伦奎斯特时期美国最高法院案例列表

这是一个美国最高法院首席大法官威廉·伦奎斯特 (1986年9月26日 - 2005年9月3日)任职期间依时间顺序排列的案例列表。

==1986年–1989年==
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</noinclude>|-|colspan="3"|首席大法官威廉·伦奎斯特（1986年9月26日）负责的案件 
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| 科罗拉多州诉康奈利案
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| the involuntary statement of a criminal suspect uttered during a schizophrenic episode but not coerced by the Government is not precluded from admission in court by the due process clause
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| 格里菲斯诉肯塔基州案
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| 被告代理人在案件重审前因新宣布的合宪规则受益
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| Commissioner v. Groetzinger
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| addressed the issue of what qualifies as being either a trade or business under Section 162(a) of the Internal Revenue Code
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| 马里兰诉加里森案
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| 搜查令
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| Asahi Metal Industry Co. v. Superior Court of California
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| due process, personal jurisdiction, Minimum contacts 
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| 亚利桑那诉希克斯案
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| probable cause relating to the plain view doctrine under the Fourth Amendment
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| 美国诉邓恩案
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| open fields doctrine
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| Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Cardoza-Fonseca
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| Asylum applicants must show "well-founded fear" of persecution to establish their eligibility
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|Keystone Bituminous Coal Ass'n v. Debenedictus
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| substantive due process, the takings clause of the 5th Amendment
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|O'Connor v. Ortega
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| 公职人员的由第十四宪法修正案规定的权利
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|蒂松诉亚利桑那州案案
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| Felony murder and the death penalty: death penalty is constitutional for major participants in felonies who exhibit extreme indifference to human life, even if someone else personally kills the victim
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| McCleskey v. Kemp
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| 种族歧视和死刑
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| 宾夕法尼亚州诉芬利案
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| right to counsel in post-conviction proceedings
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| Saint Francis College v. al-Khazraji
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| persons of Arabian ancestry may make claims for race discrimination under 42 U.S.C. § 1981
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| Hodel v. Irving
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| 第五宪法修正案和印第安人领土
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| 美国诉萨莱诺案
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| upholding Bail Reform Act of 1984 as not violating Due Process or Excessive Bail clauses
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| Turner v. Safley
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| 言论自由和同监者婚姻
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| Shearson/American Express Inc. v. McMahon
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| Private actions under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 are arbitrable
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| First English Evangelical Lutheran Church v. Los Angeles County
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| substantive due process, temporary taking
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| O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz
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| not a violation of the Free Exercise Clause to deprive an inmate of attending a religious service for "legitimate penological interests."
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| Board of Airport Commissioners of Los Angeles v. Jews for Jesus, Inc.
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| 言论自由禁区范围的合宪性
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| Edwards v. Aguillard
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| constitutionality of mandating teaching of creation science in conjunction with evolution
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| South Dakota v. Dole
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| use of federal funding to encourage changes in state laws—here, raising the drinking age in all states from 18 to 21
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| Puerto Rico v. Branstad
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| 联邦政府强制引渡逃犯
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| 兰金诉麦克弗森案
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| 公职人员言论自由权
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| 美国诉史丹利案
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| soldier's tort claim related to Project MKULTRA barred
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| Nollan v. California Coastal Commission
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| 宪法第五修正案
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| Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
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| 报纸的言论自由
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| Hustler Magazine v. Falwell
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| 宪法第一修正案
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| Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Abudu
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| Federal courts of appeals must review denials of motions to reopen immigration proceedings for abuse of discretion
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| Basic Inc. v. Levinson
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| interpretation of SEC Rule 10b-5, market price manipulation
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| Lying v. Northwest Indian CPA
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| 印第安人的信仰自由和公众利益
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| 南卡罗来纳州诉贝克案
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| Federal requirement that state and local bonds be issued in registered form did not violate the Tenth Amendment
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| Huddleston v. United States
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| admissibility of prior "bad acts" under the Federal Rules of Evidence
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| 加利福尼亚州诉格林伍德案
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| 4th Amendment; even absent a warrant, the search and seizure of garbage left for collection outside the curtilage of a home
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| Maynard v. Cartwright
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| 酷刑；死刑
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| 韦伯斯特诉多伊案
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| ability for CIA firings and hirings to be judicially reviewed
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| Schweiker v. Chilicky
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| no implied cause of action in the Social Security Act
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| Frisby v. Schultz
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| 第一修正案；隐私
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| Morrison v. Olson
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| independent counsel's office
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| Thompson v. Oklahoma
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| 宪法第八修正案；16岁以下儿童监禁
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| 亚利桑那诉布拉德案
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| state's failure to preserve evidence in a criminal case, absent bad faith, is not a due process violation
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| 米斯特雷塔诉合众国案
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| United States Sentencing Commission, separation of powers
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| 佛罗里达诉莱利案
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| aerial surveillance and the Fourth Amendment
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| City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co.
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| Affirmative action, constitutionality of minority business set-aside programs for municipal contracts
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| Bonito Boats, Inc. v. Thunder Craft Boats, Inc.
