| Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
| Rogers v. Tennessee |
2001 |
due process, "year and a day rule" in murder cases |
| Cooper Industries v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc. |
2001 |
The correct standard of review to use on appeals for excessive punitive damages |
| C & L Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizen Band Potawatomi Tribe of Okla. |
2001 |
Tribal sovereign immunity, waiver by contract to arbitration |
| Atwater v. City of Lago Vista |
2001 |
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| Alexander v. Sandoval |
2001 |
no private right of action for disparate impact under Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
| Easley v. Cromartie |
2001 |
racial discrimination, gerrymandering |
| Texas v. Cobb |
2001 |
Sixth Amendment right to counsel is "offense specific," it does not necessarily extend to offenses that are "factually related" to those that have actually been charged |
| Egelhoff v. Egelhoff |
2001 |
preemption of state law by ERISA |
| Ferguson v. City of Charleston |
2001 |
private hospitals that test pregnant women for drugs without their consent and then turn the results over to the police violate the Fourth Amendment |
| TrafFix Devices, Inc. v. Marketing Displays, Inc. |
2001 |
trademark protection for patented designs |
| Semtek International Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp. |
2001 |
res judicata effect of federal judgments in state court |
| Whitman v. American Trucking Associations, Inc. |
2001 |
determining the scope of the EPA's power to set air quality standards |
| Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett |
2001 |
Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity and Equal Protection in a disability case |
| Bush v. Gore |
2000 |
vote recounts in presidential election, the only court decision to determine the winner of a presidential election |
| Eastern Associated Coal Corp. v. Mine Workers |
2000 |
public policy considerations do not require courts to refuse to enforce an arbitration award ordering an employer to reinstate an employee truck driver who twice tested positive for marijuana |
| City of Indianapolis v. Edmond |
2000 |
use of dogs at random traffic stops |
| Stenberg v. Carhart |
2000 |
"late term" or "partial birth" abortions |
| Boy Scouts of America v. Dale |
2000 |
right of free association, homosexuality |
| California Democratic Party v. Jones |
2000 |
freedom of association and political primary elections |
| Apprendi v. New Jersey |
2000 |
Juries must decide all elements of a crime beyond reasonable doubt |