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| Case name | Citation | Summary |
| FCC v. Fox Television Stations | 2009/04/28 | upheld regulation of the FCC to ban "fleeting expletives" on television broadcasts |
| AT&T Corp. v. Hulteen | 2009/05/18 | Held that maternity leave taken before the passage of the 1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act is not retroactive and cannot be considered in calculating employee pension benefits. |
| Arizona v. Gant | 2009/04/21 | police power to search an arrested person's vehicle is limited to safety concerns and evidence related to the actual arrest |
| Fitzgerald v. Barnstable School Committee | 2009/03/04 | Earlier decision overruled. Parents have the right to sue a school committee based on sexual harassment |
| Wyeth v. Levine | 2009/03/04 | federal drug labeling requirements do not preempt state drug labeling requirements enacted to ensure that the public knew certain drugs are safe |
| Negusie v. Mukasey | 2009/03/03 | Court: United States Court of Appeals under Chevron v. Natural Resources Defense Council, the Board of Immigration Appeals must decide in the first instance whether the so-called "persecutor bar" applicable to asylum applicants applies to those who were forced to persecute others in thei |
| Pleasant Grove City v. Summum | 2009/02/25 | a municipality that allows a privately donated Ten Commandments monument to be displayed on public property need not permit the religion of Summum to put up its own statue of similar size |
| United States v. Hayes | 2009/02/24 | under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(9) people who have been convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence crimes may not possess firearms as long as the government proves that the underlying offense involved a domestic relationship |
| Crawford v. Nashville | 2009/01/26 | employees who cooperate with an internal investigation of alleged sexual harassment are protected against retaliation under Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. |
| Pearson v. Callahan | 2009 | Saucier v. Katz is overruled; courts need not determine whether a civil-rights plaintiff's constitutional rights were violated if they determine that the right was not clearly established at the time of the injury |
| Waddington v. Sarausad | 2009 | Court: Supreme Court of Washington on federal habeas review, courts must accept state court determinations that jury instructions fully and correctly set out state law with regard to accomplice liability |
| Oregon v. Ice | 2009 | the facts necessary for imposing consecutive prison terms need not be submitted to a jury in accordance with Apprendi v. New Jersey |
| Herring v. United States | 2009 | evidence obtained during a search the police conducted as a result of an isolated act of negligence not related to the search is not subject to the exclusionary rule |
| Altria Group, Inc. v. Good | 2008 | federal law does not preempt the states' prerogative to regulate the advertisement of tar and nicotine rates in cigarettes |
| Winter v. Natural Resources Defense Council | 2008 | military preparedness outweighs environmental concerns, as Navy needs to train its crews to detect modern, silent submarines |
| Davis v. Federal Election Commission | 2008 | "Millionaire's amendment" to the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 violates the First Amendment |
| District of Columbia v. Heller | 2008 | does the Second Amendment allows a state or local government to outlaw the private possession of handguns? |
| Giles v. California | 2008 | the forfeiture by wrongdoing exception to out of court statements by a witness only applies where the defendant caused the witness's absence in order to eliminate their testimony at trial |
| Kennedy v. Louisiana | 2008 | does the Eighth Amendment forbid the death penalty for rape of a child? |
| Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker | 2008 | legality of punitive damages award under federal maritime law for the Exxon Valdez oil spill |