United States Supreme Court (12 summaries)
Florida v. Jardines
The “use of trained police dogs to investigate [a] home and its immediate surroundings is a ‘search’ within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment.”
Area(s) of Law:- Criminal Procedure
McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission
Whether the aggregate individual political contribution limit imposed by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 is an unconstitutional burden on would-be contributors’ First Amendment rights.
Area(s) of Law:- First Amendment
Messerschmidt v. Millender
Police officers are entitled to qualified immunity from a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit when they have a reasonable belief that the scope of a warrant issued by a neutral magistrate was supported by probable cause.
Area(s) of Law:- Criminal Procedure
Messerschmidt v. Millender
Police officers are entitled to qualified immunity from a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit when they have a reasonable belief that the scope of a warrant issued by a neutral magistrate was supported by probable cause.
Area(s) of Law:- Criminal Procedure
United States v. Jones
The Government conducted a 4th Amendment search when it physically occupied private property by installing a GPS device on a vehicle and used that device to monitor the vehicle's movements.
Area(s) of Law:- Criminal Procedure
Mims v. Arrow Financial Services, LLC
Federal and state courts have concurrent jurisdiction over private suits arising under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991.
Area(s) of Law:- Civil Procedure
Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP v. Valladolid
To receive compensation under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, an employee need not have been injured while physically on the Outer Continental Shelf, but instead must establish a substantial nexus between his injury and his employer’s operations on the Outer Continental Shelf.
Area(s) of Law:- Administrative Law
Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, Inc.
Whether the Federal Communications Commission's current indecency-enforcement regime violates the First or Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
Area(s) of Law:- Administrative Law
Messerschmidt v. Millender
1. Whether police officers are entitled to qualified immunity when they obtained a facially valid warrant but failed to find that for which they were searching. 2. Whether the Malley/Leon standards for excluding evidence in a criminal proceeding or imposing civil liability under 42 U.S.C. §1983 should be reconsidered or clarified.
Area(s) of Law:- Criminal Procedure
U.S. v. Jones
Whether the government violated respondent’s Fourth Amendment rights by attaching a GPS tracking device to his vehicle and monitoring his movements on public streets without a valid warrant and without his consent.
Area(s) of Law:- Criminal Procedure
Gonzalez v. Thaler
Whether the AEDPA’s one-year statute of limitations for an application for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 should be calculated based on “the date on which the judgment became final” as held by the 8th Circuit or “the expiration of the time for seeking such review” as held by the 5th Circuit.
Area(s) of Law:- Habeas Corpus
Greene v. Fisher
Whether a Supreme Court decision announced after a state intermediate court's decision, but before a state supreme court’s denial of discretionary review qualifies as “clearly established Federal law” under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d).
Area(s) of Law:- Habeas Corpus
United States Supreme Court Certiorari Granted (3 summaries)
Tarrant Regional Water Dist. v. Herrmann
(1) Whether Congress’ ratification of an interstate compact constitutes “expressly stated” or “unmistakably clear” congressional intent to immunize the relevant state laws from dormant Commerce Clause scrutiny; and (2) whether the compact preempts state laws that limit other signatories’ access to the water in question.
Area(s) of Law:- Water Rights
Florida v. Jardines
Whether a trained narcotics detection dog's sniff at a suspected grow house's front door is a Fourth Amendment search requiring probable cause.
Area(s) of Law:- Criminal Procedure
Astrue v. Capato
Whether a child conceived after his biological father's death and prohibited by state intestacy law from inheriting personal property is nonetheless eligible for child survivor benefits under Title II of the Social Security Act.
Area(s) of Law:- Administrative Law