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| state anti-plug molding law struck down under preemption doctrine for interfering with federal patent law
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| 
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| child welfare department's failure to protect a child from known child abuse does not violate due process
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| Teague v. Lane
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| new constitutional rules do not generally apply retroactively to cases on collateral review
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| Blanton v. North Las Vegas
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| Jury trial is unnecessary for petty offenses
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| Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives Association
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| requiring drug tests for railroad employees is not an unreasonable search under the Fourth Amendment
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| National Treasury Employees Union v. Von Raab
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| requiring drug tests for customs inspectors is not an unreasonable search under the Fourth Amendment
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| Board of Estimate of City of New York v. Morris
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| New York City Board of Estimate representation scheme was held to violate Equal Protection Clause
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| United States Department of Justice v. Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
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| FBI rap sheets may not be disclosed to third parties under the Freedom of Information Act
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| Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians v. Holyfield
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| held that the Indian Child Welfare Act governed the adoption of Indian children, and clarified the jurisdiction of the tribal court
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| Graham v. Connor
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| standard for claims for violations of the Fourth Amendment
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| Lauro Lines s.r.l. v. Chasser et al.
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| interlocutory appeals
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| Finley v. United States
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| pendent party jurisdiction, later overturned by statute
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| Wards Cove Packing Co. v. Atonio
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| standard of evidence for disparate impact employment discrimination cases
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| Hernandez v. Commissioner
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| Scientology courses do not qualify as charitable deductions under the Internal Revenue Code
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| Community For Creative Non-Violence v. Reid
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| 版权；雇用
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| Martin v. Wilks
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| civil procedure in employment affirmative action
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| Will v. Michigan Dept. of State Police
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| States and their officials acting in their official capacity are not persons under Section 1983
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| Texas v. Johnson
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| freedom of speech (flag burning)
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| Ward v. Rock Against Racism
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| 言论自由；噪音
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| Granfinanciera v. Nordberg
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| Seventh Amendment right to jury trials in bankruptcy proceedings
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| Penry v. Lynaugh
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| 宪法第八修正案
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| Stanford v. Kentucky
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| 宪法第八修正案
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| Webster v. Reproductive Health Services
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| state funding for abortion rights
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| County of Allegheny v. ACLU
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| holiday displays and state endorsement of religion
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1990年–1994年
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| University of Pennsylvania v. EEOC
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| peer review privilege not required by Federal Rules of Evidence or First Amendment
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| Commissioner v. Indianapolis Power & Light Co.
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| customer deposits constituting taxable income to a utility company
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| FW/PBS v. City of Dallas
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| regulation of "sexually oriented businesses"
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| Sullivan v. Zebley
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| determination of SSI benefits for children
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| Washington v. Harper
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| permissibility of involuntary treatment of psychotic inmates
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| United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez
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| search and seizure of nonresident alien in foreign country
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| Chauffeurs, Teamsters, and Helpers Local No. 391 v. Terry
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| scope of 7th Amendment right to jury trial in civil cases
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| Employment Division v. Smith
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| religious freedom with respect to drug use
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| Missouri v. Jenkins
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| power of federal courts to order taxation by state or local governments
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| Osborne v. Ohio
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| states have the power to ban possession of child pornography without violating the First Amendment
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| Stewart v. Abend
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| rights of the successor of a copyright interest
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| Grady v. Corbin
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| double jeopardy and subsequent prosecutions
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| Taylor v. United States
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| definition of "burglary" under certain sentence enhancement provisions of the federal criminal code
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| Burnham v. Superior Court of California
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| physical presence as a requirement for personal jurisdiction
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| Duro v. Reina
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| Indian tribes have no jurisdiction over nonmember Indians
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| Westside School District v. Mergens
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| Bible study clubs in schools
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| United States v. Eichman
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| freedom of speech (flag burning)
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| Perpich v. Department of Defense
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| Congressional powers over U.S. National Guard
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| Eli Lilly & Co. v. Medtronic, Inc.
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| premarketing activity conducted to gain approval of a device under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act is exempt from a finding of patent infringement
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| Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.
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|  First Amendment and defamation--no "opinion privilege"
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| Illinois v. Rodriguez
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| Fourth Amendment, "co-occupant consent rule"
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| Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health
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|  incompetent persons may not refuse medical treatment under the 14th Amendment
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| Hodgson v. Minnesota
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| requiring parental notification for abortion is constitutional with a judicial bypass provision
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| Walton v. Arizona
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| Capital punishment and sentencing procedure, partially overruled by Ring v. Arizona
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| Maryland v. Craig
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| the right of criminal defendants to confront witnesses
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| Perry v. Louisiana
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| forcibly medicating  a death row inmate  with a mental disorder in order to make sure he is competent to be executed is impermissible
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| Cheek v. United States
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| mistake of law is a valid defense to criminal tax evasion because of mens rea
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| Board of Ed. of Oklahoma City Public Schools v. Dowell
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|  case "hasten[ing] the end of federal court desegregation orders.
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| Oklahoma Tax Comm'n v. Citizen Band of Potawatomi Tribe of Okla.
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| an Indian tribe was not subject to state sales tax for sales to tribal members
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| Feist Publications v. Rural Telephone Service Co.
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| minimal quantum of creativity is required for copyright protection
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| Cottage Savings Ass'n v. Commissioner
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| income tax consequences of mortgage interest exchange, examination of the consequences of the Savings and Loan crisis
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| Carnival Cruise Lines, Inc. v. Shute
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| enforcement of forum selection clauses
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| County of Riverside v. McLaughlin
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| suspects arrested without a warrant must be brought into court for a probable cause determination within 48 hours
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| Rust v. Sullivan
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| government is not required to fund abortion
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| Hernandez v. New York
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| 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 
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| Lehnert v. Ferris Faculty Association
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| unions may compel contributions from nonmembers only for the costs of performing its duties as exclusive bargaining agent
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| California v. Acevedo
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| police may search a container in a car without a warrant if they have probable cause to believe it contains contraband
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| Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Company
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| Batson's prohibition on race-based use of peremptory challenges applies in civil trials
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| Connecticut v. Doehr
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| Connecticut state statute that authorizes prejudgment attachment of real estate without prior notice or hearing violated the 14th Amendment right to due process
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| Toibb v. Radloff
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| holding that individual debtors may file for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code
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| McNeil v. Wisconsin
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|  differences between the rights secured by the Fifth Amendment and the Sixth Amendment
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| Florida v. Bostick
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| random bus searches routinely conducted pursuant to passenger's consent
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| Barnes v. Glen Theatre, Inc.
