| Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
| Hartman v. Moore |
2006 |
A plaintiff in a retaliatory-prosecution action against federal officials must plead and show the absence of probable cause for pressing the underlying criminal charges. |
| Jones v. Flowers |
2006 |
sufficiency of notice for tax sale |
| Northern Ins. Co. of N.Y. v. Chatham County |
2006 |
sovereign immunity does not apply to admiralty suit against county |
| Day v. McDonough |
2006 |
A State's unintentional failure to object to the filing of a habeas corpus petition after the statute of limitations has expired does not prevent a district court from dismissing the petition on its own initiative |
| Georgia v. Randolph |
2006 |
police cannot conduct a warrantless search in a home where one occupant consents and the other objects |
| United States v. Grubbs |
2006 |
anticipatory search warrant did not violate the particularity clause of the 4th Amendment |
| Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights |
2006 |
law schools receiving federal funds may not ban military recruiters |
| Illinois Tool Works, Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc. |
2006 |
patented products involved in product tying arrangements are not presumed to have market power under antitrust law |
| Texaco, Inc. v. Dagher |
2006 |
joint venture was not a price-fixing scheme under antitrust law |
| Oregon v. Guzek |
2006 |
States may constitutionally limit the evidence of innocence a defendant convicted of a capital offense may present at his sentencing hearing to the evidence already presented at his trial. |
| Arbaugh v. Y & H Corporation |
2006 |
"Employee-numerosity" requirement of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is substantive, rather than jurisdictional in nature |
| Dolan v. United States Postal Service |
2006 |
scope of immunity of the United States Postal Service under the Federal Tort Claims Act |
| Domino's Pizza, Inc. v. McDonald |
2006 |
agent of a party to a contract cannot state a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 because he himself does not have rights to make or enforce under the contract |
| Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc. v. Cardegna |
2006 |
Arbitrator must decide legality of contract unless arbitration clause is itself being challenged |
| Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal |
2006 |
Federal government could not bar religious use of hallucinogenic tea |
| Central Virginia Community College v. Katz |
2006 |
state sovereign immunity under the 11th Amendment and the Bankruptcy Clause |
| Rice v. Collins |
2006 |
Habeas corpus relief may not be granted on the basis of debatable inferences used to overturn the trial court's finding vis-á-vis peremptory challenges |
| Ayotte v. Planned Parenthood of Northern New England |
2006 |
Invalidating statute and lower courts rendering narrower declaratory and injunctive relief |
| Gonzales v. Oregon |
2006 |
Attorney General did not permissibly construe Controlled Substances Act to prohibit the distribution of drugs for physician-assisted suicide |
| National Cable and Telecomm. Assn v. Brand X Internet Services |
2005 |
allowing small internet service providers to lease bandwidth from privately-owned coaxial cable lines |