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MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. 2005 Copyright infringement in P2P file-sharing; re-examination of Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios
McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky 2005 Court: United States Court of Appeals
constitutionality of a Ten Commandments display; potential reformulation of the Lemon test
Town of Castle Rock v. Gonzales 2005 liability of police departments under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for failing to respond to domestic violence calls
Van Orden v. Perry 2005 Court: United States Court of Appeals
legality of a Ten Commandments display
Kelo v. City of New London 2005 eminent domain; takings of private property for private development
Miller-El v. Dretke 2005 clarification of Batson v. Kentucky standard for peremptory challenges
Wilkinson v. Austin 2005 due process requirements for placing prisoners in Supermax prisons
Merck KGaA v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd. 2005 applicability of patents in preclinical studies
Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd. 2005 applicability of the Americans with Disabilities Act to foreign-held companies
Gonzales v. Raich 2005 legitimacy of using marijuana as a medicine, and power of the federal government to regulate intrastate activities
Tory v. Cochran 2005 defamation, enjoinment of speech; continuity of injunction after death
Cutter v. Wilkinson 2005 religious freedom for prison inmates
Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States 2005 legality of document destruction in the face of likely government investigation
Deck v. Missouri 2005 shackling a defendant during the penalty phase of a capital murder trial
Granholm v. Heald 2005 interstate shipment of wine under the Dormant Commerce Clause
Small v. United States 2005 resolution of split appeals court decisions on inclusion of foreign courts in the term "any court"
Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Broudo 2005 standard for pleading loss causation in a securities fraud claim
Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp. 2005 state court decisions and the application of the Rooker-Feldman doctrine
City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation of N. Y. 2005 the repurchase of tribal land by an Indian tribe does not restore tribal sovereignty to the land
Tenet v. Doe 2005 enforceability of contracts between the government and spies (undercover CIA agents)