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| First Amendment and the restriction of nude dancing
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| Cohen v. Cowles Media Co.
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| First Amendment, freedom of the press
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| Payne v. Tennessee
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| admissibility of victim impact statements, stare decisis could be disregarded where fairness to victim's rights
had priority over the demands of consistency in the common law.
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| Peretz v. United States
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| role of magistrate judges in jury selection in a felony trial
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| Harmelin v. Michigan
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| life imprisonment for cocaine possession
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| Simon & Schuster v. Crime Victims Board
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| holding that New York's Son of Sam law violated the First Amendment
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| Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Doherty
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| U.S. Attorney General has broad discretion to reopen deportation proceedings
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| INS v. Elias-Zacarias
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| asylum on account of political opinion must be based on the refugee's political opinion
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| Lechmere, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
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| employer can exclude nonemployee union organizers from private company property
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| Hudson v. McMillian
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| excessive force against prison inmates, 8th Amendment
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| INDOPCO, Inc. v. Commissioner
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| Expenditures incurred by a target corporation in the course of a friendly takeover are nondeductible capital expenditures under the Internal Revenue Code
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| United States v. Felix
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| conviction of a defendant for a crime and for a conspiracy to commit the same offense does not create double jeopardy
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| United States Department of Commerce v. Montana
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| formula used for reapportionment
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| Jacobson v. United States
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| entrapment occurs when government creates predisposition to commit offense where it did not exist
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| Foucha v. Louisiana
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| criteria for the continued involuntary commitment of an individual who had been found not guilty by reason of insanity
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| Riggins v. Nevada
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| Forced psychiatric medication during trial violated defendant's rights under Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments
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| Quill Corp. v. North Dakota
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| Requiring out-of-state mail order vendor to collect use tax unconstitutionally burdened interstate commerce
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| United States v. Thompson-Center Arms Company
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| taxation of firearms
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| Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife
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| Standing in a suit to enforce the Endangered Species Act
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| United States v. Alvarez-Machain
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| application of the Ker-Frisbie doctrine
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| Morgan v. Illinois
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| A defendant facing the death penalty may challenge for cause a prospective juror who would automatically vote to impose the death penalty in every case
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| Georgia v. McCollum
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| standard on peremptory challenges from Batson v. Kentucky applied to criminal defendant
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| Gade v. National Solid Wastes Management Association
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|  federal preemption of state labor safety laws
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| Forsyth County, Georgia v. The Nationalist Movement
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| 1st Amendment protection and police protection
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| New York v. United States
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| the take title provision of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 violated the 10th Amendment
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| Wisconsin Department of Revenue v. William Wrigley, Jr., Co.
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| permissible scope of taxation of out-of-state corporations doing business within a particular state.
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| R. A. V. v. City of St. Paul
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| fighting words, hate speech
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| Lee v. Weisman
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| First Amendment, establishment of religion (prayer at high school graduations)
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| Planned Parenthood v. Casey
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| abortion; reaffirming the "core holding" of Roe v. Wade
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| United States v. Fordice
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| segregation of colleges and universities
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| Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council
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| per se rule of takings clause
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| Commissioner v. Soliman
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| "principal place of business" under the Internal Revenue Code
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| Nixon v. United States
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| judicial impeachment, political question doctrine
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| Bray v. Alexandria Women's Health Clinic
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| Civil Rights Act of 1871 could not be used to halt blockades of abortion clinics
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| Herrera v. Collins
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| claim of actual innocence is not grounds for federal habeas corpus relief
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| Spectrum Sports, Inc. v. McQuillan
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| quantum of proof required for a claim of attempted monopolization under § 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act
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| Shaw v. Reno
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| appropriateness of considering race in redistricting
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| Reno v. Flores
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| procedures for detaining juvenile aliens awaiting deportation
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| Saudi Arabia v. Nelson
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| jurisdiction in an action based upon a "commercial activity" under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
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| Cincinnati v. Discovery Network, Inc.
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| First Amendment protections against restrictions on distributing handbills
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| United States Department of Justice v. Landano
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| Freedom of Information Act and confidentiality
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| Mertens v. Hewitt Associates
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| Preemption, non-fiduciary liability under ERISA
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| Wisconsin v. Mitchell
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| enhanced sentencing for hate crimes and the First Amendment
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| Church of Lukumi Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah
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| animal cruelty, freedom of religion
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| Minnesota v. Dickerson
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| seizure of contraband during stop & frisk
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| Lamb's Chapel v. Center Moriches Union Free School District
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| access by religious groups to public school facilities
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| South Dakota v. Bourland
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| an Indian tribes hunting and fishing rights were terminated on land the Federal government acquired for a reservoir
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| Sale v. Haitian Centers Council
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| illegal immigration
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| Godinez v. Moran
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| competency standard for pleading guilty or waiving the right to counsel
is the same as the competency standard for standing trial
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| Alexander v. United States
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| RICO's forfeiture provision does not violate the First Amendment
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| Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals
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| federal judges as gatekeepers for allowing expert witnesses to testify in trials; see also Daubert Standard 
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| Hartford Fire Insurance Co. v. California
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|  application of Sherman Antitrust Act to foreign companies
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| Fogerty v. Fantasy
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| attorney's fees in copyright litigation
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| Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc.
