| Case name |
Citation |
Summary |
| Toibb v. Radloff |
1991 |
holding that individual debtors may file for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code |
| Connecticut v. Doehr |
1991 |
Connecticut state statute that authorizes prejudgment attachment of real estate without prior notice or hearing violated the 14th Amendment right to due process |
| Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Company |
1991 |
Batson's prohibition on race-based use of peremptory challenges applies in civil trials |
| California v. Acevedo |
1991 |
police may search a container in a car without a warrant if they have probable cause to believe it contains contraband |
| Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Association |
1991 |
unions may compel contributions from nonmembers only for the costs of performing its duties as exclusive bargaining agent |
| Hernandez v. New York |
1991 |
prosecutor may use peremptory challenge against bilingual Latino jurors based on his doubts about the ability of such jurors to defer to the official translation of Spanish-language testimony |
| Rust v. Sullivan |
1991 |
government is not required to fund abortion |
| County of Riverside v. McLaughlin |
1991 |
suspects arrested without a warrant must be brought into court for a probable cause determination within 48 hours |
| Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute |
1991 |
enforcement of forum selection clauses |
| Cottage Savings Ass'n v. Commissioner |
1991 |
income tax consequences of mortgage interest exchange, examination of the consequences of the Savings and Loan crisis |
| Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone Service Co. |
1991 |
minimal quantum of creativity is required for copyright protection |
| Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Citizen Band of Potawatomi Tribe of Okla. |
1991 |
an Indian tribe was not subject to state sales tax for sales to tribal members |
| Board of Ed. of Oklahoma City Public Schools v. Dowell |
1991 |
case "hasten[ing] the end of federal court desegregation orders. |
| Cheek v. United States |
1991 |
mistake of law is a valid defense to criminal tax evasion because of mens rea |
| Perry v. Louisiana |
1990 |
forcibly medicating a death row inmate with a mental disorder in order to make sure he is competent to be executed is impermissible |
| Maryland v. Craig |
1990 |
the right of criminal defendants to confront witnesses |
| Walton v. Arizona |
1990 |
Capital punishment and sentencing procedure, partially overruled by Ring v. Arizona |
| Hodgson v. Minnesota |
1990 |
requiring parental notification for abortion is constitutional with a judicial bypass provision |
| Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health |
1990 |
incompetent persons may not refuse medical treatment under the 14th Amendment |
| Illinois v. Rodriguez |
1990 |
Fourth Amendment, "co-occupant consent rule" |