Defendant Telex Corporation ("Telex") recovered a substantial judgment but the verdict in its favor was reversed on appeal while a judgment against it on a counterclaim was not disturbed. That judgment threatened Telex with bankruptcy so it sought the...
Defendant Carlton Clifford Meredith, a drug dealer, was stopped and searched by an undercover narcotic's officer in a train station because the officer suspected he was carrying drugs. Drug possession charges were brought against defendant in federal court...
A District of Columbia law banned handgun possession by making it a crime to carry an unregistered firearm and prohibiting the registration of handguns. It also provided that no person may carry an unlicensed handgun, but authorized the police chief to issue 1...
Petitioner Ray Will filed Michigan state-court suits under 42 U. S. C. § 1983 alleging that respondents, the Department of State Police and the Director of State Police in his official capacity, had denied him a promotion for an improper reason. The state...
After the Supreme Court of the United States decided that Congress lacked power under Article I to abrogate the States' sovereign immunity in federal court, a federal district court dismissed a Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) suit filed by petitioners...
Petitioner Zivotofsky was born to United States citizens living in Jerusalem. Pursuant to §214(d) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003, his mother asked American embassy officials to list his place of birth as "Israel" on...
Executive Order No. 13780, Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry Into the United States, altered practices concerning the entry of foreign nationals into the United States by, among other things, suspending entry of nationals from six designated countries...
Petitioner Lexmark Int'l, Inc. sold toner cartridges for laser printers. It had a "Prebate" program, which gave customers a discount on new cartridges if they agreed to return empty cartridges to the company. Each Prebate cartridge had a microchip...
Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) permitted the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence to acquire foreign intelligence information by jointly authorizing the surveillance of individuals who were not "United...
Plaintiff Roe, a pregnant single woman, brought a class action challenging the constitutionality of the Texas criminal abortion laws, which proscribed procuring or attempting an abortion except on medical advice for the purpose of saving the mother's life....
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), promulgated regulations which required specified employers' group health plans to furnish “preventive care and screenings” for women without...
Respondents Smith and Black were fired by a private drug rehabilitation organization because they ingested peyote, a hallucinogenic drug, for sacramental purposes at a ceremony of their Native American Church. Their applications for unemployment compensation were...
Fourteen applicants could not obtain marriage licenses because same-sex marriages was not recognized in Massachusetts. The marriage license applicants sued the state public health department and its commissioner in the Suffolk Superior Court Department (Massachusetts...
Mesa, a United States Border Patrol agent standing on United States soil shot and killed Hernandez, a Mexican national standing on Mexican soil. Petitioners—Hernández’s parents—brought claims against Mesa for damages, alleging that Mesa...
Hastings College of the Law (Hastings), a school within the University of California public-school system, extended official recognition to student groups through its "Registered Student Organization" (RSO) program. Several benefits attended this school...
Following the decision by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 3, 1940, in Minersville School District v. Gobitis , the West Virginia legislature amended its statutes to require all schools to conduct courses of instruction in history, civics, and in...
Plaintiff Meyer, a teacher, while working in a parochial school, was convicted for teaching the German language to a 10-year old child who had not successfully passed the eighth grade, in violation of 1919 Neb. Laws ch. 249—a statute that prohibited teaching...
The New Mexico Human Rights Act (NMHRA) prohibited public accommodations from discriminating against people based on their sexual orientation. Elane Photography, offered wedding photography services to the general public and posted its photographs on a password...
Plaintiff Edna Bradwell was injured when her automobile struck a train at a railroad crossing, which did not have a standard crossbuck railroad warning on the side where Bradwell crossed. Bradwell filed a personal injury action against defendant Illinois Central...
Petitioner David Patchak filed suit challenging the authority of respondent Ryan Zinke, the Secretary of the Interior, to invoke the Indian Reorganization Act and take into trust a property (Bradley Property) on which respondent Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of...
Challenging the decisions of several school officials to keep the student out of class because he was wearing a T-shirt with a religious message that condemned homosexuality, Harper, a student in Poway High School, sued for alleged violations of his rights to free...
Two private primary schools, Society of Sisters and Hill Military Academy filed actions against the Governor of Oregon and other state officials (“appellants”) challenging the constitutionality of the Compulsory Education Act (Act) under U.S. Const...
A narcotics agent with the Henry County Police Department received a tip from a confidential informant regarding a future drug transaction. The informant described the physical appearance of the subject, stated that he would be driving a black or green Dodge truck...
Sellers Collier, et al. sued buyer Fox for damages for breach of a contract in relation to the purchase and sale of a liquor business owned by the sellers. A few days after the buyer had given a check to the sellers as a binder on the purchase and in part payment...
Defendant George Reynolds married his second wife while his first wife was still living. He was convicted of bigamy in the District Court for the Third Judicial District of the Territory of Utah. Prior to trial, jurors of the court had acknowledged forming some...