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| copyright, commercial fair use is possible, parody
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| Oregon Waste Systems, Inc. v. Department of Environmental Quality of Ore.
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| Commerce Clause
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| J.E.B. v. Alabama ex rel. T.B.
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| peremptory jury challenges based on sex violate equal protection clause
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| Central Bank of Denver v. First Interstate Bank of Denver
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| private plaintiffs may not maintain an aiding and abetting lawsuit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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| Landgraf v. USI Film Products
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| retroactive application of statutory amendments effective while cases are pending in court
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| C&A Carbone, Inc v. Town of Clarkstown
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| Dormant Commerce Clause
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| Waters v. Churchill
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| Due process rights of public employees in workplace when alleging violations of First Amendment rights
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| Farmer v. Brennan
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| civil liability under the Eighth Amendment for rape of a transgender prison inmate
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| Dolan v. City of Tigard
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| Fifth Amendment takings clause
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| Turner Broadcasting v. Federal Communications Commission
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| upholding must-carry rules against cable television provider's First Amendment challenge
|-
| Board of Education of Kiryas Joel Village School District v. Grumet
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| school district coinciding with religious community
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| Madsen v. Women's Health Center, Inc.
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| first amendment, restrictions on abortion protests
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| United Mine Workers of America v. Bagwell
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| constitutional limitations on the contempt powers of courts
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| United States v. Shabani
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| elements of criminal conspiracy (i.e., requirement for an overt act)
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| United States v. X-Citement Video, Inc.
| 
| conviction under federal child pornography laws requires proof that the defendant knew the subjects were minors
|}

1995–1999
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto;width:100%"
! style="background:#6699FF"|Case name
! style="background:#6699FF;width:15%"|Citation
! style="background:#6699FF;width:50%"|Summary
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| Schlup v. Delo
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| Standard of proof required for a habeas corpus petition to reopen a case in light of new evidence of innocence
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| Arizona v. Evans
| 
| Exclusionary rule does not require suppressing evidence obtained through good-faith reliance on a search warrant that contains a clerical error
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|Qualitex Co. v. Jacobson Products Co., Inc.
| 
| color trademarks are appropriate subject matter under the Lanham Act
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| Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc.
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| separation of powers and finality of judgments
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| McIntyre v. Ohio Elections Commission
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| anonymous campaign literature under the First Amendment
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| United States v. Lopez
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| interstate commerce, gun-free school zones
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| U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton
| 
| preventing states from enacting term limits to the US House and Senate
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| First Options v. Kaplan
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| independent judicial review of arbitration clause
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| Adarand Constructors v. Peña
| 
| constitutionality of race-based set-asides (strict scrutiny test)
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| Witte v. United States
| 
| using "relevant conduct", as defined by the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, at sentencing does not violate double jeopardy principles
|-
| Hurley v. Irish-American Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Group of Boston
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| First Amendment freedom of association as applied to a private parade organizer seeking to exclude a group inconsistent with its stated message
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| Florida Bar v. Went For It, Inc.
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| under the commercial speech doctrine of the First Amendment, states may forbid lawyers from directly soliciting personal injury cases for short periods of time after an accident or a disaster
|-
| Vernonia School District 47J v. Acton
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| constitutionality of public school drug testing; Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments
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| Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board v. Pinnette
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| display of religious symbols on government property
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| Rosenberger v. University of Virginia
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| discrimination by state universities against student religious organizations
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| Miller v. Johnson
| 
| racial gerrymandering
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| Bailey v. United States
| 
| meaning of "use" in federal statute imposing a five-year prison sentence on anyone who "uses" a firearm during or in relation to a drug crime or a crime of violence
|-
| Lotus Dev. Corp. v. Borland Int'l, Inc.
| 
| scope of software copyrights
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| Behrens v. Pelletier
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| appeal over ruling on qualified immunity
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| Hercules, Inc. v. United States
| 
| liability for producing Agent Orange
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| Bennis v. Michigan
| 
| held that innocent owner defense is not constitutionally mandated by Fourteenth Amendment Due Process in cases of civil forfeiture
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| Seminole Tribe v. Florida
| 
|  Article I and the 11th Amendment
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| Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc.
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| claim construction of patents
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| 44 Liquormart, Inc. v. State of Rhode Island
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| restrictions on commercial speech
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| BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore
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| whether punitive damages are limited by substantive due process; 14th Amendment
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| Smiley v. Citibank
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| Credit card late fees can be considered interest and thus not subject to regulation by states other than those of bank's location when charged by national banks.
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| Romer v. Evans
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| equal protection limitation on forbidding elimination of discrimination on the basis of homosexuality
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| Jaffee v. Redmond
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| federal evidentiary privilege for medical confidentiality
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| Gasperini v. Center For Humanities, Inc.
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| 7th Amendment, modern interpretation of the Erie doctrine
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| United States v. Virginia
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| separate but equal gender discrimination
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| Ohio v. Robinette
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| informing motorists that a traffic stop has ended and the motorist is "free to go" is not required under the Fourth Amendment
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| Caterpillar, Inc. v. Lewis
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| diversity of citizenship must exist at the time of entry of judgment
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| M.L.B. v. S.L.J.
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| states must provide transcripts to poor litigants wishing to appeal adverse parental termination decisions
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| Old Chief v. United States
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| admitting evidence of prior convictions and the danger of "unfair prejudice" under Rule 403 of the Federal Rules of Evidence
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| Schenck v. Pro-Choice Network of Western New York
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| protesters at abortion clinics
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| Auer v. Robbins
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| FLSA and overtime pay of police officers
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| Warner-Jenkinson Company, Inc. v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co.
