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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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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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Today in Supreme Court History: December 25
<i>Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. v. Gunther</i>, 116 U.S. 113 (decided December 25, 1885) (was this case really “filed” on December...
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Dec 25, 20241 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: December 24
Missouri Kansas & Texas Ry. Co. of Texas v. Ferris , 179 U.S. 602 (decided December 24, 1900): no federal question presented by Texas...
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Dec 24, 20241 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: December 23
International News Service v. Associated Press , 248 U.S. 215 (decided December 23, 1918): wire services can’t steal stories from one...
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Dec 23, 20241 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: December 22
Memphis & L. R.R. Co. v. Berry , 112 U.S. 609 (decided December 22, 1884): tax break given to railroad company formed by act of...
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Dec 22, 20241 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: December 21
Oregon v. Mitchell , 400 U.S. 112 (decided December 21, 1970): original jurisdiction case; Congress can set voting age requirements for...
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Dec 21, 20242 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: December 20
United States v. Marion , 404 U.S. 307 (decided December 20, 1971): speedy trial requirement (Sixth Amendment) is not triggered until...
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Dec 20, 20241 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: December 19
Sorrells v. United States , 287 U.S. 435 (decided December 19, 1932): defendant accused of liquor sale (during Prohibition) can assert...
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Dec 19, 20241 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: December 18
Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City of Cleveland, Ohio , 409 U.S. 249 (decided December 18, 1972): simply because airplane crashed into...
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Dec 18, 20241 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: December 17
Illinois Central R.R. Co. v. McKendree , 203 U.S. 514 (decided December 17, 1906): Secretary of Agriculture can’t make a regulation...
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Dec 17, 20241 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: December 16
Greene v. Georgia , 519 U.S. 145 (decided December 16, 1996): state Supreme Court on direct appeal does not have to defer to trial...
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Dec 16, 20242 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: December 15
Heien v. North Carolina , 574 U.S. 54 (decided December 15, 2014): police can stop you for something they think is illegal but actually...
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Dec 15, 20241 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: December 14
Katzenback v. McClung , 379 U.S. 294 and Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States , 379 U.S. 241 (both decided December 14, 1964):...
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Dec 14, 20241 min read
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Today in Supreme Court History: December 13
<i>United States v. Wheeler</i>, 254 U.S. 281 (decided December 13, 1920): Constitutional right to travel (art. IV, §2) does not apply to...
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Dec 13, 20241 min read
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