• State v. Anderson

    Rickym Anderson, a 16-year old, was detained and interrogated by the police in connection with a reported incident of robbery. Anderson and another suspect, Boyd, were detained and were questioned that night by the police. After waiving his Miranda rights...
  • J. D. B. v. North Carolina

    Police stopped and questioned petitioner J. D. B., a 13-year-old, seventh-grade student, upon seeing him near the site of two home break-ins. Five days later, after a digital camera matching one of the stolen items was found at J. D. B.'s school and...
  • New Jersey v. T. L. O.

    A teacher at a New Jersey high school, upon discovering respondent, then a 14-year-old freshman, and her companion smoking cigarettes in a school lavatory in violation of a school rule, took them to the Principal's office, where they met with the...
  • Miller v. Alabama

    In each of these two consolidated cases, a 14-year-old was convicted of murder and sentenced to a mandatory term of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. In No. 10-9647, petitioner Jackson accompanied two other boys to a video store to...
  • State v. Hand

    Appellant, Adrian Hand Jr., entered no-contest pleas in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court to three first-degree felonies—aggravated burglary in violation of R.C. 2911.11(A)(2) , aggravated robbery in violation of R.C. 2911.01(A)(1) , and kidnapping...
  • Graham v. Florida

    Petitioner Graham was 16 when he committed armed burglary and another crime. Under a plea agreement, the Florida trial court sentenced Graham to probation and withheld adjudication of guilt. Subsequently, the trial court found that Graham had violated...
  • Murakowski v. Univ. of Del.

    Plaintiff, Maciej Murakowski (Murakowski), who instituted his civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the University of Delaware (University) on August 1, 2007, challenged the University's right to discipline him for posting...
  • Kowalski v. Berkeley Cty. Sch.

    When Kara Kowalski was a senior at Musselman High School in Berkeley County, West Virginia, school administrators suspended her from school for five days for creating and posting a MySpace.com webpage called "S.A.S.H.," which Kowalski claims...
  • Eminent Domain and Border Walls

    Beyond the political, social and environmental issues confronting President Trump’s proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, there is a significant real estate challenge to consider. After all, portions of the physical wall will be built on private...
  • Hariton v. Arco Elecs., Inc.

    Martin Hariton, plaintiff, sued Arco Electronics, Inc., defendant, to enjoin consummation of a plan to sell Arco Electronics, Inc.'s assets under Del. Code Ann. tit. 8, § 271 , dissolve pursuant to Del. Code Ann. tit. 8, § 275 , and distribute...