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Today in Supreme Court History: January 14
Wong Sun v. United States , 371 U.S. 471 (decided January 14, 1963): the leading “fruit of the poisonous tree” case, where statements...
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Jan 142 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: January 13
One, Inc. v. Olsesen , 355 U.S. 371 (decided January 13, 1958): Citing its recent analysis in Roth v. United States , Court reverses...
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Jan 132 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: January 12
United States v. Booker , 543 U.S. 220 (decided January 12, 2005): invalidating part of Federal Sentencing Act that empowers judge to...
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Jan 122 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: January 11
Dunn v. United States , 284 U.S. 390 (decided January 11, 1932): notable as the last opinion by Holmes, which he read from the bench (in...
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Jan 112 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: January 10
United States v. Georgia , 546 U.S. 151 (decided January 10, 2006): protections of Americans with Disabilities Act extend to those in...
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Jan 101 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: January 9
FW/PBS, Inc. v. City of Dallas , 493 U.S. 215 (decided January 9, 1990): “adult” businesses had Free Speech right to contest zoning...
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Jan 92 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: January 8
The Paquete Habana , 175 U.S. 677 (decided January 8, 1900): Fishing vessel was not a “prize of war” (its crew did not even know there...
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Jan 82 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: January 7
Marsh v. Alabama , 326 U.S. 501 (decided January 7, 1946): Alabama statute requiring people to leave private property when asked violates...
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Jan 71 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: January 6
United States v. Watts , 519 U.S. 148 (decided January 6, 1997): court can take into account “preponderance of evidence” of illegal...
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Jan 61 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: January 5
O’Gorman & Young, Inc. v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co. , 282 U.S. 251 (decided January 5, 1931): upholding New Jersey statute requiring...
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Jan 51 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: January 4
Theatre Enterprises, Inc. v. Paramount Film Distributing Corp. , 346 U.S. 537 (decided January 4, 1954): jury properly heard issue of...
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Jan 41 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: January 3
United States v. Gaskin , 320 U.S. 527 (decided January 3, 1944): “Peonage” (abducting someone in debt to you and forcing him to work for...
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Jan 41 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: January 2
Rochin v. California , 342 U.S. 165 (decided January 2, 1952): Defendant vomited out two capsules of (illegal) morphine at hospital after...
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Jan 21 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: January 1
Blake v. United States , 103 U.S. 227 (decided January 1, 1880): (Wikipedia has this being decided on January 1 though all Westlaw says...
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Jan 11 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: December 31
National League of Cities v. Brennan , 419 U.S. 1321 (decided December 31, 1974): The last two days of 1974 were busy. On December 30 a...
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Dec 31, 20241 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: December 30
Louisiana v. Hill , 141 S.Ct. 1232 (decided December 30, 2020): Hill was convicted of statutory rape and “SEX OFFENDER” was put on his...
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Dec 30, 20241 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: December 29
Parisi v. Davidson , 396 U.S. 1233 (decided December 29, 1969): Douglas denies stay of Vietnam deployment of man who appealed denial of...
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Dec 29, 20241 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: December 28
Synanon Foundation, Inc. v. California , 444 U.S. 1307 (decided December 28, 1979): Rehnquist denies stay of order allowing California...
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Dec 28, 20241 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: December 27
<ii>Socialist Workers Party v. Attorney General of the United States</i>, 419 U.S. 1314 (decided December 27, 1974): Marshall denies stay...
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Dec 27, 20241 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: December 26
<i>Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. v. Sebelius</i>, 568 U.S. 1401 (decided December 26, 2012): Sotomayor denies stay of enforcement of...
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Dec 26, 20241 min read
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