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| patent law, doctrine of equivalents
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| Clinton v. Jones
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| Executive privilege and immunity
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| Agostini v. Felton
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| reexamination of Establishment Clause jurisprudence as it applies schools
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| Kansas v. Hendricks
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| procedures for involuntary indefinite civil commitment of dangerous persons
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| City of Boerne v. Flores
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| scope of Congressional enforcement power under § 5 of the 14th Amendment
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| Washington v. Glucksberg
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| constitutionality of state law forbidding assisted suicide
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| Vacco v. Quill
| 
| right to die and assisted suicide
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| Raines v. Byrd
| 
| line item veto, legal standing; redirects to Clinton v. City of New York
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| Printz, Sheriff/Coroner, Ravalli County, Montana v. United States
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| background checks before purchasing handguns
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| Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union
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| free speech, obscenity, CDA
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| State Oil Co. v. Khan
| 
| rule of reason applied to vertical maximum price fixing, overturned Albrecht v. Herald Co.
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| Alaska v. Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government
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| native rights over tribal lands
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| NCUA v. First National Bank & Trust
|  
| intent of Congress w.r.t. the Federal Credit Union Act of 1934
|-
| Lexecon Inc. v. Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach
|  
| pretrial procedures in multi-district litigation
|-
| Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services
| 
| applicability of 性骚扰 laws to same sex harassment
|-
| Quality King Distributors Inc., v. L'anza Research International Inc.
| 
| application of first-sale doctrine of U.S. copyright law to reimported goods
|-
| Almendarez-Torres v. United States
| 
| prior convictions used to enhance a sentence need not be proved to a jury beyond a reasonable doubt
|-
| Feltner v. Columbia Pictures Television, Inc.
| 
|Seventh Amendment right to jury trial in a copyright infringement case
|-
| Breard v. Greene
| 
| criminal defendant could not raise a defense under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations on federal habeas corpus review
|-
| Miller v. Albright
| 
| citizenship of a child born outside the United States to a citizen father and an alien mother
|-
| Stewart v. Martinez-Villareal
| 
| proper timing of a claim under Ford v. Wainwright, regarding competency to be executed, in federal habeas proceedings
|-
| Kiowa Tribe of Okla. v. Manufacturing Technologies, Inc.
| 
| an Indian tribe is entitled to sovereign immunity to contract lawsuits, whether made on or off the reservation
|-
| County of Sacramento v. Lewis
| 
| liability of police under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for causing death during high-speed chases
|-
| Federal Election Commission v. Akins
| 
| standing conferred by statute
|-
| United States v. Bajakajian
| 
| excessive fines
|-
| Swidler & Berlin v. United States
| 
| death of an attorney's client does not terminate the attorney-client privilege
|-
| Clinton v. City of New York
| 
| constitutionality of the Line Item Veto
|-
| Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel
| 
| Substantive Due Process, Economic Liberties
|-
| National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley
| 
| 1st amendment, government funding
|-
| Bragdon v. Abbott
| 
| application of the Americans with Disabilities Act to an asymptomatic HIV patient
|-
| Marquez v. Screen Actors Guild Inc.
| 
| union shop contracts
|-
| Pfaff v. Wells Electronics, Inc.
| 
| on-sale bar of United States patent law
|-
| Knowles v. Iowa
| 
| search subsequent to a traffic citation without consent
|-
| Department of Commerce et al. v. United States House of Representatives et al.
| 
| Census figures adjusted for undercount based on sampling may not be used for Congressional apportionment
|-
| Holloway v. United States
| 
| federal carjacking statute applies to carjacking crimes committed by defendants with the "conditional intent" of harming drivers who resist the highjacker.
|-
| Federal Republic of Germany v. United States
| 
| application of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations to death penalty cases
|-
| Kumho Tire Co. v. Carmichael
| 
| non-scientists as expert witnesses in federal trials
|-
| Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians
| 
| usufructuary rights of Native Americans on certain lands
|-
| Jones v. United States
| 
| subsections of federal carjacking statute define separate crimes subject to Sixth Amendment jury trial requirement
|-
| Wyoming v. Houghton
| 
| warrantless search of a passenger's container capable of holding the object of a search for which there is probable cause is not justified under the automobile exception to the Fourth Amendment
|-
| Immigration and Naturalization Service v. Aguirre-Aguirre
| 
| application of Chevron deference standard to Board of Immigration Appeals actions
|-
| Saenz v. Roe
| 
| welfare benefits to new state citizens and the right to travel
|-
| Hunt v. Cromartie
| 
| gerrymandering
|-
| Chicago v. Morales
| 
| loitering as gang activity
|-
| Olmstead v. L.C.
| 
| undue institutionalization of mental patients violates Americans With Disabilities Act
|-
| Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank
| 
| sovereign immunity of the States
|-
| College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board
| 
| sovereign immunity of the States
|-
| Alden v. Maine
| 
| sovereign immunity of the States
|}

2000年–2004年

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto;width:100%"
! style="background:#6699FF"|案件名
! style="background:#6699FF;width:15%"|引用
! style="background:#6699FF;width:50%"|简介
|-
| Kimel v. Florida Board of Regents
| 
| Congress's enforcement powers under the Fourteenth Amendment do not extend to the abrogation of state sovereign immunity under the Eleventh Amendment where the discrimination is rationally based on age
|-
| Illinois v. Wardlow
| 
| reasonable suspicion for a Terry stop
|-
| Reno v. Condon
| 
| upholding the Driver's Privacy Protection Act of 1994 against a Tenth Amendment challenge
|-
| Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc.
