| Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
| Los Angeles County v. Humphries |
2010/11/30 |
§ 1983 actions are limited to those caused by a municipality's "policy or custom" regardless of whether the plaintiff seeks monetary or prospective relief |
| Abbott v. United States |
2010/11/15 |
Mandatory minimum sentences under federal sentencing law |
| McDonald v. Chicago |
2010/06/28 |
whether the Second Amendment should also apply against state and local governments |
| Ontario v. Quon |
2010/06/17 |
Privacy rights of public employees over text messages on employer-issued pagers. |
| Graham v. Florida |
2010/05/17 |
whether Roper v. Simmons should also apply to sentences of life without the possibility of parole |
| Salazar v. Buono |
2010/04/28 |
First Amendment restrictions on displaying a cross on public property |
| Padilla v. Kentucky |
2010/03/31 |
must a criminal defendant's lawyer advise him of the immigration-related consequences of a criminal conviction? |
| Northwest Austin Municipal Utility District Number One v. Mukasey |
2009/06/22 |
whether Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which gives the U.S. government authority to oversee state electoral-law changes, is no longer needed and is unconstitutional |
| Flores-Figueroa v. United States |
2009/05/04 |
whether the law enhancing the sentence for identity theft requries proof that an individual knew that the identity card or number he had used belonged to another, actual person |
| Citizens United v. FEC |
2010/01/21 |
whether federal campaign finance laws apply to a critical film about Senator Hillary Clinton intended to be shown in theaters and on-demand to cable subscribers |
| Harbison v. Bell |
2009/04/01 |
whether the federal government must provide lawyers to death row inmates seeking clemency in state proceedings |
| Ashcroft v. Iqbal |
2009/05/18 |
whether top government officials can be held personally liable for allegedly knowing or condoning of racial and religious mistreatment of suspected terrorists |
| Entergy v. Riverkeeper |
2009/04/01 |
may the EPA require power companies to engage in a cost-benefit analysis when selecting the "best technology available for minimizing adverse environmental impact" at cooling water intake structures? |
| Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts |
2009/06/25 |
are forensic laboratory reports admissible under the Confrontation Clause as interpreted in Crawford v. Washington? |
| Ricci v. DeStefano |
2009/06/29 |
White firefighters in New Haven suffered unfair discrimination because of their race when the city scrapped the results of a promotional exam. |
| Safford Unified School District v. Redding |
2009/06/25 |
strip search of a middle schooler violated the Fourth Amendment where the school lacked reasons to suspect either that the drugs presented a danger or that they were concealed in her underwear |
| District Attorney's Office v. Osborne |
2009/06/18 |
Found no due process, postconviction right to access to the state's evidence for DNA testing. |
| United States ex rel. Eisenstein v. City of New York |
2009/06/08 |
Where the Government has not intervened or actively participated, private plaintiffs under the False Claims Act must filed an appeal within 30 days of the judgment or order being appealed, according to the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure |
| Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal Co. |
2009/06/08 |
Due process requirements for judges' recusal |
| Dean v. United States |
2009/04/29 |
Upheld sentence for discharging a firearm during a violent crime, Congress intended a defendant to be held strictly liable for such an offense |