francisco, 545 U.S. 323 (2005), the U.S. Supreme Court declined to create an exception to the full faith and credit statute in order to provide a federal forum for litigants seeking to advance federal taking...

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Artis v District of Columbia: Statute of Limitations Stops in Federal Courts

Artis v District of Columbia: Statute of Limitations for State Claims Stops While in Federal Court

In Artis v District of Columbia, 583 U. S. ____ (2018), the U.S. Supreme Court held that bringing state claims in federal court stops the clock on the statute of limitations for those claims. The decision represented the first time that the justices ...

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National Association of Manufacturers v Department of Defense: WOTUS Challenges To Be Handled in District Courts

Clean Water Rule Challenges Belong in District Courts in National Association of Manufacturers v Department of Defense

In National Association of Manufacturers v Department of Defense, the U.S. Supreme Court clarified that legal challenges involving the Waters of the United States Rule (often referred to as the “Clean Water Rule”) must be filed in the federal dis...

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Qualified Immunity To Police Officers in District of Columbia v Wesby

Qualified Immunity to Police Officers in District of Columbia v Wesby

The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held in District of Columbia v Wesby, 583 U. S. ____ (2018), that police officers had probable cause to arrest several partygoers at a raucous, late-night Washington, D.C. party. The Court further held that the offi...

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Death Row Inmate Case Returns To Trial Court in Tharpe v Sellers (2018)

Juror Racial Bias Returns Death Row Inmate Case to Trial Court in Tharpe v Sellers

The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that a Georgia death row inmate should be able to continue his effort to reopen his case. In its per curium opinion in Tharpe v Sellers, 583 U. S. ____ (2018), the Court noted that the defendant faced long odds i...

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SCOTUS Allows Enforcement of the Travel Ban

SCOTUS Allows Enforcement of The Travel Ban While Legal Challenges Are Pending

The U.S. Supreme Court recently granted the federal government’s request to fully implement President Donald Trump’s September 24 proclamation while the federal appeals courts continue to consider legal challenges. More commonly referred to as th...

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SCOTUS Clarifies Appellate Deadlines in Hamer v Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago

SCOTUS Clarifies Appellate Deadlines in Hamer v Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago

The U.S. Supreme Court issued its first full opinion of the October 2017 term in Hamer v Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, 583 U.S. ____ (2017). While the decision is not a blockbuster, it addresses a key jurisdictional issue in the federal c...

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Supreme Court Decides Kernan v Cuero 2017

Supreme Court Decides Kernan v Cuero

The U.S. Supreme Court recently decided Kernan v Cuero, 583 U.S. ____ (2017). In its per curium opinion, the Court held that the defendant was not entitled to specific performance of a plea agreement later withdrawn by prosecutors. Facts of Kernan v ...

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The Amendments

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    • Establishment ClauseFree Exercise Clause
    • Freedom of Speech
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Preamble to the Bill of Rights

Congress of the United States begun and held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the fourth of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine.

THE Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution.

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