| 
| standing, mootness, "voluntary cessation"
|-
| Nixon v. Shrink Missouri Government PAC
| 
| campaign contributions to state political parties
|-
| Rice v. Cayetano
| 
| race-based voting restrictions for state government offices
|-
| FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
| 
| administrative agency power over an area heavily regulated by Congress
|-|-
| Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System v. Southworth
| 
| compulsory student fees to support political campus groups; 1st Amendment
|-
| Christensen v. Harris County
| 
| county's policy of requiring that employees schedule time off so that they do not accrue time off was not prohibited by the Fair Labor Standards Act
|-
| United States v. Morrison
| 
| limits of Congress's power under the commerce clause
|-
| United States v. Playboy Entertainment Group
| 
| scrambling of adult material on cable channels; 1st Amendment
|-
| United States v. Hubbell
| 
| criminal charges based on subpeonaed documents
|-
| Troxel v. Granville
| 
| fundamental rights of parents to raise their children, third-party visitation rights
|-
| Santa Fe Independent School District v. Doe
| 
| prayer in public schools
|-
| Crosby v. National Foreign Trade Council
| 
| federal preemption of state foreign trade regulation
|-
| Dickerson v. United States
| 
| legislative abrogation of Miranda right
|-
| Apprendi v. New Jersey
| 
| Juries must decide all elements of a crime beyond reasonable doubt 
|-
| California Democratic Party v. Jones
| 
| freedom of association and political primary elections
|-
| Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
| 
| right of free association, homosexuality
|-
| Stenberg v. Carhart
| 
| "late term" or "partial birth" abortions
|-
| City of Indianapolis v. Edmond
| 
| use of dogs at random traffic stops
|-
| Eastern Associated Coal Corp. v. Mine Workers
| 
| public policy considerations do not require courts to refuse to enforce an arbitration award ordering an employer to reinstate an employee truck driver who twice tested positive for marijuana
|-
| Bush v. Gore
| 
| vote recounts in presidential election, the only court decision to determine the winner of a presidential election
|-
| Brentwood Academy v. Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Ass’n
| 
| expansion of state action to include "public entwinement"
|-
| Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama v. Garrett
| 
| Eleventh Amendment sovereign immunity and Equal Protection in a disability case
|-
| Whitman v. American Trucking Associations, Inc.
| 
| determining the scope of the EPA's power to set air quality standards
|-
| Semtek International Inc. v. Lockheed Martin Corp.
| 
| res judicata effect of federal judgments in state court
|-
| TrafFix Devices, Inc. v. Marketing Displays, Inc.
| 
| trademark protection for patented designs
|-
| Ferguson v. City of Charleston
| 
| private hospitals that test pregnant women for drugs without their consent and then turn the results over to the police violate the Fourth Amendment
|-
| Egelhoff v. Egelhoff
| 
| preemption of state law by ERISA
|-
| Texas v. Cobb
| 
| Sixth Amendment right to counsel is "offense specific," it does not necessarily extend to offenses that are "factually related" to those that have actually been charged
|-
| Easley v. Cromartie
| 
| racial discrimination, gerrymandering
|-
| Alexander v. Sandoval
| 
| no private right of action for disparate impact under Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964
|-
| Atwater v. City of Lago Vista
| 
| constitutionality of arrests for fine-only misdemeanors|-
|-
| C & L Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizen Band Potawatomi Tribe of Okla.
| 
| Tribal sovereign immunity, waiver by contract to arbitration
|-
| Cooper Industries v. Leatherman Tool Group, Inc.
| 
| The correct standard of review to use on appeals for excessive punitive damages
|-
| Rogers v. Tennessee
| 
| due process, "year and a day rule" in murder cases
|-
| United States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative
| 
| necessity defense under the Controlled Substances Act for medical use of marijuana
|-
| Bartnicki v. Vopper
| 
| First Amendment and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act
|-
| PGA Tour, Inc. v. Martin
| 
| the Americans with Disabilities Act allows reasonable accommodations of handicaps in professional golf
|-
| Kyllo v. United States
| 
| defining 'search' under the 4th Amendment with respect to heat sensors
|-
| Good News Club v. Milford Central School
| 
| free speech, establishment clause
|-
| Saucier v. Katz
| 
| qualified immunity of a police officer to a civil rights case brought through a Bivens action
|-
| United States v. Mead Corp.
| 
| Court declines to extend Chevron doctrine to U.S. Customs Service decisions
|-
| Immigration and Naturalization Service v. St. Cyr
| 
| The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act and the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act, and their effect on habeas corpus petitions
|-
| New York Times Co. v. Tasini
| 
| copyright in databases
|-
| Palazzolo v. Rhode Island
| 
| Fifth Amendment takings clause
|-
| Correctional Services Corp. v. Malesko
| 
| civil rights lawsuits against privately run prisons
|-
| Chickasaw Nation v. United States
| 
| Indian tribes are liable for Federal taxes on gambling revenue
|-
| United States v. Knights
| 
| warrantless searches of probationers
|-
| Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc. v. Williams
| 
| meaning of the phrase "substantially impairs" under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
|-
| Kansas v. Crane
| 
| as-applied challenge to Kansas' involuntary indefinite civil commitment of dangerous persons, different result from Kansas v. Hendricks
|-
| Owasso Independent School District v. Falvo
| 
| peer grading does not violate the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
|-
| 阿什克羅夫特訴言論自由聯盟案
| 
| First Amendment protection for simulated child pornography
|-
| Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency
| 
| substantive due process, takings clause
|-
| City of Los Angeles v. Alameda Books
| 
| zoning of adult bookstores
|-
| Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co.
