Petitioner Spokeo, Inc. operated a “people search engine.” If an individual visited Spokeo’s Web site and input a person’s name, a phone number, or an e-mail address, Spokeo then conducted a computerized search in a wide variety...

Section 7(a)(2) of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) requires each federal agency to consult with the United States Secretary of the Interior to insure that any action authorized, funded, or carried out by such agency is not likely to jeopardize the continued...

While petitioner Heck's direct appeal from an Indiana conviction was pending, he filed a suit seeking damages on the claim that respondents, acting under color of state law, had engaged in unlawful acts that had led to his arrest and conviction. He...

In the immediate aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Federal Government ordered hundreds of illegal aliens to be taken into custody and held pending a determination on whether a particular detainee had connections to terrorism. Respondents...

Plaintiff partner appealed a judgment from Circuit Court, Pennington County (South Dakota) rendered in his action against defendant partners for an accounting, dissolution, and winding up of a real estate brokerage partnership. Defendant partners provided...

Plaintiff corporations sued defendant ex-employee to prevent him from using, or disclosing, certain alleged trade secrets, which defendant obtained as a former employee of plaintiffs'. Defendant sought to disclose the alleged secrets to his experts...

Defendant photographers were hired by an unknown third party to take aerial photographs of new construction at plaintiff company's plant. Plaintiff subsequently filed suit against defendants, and alleged defendants had wrongfully obtained photographs...

Defendant corporation's directors decided to exercise their discretion and hold back part of the company's capital earnings for reinvestment, thereby denying certain expected dividend payments to plaintiffs. Plaintiffs contended that the reason...

Petitioner-plaintiff in error Dred Scott was an enslaved person of African descent. He brought suit in the federal court against respondent "owner" Sandford for assault. Certiorari was granted from the Circuit Court of the United States for...

District of Columbia law bans handgun possession by making it a crime to carry an unregistered firearm and prohibiting the registration of handguns; provides separately that no person may carry an unlicensed handgun, but authorizes the police chief to...