Episodes
A case in which the Court held that the winner of a federal-court lawsuit cannot be reimbursed by the losing party for any document translation costs under 28 U.S.C. § 1920(6).
Published 02/21/12
A case in which the Court held that Section 8(b) of the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act prohibits a real estate service provider from charging an unearned fee if the fee is divided between two or more parties.
Published 02/21/12
A case in which the Court held that 8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(13)(C)(v) cannot be applied retroactively to a lawful permanent resident who pleads guilty to a crime prior to the effective date of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act.
Published 01/18/12
A case in which the Court held that an unemancipated minor cannot use his or her parent's years of residency to fulfill the requirements for having a removal from the country stayed under 8 U.S. C. 1229(a).
Published 01/18/12
A case in which the Court held that section 6501(e)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code does not apply when a taxpayer overstates the amount of property that he has sold, which then understates the gain received from the sale.
Published 01/17/12
A case in which the Court found that a private attorney retained by a governmental agency is not prevented from claiming qualified immunity simply because they are not a full-time employee of the agency.
Published 01/17/12
A case in which the Court held that states have sovereign immunity to suits brought under the self-care provision of the Family and Medical Leave Act.
Published 01/11/12
A case in which the Court held that the Longshore Act sets the period when an injured worker is awarded disability compensation as the fiscal year when the worker first becomes entitled to compensation.
Published 01/11/12
A case in which the Court determined that an FCC policy regarding profane language was too vague, and which was remanded to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to determine if the FCC violated its customers' First Amendment rights.
Published 01/10/12
A case in which the Court found that, under the First Amendment, public-sector unions are not permitted to impose a special assessment fee without the consent of the member upon whom it is imposed.
Published 01/10/12
A case in which the Court found that homeowners have a right to go to court over a Clean Water Act order of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Published 01/09/12
A case in which the Court held that a patent applicant's ability to introduce new evidence in a civil action against the Patent and Trademark Office was only limited by the Federal Rules of Evidence and the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
Published 01/09/12
A case which the Court remanded regarding whether or not a Texas district court abused its discretion under the Voting Rights Act when it redrew 36 districts.
Published 01/09/12
A case in which the Court held that certain diagnostic medical tests are unpatentable products of nature.
Published 12/07/11
A case in which the Court held that the constitutional test for determining whether a section of a river is navigable for title purposes requires a trial court to determine whether the relevant stretch of the river was navigable at the time of statehood.
Published 12/07/11
A case in which the Court held that testimony of an expert witness that is based on a test an expert did not personally perform is admissible and does not violate a defendant's Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause rights.
Published 12/06/11
A case in which the Court held that a condemned state prisoner in federal proceedings is not entitled to replace his court-appointed counsel with another court-appointed counsel due to dissatisfaction with the counsel's service.
Published 12/06/11
A case in which the Court held that counterclaims that challenge unpatented uses of generic drugs, even if other approved uses are still under patent, are allowable under the Hatch-Waxman Act.
Published 12/05/11
A case in which the Court held that qualified immunity protects government officials from civil liability when their conduct does not violate any clearly established right of which a reasonable person would have known.
Published 12/05/11
A case in which the Court held that a federal judge has discretion to order a federal sentence to run consecutively or concurrently with an anticipated state sentence.
Published 11/30/11
A case in which the Court held that the Privacy Act of 1974 does not cover mental and emotional distress under "actual damages."
Published 11/30/11
A case in which the Court held that Section 16(b) of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act is subject to tolling, where tolling starts after the filing of a Section 16(a) claim.
Published 11/29/11
A case in which the Court held that assets sold by a debtor in bankruptcy proceedings does not count as a separately taxable estate in Chapter 12 bankruptcies.
Published 11/29/11
A case in which the Court held that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act does not strip federal courts of the ability to hear cases that would normally be brought in state courts.
Published 11/28/11
A case which the Court dismissed, regarding whether or not a private purchaser of real estate services has standing to sue when a kickback does not affect the value or quality of the service.
Published 11/28/11