| 
| prosecution history estoppel
|-
| McKune v. Lile
| 
| mandatory treatment for imprisoned sex offenders does not violate the Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination
|-
| Watchtower Society v. Village of Stratton
| 
| door-to-door religious advocacy and the First Amendment
|-
| Gonzaga University v. Doe
| 
| Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act does not create a right which is enforceable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
|-
| Atkins v. Virginia
| 
| imposing the death penalty on the mentally retarded; overruling Penry v. Lynaugh
|-
| Rush Prudential HMO, Inc. v. Moran
| 
| no preemption of Illinois insurance statute under ERISA
|-
| Utah v. Evans
| 
| use of statistical sampling in the decennial census
|-
| Harris v. United States
| 
| Sixth Amendment does not require a jury determination of facts necessary to support the minimum punishment for using or carrying a firearm during or in relation to a drug crime or a crime of violence under 
|-
| Ring v. Arizona
| 
| Sixth Amendment requires that aggravating factors necessary for eligibility for a death sentence must be found by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt; overruling Walton v. Arizona in part
|-
| Zelman v. Simmons-Harris
| 
| constitutionality of school voucher program
|-
| Hope v. Pelzer
| 
| use of the hitching post in prisons is prohibited by the Eighth Amendment
|-
| Republican Party of Minnesota v. White
| 
| election of state judges, freedom of speech
|-
| Board of Education of Independent School District No. 92 of Pottawatomie County v. Earls
| 
| constitutionality of drug testing of high school students who participate in competitive interscholastic activities
|-
| Sattazahn v. Pennsylvania
| 
| the Double Jeopardy Clause does not forbid seeking the death penalty after an acquittal on first-degree murder charges
|-
| Barnhart v. Peabody Coal Co.
| 
| Social Security benefit assignment for coal industry workers
|-
| Eldred v. Ashcroft
| 
| extending the duration of the term of copyright under U.S. law
|-
| Scheidler v. National Organization for Women
| 
| applying RICO to activities of abortion clinic protesters
|-
| Moseley v. V Secret Catalogue, Inc.
| 
| claims of trademark dilution require proof of actual dilution
|-
| United States v. White Mountain Apache Tribe
| 
| the Federal government has a duty to maintain land held in trust for an Indian tribe
|-
| United States v. Navajo Nation
| 
| compensation for modification a lease of mining rights to land on an Indian reservation
|-
| Connecticut Dept. of Public Safety v. Doe
| 
| holding that Connecticut's sex offender registration statute did not violate due process clause
|-
| Ewing v. California
| 
| California's Three strikes law is not cruel and unusual punishment
|-
| Lockyer v. Andrade
| 
| California's Three strikes law is not cruel and unusual punishment
|-
| 史密斯诉多伊案
| 
| retroactive application of sex offender registration program is not an ex post facto law
|-
| 弗吉尼亚诉布莱克案
| 
| constitutionality of laws forbidding cross burning for purposes of intimidation
|-
| State Farm v. Campbell
| 
| due process limits on punitive damages
|-
| Nevada Department of Human Resources v. Hibbs
| 
| Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 validly abrogated state sovereign immunity
|-
| Dastar Corp. v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.
| 
| "reverse passing off" and rights to public domain works
|-
| Sell v. United States
| 
| Forced psychiatric medication by lower federal courts is permissible under some circumstances
|-
| United States v. American Library Association
| 
| Congressional requirement that libraries install web-filtering software held not to violate First Amendment
|-
| Gratz v. Bollinger
| 
| racial discrimination, affirmative action, equal protection
|-
| Grutter v. Bollinger
| 
| racial discrimination, affirmative action, equal protection
|-
| American Insurance Association v. Garamendi
| 
| California state insurance statute struck down for interfering with Presidential foreign policy
|-
| 威金斯诉史密斯案
| 
| ineffective assistance of counsel at sentencing
|-
| 劳伦斯诉得克萨斯州案
| 
| 各州政府不得禁止成年人间相互同意进行的同性性行为
|-
| McConnell v. FEC
| 
| First Amendment; political speech
|-
| Verizon Communications v. Law Offices of Curtis V. Trinko, LLP
| 
| the Sherman Antitrust Act and requirements of telecommunications companies under the Telecommunications Act of 1996
|-
| Illinois v. Lidster
| 
| accident investigation checkpoints do not violate the Fourth Amendment
|-
| Fellers v. United States
| 
| once judicial proceedings have been initiated against a defendant, police officers cannot elicit information from the defendant without the defendant's counsel present
|-
| Doe v. Chao
| 
| governmental violation of privacy rights
|-
| 洛克诉戴维案
| 
| a religion clauses case upholding a Washington state scholarship program which excluded funding devotional studies.
