Petition for Certiorari A party decided to to file a brief asking the Supreme Court to hear the National Organization for Marriage v. McKee case (trying the Court grants the party a writ of certiorari). Issue Before the Court, the following issues were questioned (text from scotusblog):(1) […]
Petition for Certiorari A party decided to to file a brief asking the Supreme Court to hear the National Labor Relations Board v. Noel Canning case (trying the Court grants the party a writ of certiorari). Issue Before the Court, the following issues were questioned (text from scotusblog):(1) […]
Petition for Certiorari A party decided to to file a brief asking the Supreme Court to hear the National Association of Manufacturers v. Department of Defense case (trying the Court grants the party a writ of certiorari). Issue Before the Court, the following issue was questioned (text from […]
Petition for Certiorari A party decided to to file a brief asking the Supreme Court to hear the National Meat Association v. Harris case (trying the Court grants the party a writ of certiorari). Issue Before the Court, the following issues were questioned (text from scotusblog):(1) Did the […]
Petition for Certiorari A party decided to to file a brief asking the Supreme Court to hear the National Labor Relations Board v. Murphy Oil USA case (trying the Court grants the party a writ of certiorari). Issue Before the Court, the following issue was questioned (text from […]
Petition for Certiorari A party decided to to file a brief asking the Supreme Court to hear the National Labor Relations Board v. SW General case (trying the Court grants the party a writ of certiorari). Issue Before the Court, the following issue was questioned (text from scotusblog):Whether […]
Petition for Certiorari A party decided to to file a brief asking the Supreme Court to hear the National Association of Broadcasters v. Federal Communications Commission case (trying the Court grants the party a writ of certiorari). Issue Before the Court, the following issue was questioned […]
Petition for Certiorari A party decided to to file a brief asking the Supreme Court to hear the National Conference of Bar Examiners v. Enyart case (trying the Court grants the party a writ of certiorari). Issue Before the Court, the following issues were questioned (text from scotusblog):(1) […]
Petition for Certiorari A party decided to to file a brief asking the Supreme Court to hear the National Football League v. Williams case (trying the Court grants the party a writ of certiorari). Issue Before the Court, the following issue was questioned (text from scotusblog):Whether, when […]
Petition for Certiorari A party decided to to file a brief asking the Supreme Court to hear the National Union Fire Insurance Company v. VP Buildings case (trying the Court grants the party a writ of certiorari). Issue Before the Court, the following issue was questioned (text from […]
Petition for Certiorari A party decided to to file a brief asking the Supreme Court to hear the Nazarian v. PPL EnergyPlus, LLC case (trying the Court grants the party a writ of certiorari). Issue Before the Court, the following issues were questioned (text from scotusblog):(1) Whether, when a […]
Petition for Certiorari A party decided to to file a brief asking the Supreme Court to hear the National Rifle Association of America v. McCraw case (trying the Court grants the party a writ of certiorari). Issue Before the Court, the following issues were questioned (text from scotusblog):(1) […]
Case DetailsPetitionerNAACPRespondentRobert Y. Button, Attorney General of VirginiaPetitioner’s ClaimThat Chapter 33 of the Virginia Acts of Assembly, Extra Session 1956, violated its Fourteenth Amendment rights.Chief Lawyer for PetitionerRobert L. CarterC…
National Organization of Women v. Scheidler in the Legal History of U.S. Supreme Court DecisionsIntroductionThe Supreme Court’s decision on National Organization of Women v. Scheidler is one of landmark Supreme Court cases, and for good reason.ResourcesSee AlsoSupreme Court Cases Marbury v. […]
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama ex rel. Patterson in the Legal History of U.S. Supreme Court DecisionsIntroductionThe Supreme Court’s decision on National Association for the Advancement of Colored People v. Alabama ex rel. Patterson is one of landmark […]
National League of Cities v. Usery 426 U.S. 833 (1976) United States Constitution According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES v. USERY 426 U.S. 833 (1976) This case proved that obituaries for dual federalism were premature. It […]
National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. in the Legal History of U.S. Supreme Court DecisionsIntroductionThe Supreme Court’s decision on National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. is one of landmark Supreme Court cases, and for good reason.ResourcesSee […]
National Treasury Employees Union v. Von Raab 489 U.S. 656United States ConstitutionAccording to the ###”http://lawin.org/Encyclopedia-of-the-American-Constitution/” title=”Encyclopedia of the American Constitution”>Encyclopedia of the American Constitution…
(10th Cir. No. 12-1307, filed 05/16/13)(U.S. App. LEXIS 9809). A Colorado police officer used a Taser on plaintiff while her hands were cuffed behind her back and she was seated in the back seat of a police car. Plaintiff alleged excessive force. The officer claimed he was entitled to qualified immu…
543 U.S. 77, 125 S.Ct. 521, 160 L.Ed.3d 410 (2004). The Supreme Court ruled that San Diego officials were right to fire a policeman who sold sexually explicit videotapes of himself in uniform. The videos showed Roe removing his police uniform and then masturbating. “The speech in question was detrim…
121 S.Ct. 1693, 149 L.Ed.2d 697 (2001). Retroactive application of judicial ruling abrogating substantive rule of criminal law known as “year-and-a-day rule” to homicide committed five years prior to change in substantive rule of law does not violate the Fifth and 14th Amendments. Ruling below 992 S…
(3rd Cir. Nos. 10-3965 & 10-3983, filed 12/12/11). A New Jersey fire department's residency requirement for firefighter applicants is invalid because it results in a disparate impact on African-Americans. The residency requirement applied to firefighter candidates, but once hired they can live anywh…
(No. 09-530, filed 01/19/11). Twenty-eight federal contractors working at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology sued the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, alleging that NASA's requirement that employees undergo a background investigation violated their …
(No. 11-393 filed 06/28/12). Obamacare's individual mandate is upheld as within Congress's power under the Taxing Clause….
(5th Cir. No. 11-10959, filed 10/25/12). The Fifth Circuit shot down an NRA lawsuit that sought to allow gun sales to adults 18 to 20 years old. The NRA challenged 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(b)(1) and (c)(1), which prohibit gun sales to anyone under 21. Lawyers for the NRA argued the ban was unconstitutiona…
(2000 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6083 (S.D.N.Y.)). Statistics on racial profiling requested by city council are not protected from discovery under either the attorney-client and/or the work-product privileges. The documents in dispute were not prepared for the purpose of obtaining legal advice, nor”because of…
(No. 95931, 3/16/2007). A trooper stopped a noncommercial motor vehicle and found the driver was intoxicated. He arrested the driver and read him the DC-70 form, which said nothing about how a failure or refusal would affect the driver's commercial driver's license. The driver argued that failure to…
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