| Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
| Farmer v. Brennan |
1994 |
civil liability under the Eighth Amendment for rape of a transgender prison inmate |
| Waters v. Churchill |
1994 |
Due process rights of public employees in workplace when alleging violations of First Amendment rights |
| C&A Carbone, Inc v. Town of Clarkstown |
1994 |
Dormant Commerce Clause |
| Central Bank of Denver v. First Interstate Bank of Denver |
1994 |
private plaintiffs may not maintain an aiding and abetting lawsuit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
| J.E.B. v. Alabama ex rel. T.B. |
1994 |
peremptory jury challenges based on sex violate equal protection clause |
| Oregon Waste Systems, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Quality of Ore. |
1994 |
Commerce Clause |
| Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc. |
1994 |
copyright, commercial fair use is possible, parody |
| Fogerty v. Fantasy |
1994 |
attorney's fees in copyright litigation |
| Hartford Fire Insurance Co. v. California |
1993 |
application of Sherman Antitrust Act to foreign companies |
| Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals |
1993 |
federal judges as gatekeepers for allowing expert witnesses to testify in trials; see also Daubert Standard |
| Godinez v. Moran |
1993 |
competency standard for pleading guilty or waiving the right to counsel
is the same as the competency standard for standing trial
|
| Sale v. Haitian Centers Council |
1993 |
illegal immigration |
| South Dakota v. Bourland |
1993 |
an Indian tribes hunting and fishing rights were terminated on land the Federal government acquired for a reservoir |
| Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District |
1993 |
access by religious groups to public school facilities |
| Minnesota v. Dickerson |
1993 |
seizure of contraband during stop & frisk |
| Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah |
1993 |
animal cruelty, freedom of religion |
| Wisconsin v. Mitchell |
1993 |
enhanced sentencing for hate crimes and the First Amendment |
| Mertens v. Hewitt Associates |
1993 |
Preemption, non-fiduciary liability under ERISA |
| United States Department of Justice v. Landano |
1993 |
Freedom of Information Act and confidentiality |
| Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc. |
1993 |
First Amendment protections against restrictions on distributing handbills |