• 30 Sep 2019

    Universal Health Servs. v. United States ex rel. Escobar

    Judgment vacated; case remanded. Unanimous Decision.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    United States v. Nixon

    The court affirmed the denial of the motion to quash the subpoena because the President of the United States did not have an absolute, unqualified privilege of immunity from judicial process under all circumstances. Assertion of the general privilege of confidentiality could not prevail over a demonstrated, specific need for evidence in a pending criminal case.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    United States v. Booker

    The judgment of the Seventh Circuit was affirmed, and the matter was remanded for resentencing. In the second case, the judgment was vacated and remanded for resentencing under the system set out by the Supreme Court.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Troxel v. Granville

    Judgment affirmed; the visitation order in this case was an unconstitutional infringement on respondent's fundamental right to make decisions concerning the care, custody, and control of her two daughters.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Stolt-Nielsen S. A. v. AnimalFeeds Int'l Corp.

    The judgment of the court of appeals was reversed, and the matter was remanded for further proceedings. 5-3 Decision; 1 Dissent.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Scott v. Harris

    The court of appeals' decision was reversed.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Rohrmoos Venture v. UTSW DVA Healthcare, LLP

    Judgment affirmed in part, reversed in part, and case remanded.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Pearson v. Callahan

    The judgment that the police officer were not entitled to qualified immunity was reversed. 9-0 decision.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Obergefell v. Hodges

    Judgment reversed. 5-4 decision; 4 dissents.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    New York Times Co. v. Sullivan

    The Court reversed the judgment and remanded the case.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts

    The U.S. Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the Appeals Court of Massachusetts and remanded the case for further proceedings. 5-4 Decision; 1 Concurring Opinion; 1 Dissent.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    McCoy v. Louisiana

    Reversed and remanded. 6-3 Decision; 1 Dissent.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Lexmark Int'l, Inc. v. Static Control Components, Inc.

    The judgment was affirmed. Unanimous decision.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Kokkonen v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of Am.

    The court reversed a judgment ruling that after dismissal of an action pursuant to a settlement agreement, a district court had jurisdiction to decide an enforcement motion under its inherent supervisory power since the alleged breach of an agreement that produced the dismissal of an earlier federal suit was no basis for federal court jurisdiction over the agreement in dispute, and since the assertion of ancillary jurisdiction...
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Ketchum v. Moses

    The judgment of the Court of Appeal was affirmed and the case remanded with directions that it be remanded in turn to the superior court for recalculation of attorney fees where the superior court's application of a contingent risk fee enhancement was not proper.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    In re Std. Jury Instructions in Civil Cases -- Report No. 09-01 (Reorganization of the Civil Jury Instructions)

    In re Std. Jury Instructions in Civil Cases -- Report No. 09-01 (Reorganization of the Civil Jury Instructions)Supreme Court of FloridaMarch 4, 2010, DecidedNo. SC09-284, No. SC09-296, No. SC09-299, No. SC09-300, No. SC09-301, No. SC09-302, No. SC09-...
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Gertz v. Robert Welch

    The Court reversed the court of appeals' decision and held that the facts showed petitioner was a private figure. The Court held that the state interest in compensating a private figure required a different rule and held that the states could define for themselves the appropriate standard of liability for a publisher or broadcaster of defamatory falsehood injuries to a private individual. The case was remanded for...
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Foley v. Interactive Data Corp.

    The court affirmed that plaintiff's tort cause of action for wrongful discharge failed and that tort remedies were not available for breach of an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. The court reversed the dismissal of plaintiff 's claim for breach of an implied-in-fact contract promise to discharge only for cause.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Faretta v. Cal.

    The judgment was vacated and the case was remanded. The court held that the state could not constitutionally force a lawyer upon petitioner because he was literate, competent, and understanding, and voluntarily exercised his informed free will in waiving his right to the assistance of counsel.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Costco Wholesale Corp. v. Superior Court

    The court reversed the judgment of the court of appeal and remanded to that court with directions to issue a writ of mandate vacating the trial court's discovery order and to remand the case to the trial court for further proceedings.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Collins v. Virginia

    Judgment reversed; case remanded. 8-1 decision, 1 concurrence, 1 dissent.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    City of Canton v. Harris

    The Court, holding that respondent's civil rights claim was cognizable only if petitioner's failure to train its police force reflected a deliberate indifference to the constitutional rights of its inhabitants, vacated the judgment of the court of appeals, and remanded the case for further proceedings to determine whether respondent should have had an opportunity to prove her case under the "deliberate indifference"...
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Chapman v. Cal.

    The Supreme Court reversed the decision of conviction affirmed by the appeals court and held that the prosecutor's continual reminder to the jury that the petitioners failed to testify, inferring guilt, was not harmless error because the repeated comments affected petitioners' substantial rights and improperly influenced the jury to convict.
    • 30 Sep 2019

    Calcor Space Facility v. Superior Court

    The court granted mandamus relief for an order from respondent Superior Court, which compelled petitioner nonparty to produce documents, to serve a privilege log, and to serve responses, because the subpoena of petitioner's documents had failed to specifically identify petitioner's documents and instead, had merely described broad categories of petitioner's documents.