|-
| 克劳福德诉华盛顿案
| 
| prior testimony exception to hearsay in criminal trials, Sixth Amendment right to confront witnesses; abrogating Ohio v. Roberts
|-
| National Archives and Records Administration v. Favish
| 
| availability of death-scene images under the Freedom of Information Act over the objection of family members; investigation into the suicide of Vince Foster
|-
| United States v. Flores-Montano
| 
| reasonableness of removing a gas tank from a vehicle crossing the border under the Fourth Amendment
|-
| Vieth v. Jubelirer
| 
| justiciability of suit to enjoin gerrymandering
|-
| Tennessee v. Lane
| 
| Congress's power under the 14th amendment, section 5; Americans With Disabilities Act
|-
| 纳尔逊诉坎贝尔案l
| 
| challenging lethal injection protocols under 42 U.S.C. § 1983
|-
| Republic of Austria v. Altmann
| 
| retroactive application of the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act
|-
| Central Laborers' Pension Fund v. Heinz
| 
| an ambiguity in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
|-
| Department of Transportation v. Public Citizen
| 
| Presidential foreign affairs and foreign trade actions
|-
| Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow
| 
| validity of “under God” in Pledge of Allegiance; standing to bring suit on another’s behalf
|-
| United States v. Dominguez Benitez
|  
| appellate review standard for violations of Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure governing the taking of guilty pleas
|-
| Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada
| 
| constitutionality of state law requiring citizens to identify themselves to police
|-
| Aetna Health Inc. v. Davila
| 
| ERISA's effect on federal jurisdiction of cases involving utilization review
|-
| Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
| 
| foreign tribunals
|-
| 布莱克利诉华盛顿案
| 
| jury must find all elements of a criminal sentence beyond a reasonable doubt
|-
| Schriro v. Summerlin
| 
| retroactively applying the rule set in Ring v. Arizona that a jury must find the aggravating factors in a capital murder case
|-
| Rumsfeld v. Padilla
| 
| detention of American citizens
|-
| 拉苏尔诉布什
| 
| jurisdiction over foreign nationals detained in Guantanamo Bay
|-
| Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
| 
| detention of American citizens
|-
| 密苏里诉塞伯特案
| 
| Missouri's practice of interrogating suspects without reading them a Miranda warning, then reading them the warning and asking them to repeat their confession is unconstitutional
|-
| Leocal v. Ashcroft
| 
| DUI is not a "crime of violence" requiring deportation of an alien
|-
| Koons Buick, Inc. v. Nigh
| 
| Truth in Lending Act imposes a $1000 limit on statutory damages for violations of the Act involving personal-property loans.
|-
| KP Permanent Make-Up, Inc. v. Lasting Impression I, Inc.
| 
| fair use defense to a trademark infringement action does not require proof that there is no likelihood of confusing the marks
|}

2005年–2009年

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto;width:100%"
! style="background:#6699FF"|Case name
! style="background:#6699FF;width:15%"|Citation
! style="background:#6699FF;width:50%"|Summary
|-
| 美国诉布克案
| 
| applying Blakely v. Washington to the Federal Sentencing Guidelines
|-
| 克拉克诉马丁内斯案
| 
| detention of aliens awaiting deportation
|-
| Illinois v. Caballes
| 
| 4th Amendment search and seizure
|-
| Commissioner v. Banks
| 
| Whether or not the portion of a money judgment or settlement paid to a taxpayer's attorney under a contingent-fee agreement is income to the taxpayer for federal income tax purposes.
|-
| Johnson v. California
| 
| proper standard for reviewing constitutional race-discrimination claim in sorting prison inmates
|-
| 罗珀诉西蒙斯案
| 
| imposing the death penalty on juvenile murderers; overruling Stanford v. Kentucky
|-
| Cherokee Nation of Okla. v. Leavitt
| 
| a Federal contract with an Indian tribe is binding, even if Congress did not appropriate funds
|-
| 特尼特诉多伊案
| 
| enforceability of contracts between the government and spies (undercover CIA agents)
|-
| 谢泼德诉合众国案
| 
| proving prior convictions obtained through guilty pleas under Taylor v. United States
|-
| City of Sherrill v. Oneida Indian Nation of N. Y.
| 
| the repurchase of tribal land by an Indian tribe does not restore tribal sovereignty to the land
|-
| Exxon Mobil Corp. v. Saudi Basic Industries Corp.
|  
| state court decisions and the application of the Rooker-Feldman doctrine
|-
| Dura Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Broudo
| 
| standard for pleading loss causation in a securities fraud claim
|-
| Small v. United States
| 
| resolution of split appeals court decisions on inclusion of foreign courts in the term "any court"
|-
| Granholm v. Heald
| 
| interstate shipment of wine under the Dormant Commerce Clause 
|-
| Deck v. Missouri
| 
| shackling a defendant during the penalty phase of a capital murder trial
|-
| Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States
| 
| legality of document destruction in the face of likely government investigation
|-
| Cutter v. Wilkinson
| 
| religious freedom for prison inmates
|-
| 托里诉科克伦案
| 
| defamation, enjoinment of speech; continuity of injunction after death
|-
| Gonzales v. Raich
| 
| legitimacy of using marijuana as a medicine, and power of the federal government to regulate intrastate activities
|-
| Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd.
| 
| applicability of the Americans with Disabilities Act to foreign-held companies
|-
| Merck KGaA v. Integra Lifesciences I, Ltd.
| 
| applicability of patents in preclinical studies
|-
| 威尔金森诉奥斯汀案
| 
| due process requirements for placing prisoners in Supermax prisons
|-
| Miller-El v. Dretke
| 
| clarification of Batson v. Kentucky standard for peremptory challenges
|-
| Kelo v. City of New London
| 
| eminent domain; takings of private property for private development
|-
| Van Orden v. Perry
| 
| legality of a Ten Commandments display
|-
| 
| 
| liability of police departments under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for failing to respond to domestic violence calls
|-
| McCreary County v. ACLU of Kentucky
| 
| constitutionality of a Ten Commandments display; potential reformulation of the Lemon test
|-
| MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.
| 
| Copyright infringement in P2P file-sharing; re-examination of Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios
|-
| National Cable and Telecomm. Assn v. Brand X Internet Services
| 
| allowing small internet service providers to lease bandwidth from privately-owned coaxial cable lines
|-
|}

外部链接
Booknotes interview with David Savage on Turning Right: The Making of the Rehnquist Supreme Court, June 28, 1992.

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