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| Case name | Citation | Summary |
| Kiowa Tribe of Okla. v. Manufacturing Technologies, Inc. | 1998 | an Indian tribe is entitled to sovereign immunity to contract lawsuits, whether made on or off the reservation |
| Stewart v. Martinez-Villareal | 1998 | proper timing of a claim under Ford v. Wainwright, regarding competency to be executed, in federal habeas proceedings |
| Breard v. Greene | 1998 | criminal defendant could not raise a defense under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations on federal habeas corpus review |
| Feltner v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc. | 1998 | Seventh Amendment right to jury trial in a copyright infringement case |
| Almendarez-Torres v. United States | 1998 | prior convictions used to enhance a sentence need not be proved to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt |
| Quality King Distributors Inc., v. L'anza Research International Inc. | 1998 | application of first-sale doctrine of U.S. copyright law to reimported goods |
| Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services | 1998 | applicability of sexual harassment laws to same sex harassment |
| Lexecon Inc. v. Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach | 1998 | pretrial procedures in multi-district litigation |
| NCUA v. First National Bank & Trust | 1998 | intent of Congress w.r.t. the Federal Credit Union Act of 1934 |
| Alaska v. Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government | 1998 | Court: United States Court of Appeals native rights over tribal lands |
| State Oil Co. v. Khan | 1997 | rule of reason applied to vertical maximum price fixing, overturned Albrecht v. Herald Co. |
| Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union | 1997 | free speech, obscenity, CDA |
| Printz, Sheriff/Coroner, Ravalli County, Montana v. United States | 1997 | background checks before purchasing handguns |
| Raines v. Byrd | 1997 | line item veto, legal standing; redirects to Clinton v. City of New York |
| Vacco v. Quill | 1997 | right to die and assisted suicide |
| Washington v. Glucksberg | 1997 | constitutionality of state law forbidding assisted suicide |
| City of Boerne v. Flores | 1997 | scope of Congressional enforcement power under § 5 of the 14th Amendment |
| Kansas v. Hendricks | 1997 | procedures for involuntary indefinite civil commitment of dangerous persons |
| Agostini v. Felton | 1997 | reexamination of Establishment Clause jurisprudence as it applies schools |
| Clinton v. Jones | 1997 | Executive privilege and immunity |