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| Case name | Citation | Summary |
| Cherokee Nation of Okla. v. Leavitt | 2005 | a Federal contract with an Indian tribe is binding, even if Congress did not appropriate funds |
| Roper v. Simmons | 2005 | imposing the death penalty on juvenile murderers; overruling Stanford v. Kentucky |
| Johnson v. California | 2005 | proper standard for reviewing constitutional race-discrimination claim in sorting prison inmates |
| Commissioner v. Banks | 2005 | Whether or not the portion of a money judgment or settlement paid to a taxpayer's attorney under a contingent-fee agreement is income to the taxpayer for federal income tax purposes. |
| Illinois v. Caballes | 2005 | 4th Amendment search and seizure |
| Clark v. Martinez | 2005 | detention of aliens awaiting deportation |
| United States v. Booker | 2005 | Court: Supreme Court of Washington applying Blakely v. Washington to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines |
| Koons Buick, Inc. v. Nigh | 2004 | Truth in Lending Act imposes a $1000 limit on statutory damages for violations of the Act involving personal-property loans. |
| Leocal v. Ashcroft | 2004 | DUI is not a "crime of violence" requiring deportation of an alien |
| Missouri v. Seibert | 2004 | Missouri's practice of interrogating suspects without reading them a Miranda warning, then reading them the warning and asking them to repeat their confession is unconstitutional |
| Hamdi v. Rumsfeld | 2004 | detention of American citizens |
| Rasul v. Bush | 2004 | jurisdiction over foreign nationals detained in Guantanamo Bay |
| Rumsfeld v. Padilla | 2004 | Court: United States Court of Appeals detention of American citizens |
| Schriro v. Summerlin | 2004 | retroactively applying the rule set in Ring v. Arizona that a jury must find the aggravating factors in a capital murder case |
| Blakely v. Washington | 2004 | jury must find all elements of a criminal sentence beyond a reasonable doubt |
| Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 2004 | foreign tribunals |
| Aetna Health Inc. v. Davila | 2004 | ERISA's effect on federal jurisdiction of cases involving utilization review |
| Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada | 2004 | constitutionality of state law requiring citizens to identify themselves to police |
| United States v. Dominguez Benitez | 2004 | Court: United States Court of Appeals appellate review standard for violations of Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure governing the taking of guilty pleas |
| Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow | 2004 | Court: United States Court of Appeals validity of “under God” in Pledge of Allegiance; standing to bring suit on another’s behalf |