U.S. Supreme Court 2012 Term Arguments
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United States Forest Service v. Pacific Rivers Council
A case which the Court dismissed in favor of the US Forest Service on the grounds that the Pacific Rivers Council did not have standing to challenge t...
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar
A case in which the Court found that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 requires the plaintiff to prove their employer would not have taken an...
Metrish v. Lancaster
A case in which the Court held that eliminating the diminished capacity defense retroactively was reasonable.
Tarrant Regional Water District v. Herrmann
A case in which the Court held that Congress’ approval of an interstate water compact does not violate the Commerce Clause and that the compact does r...
Sekhar v. United States
A case in which the Court held that attempting to compel a person to issue a recommendation does not constitute extortion under the Hobbs Act.
Hillman v. Maretta
A case in which the Court found that the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act preempts a Virginia state law regarding beneficiary designation u...
Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International
A case in which the Court held that it was a violation of the First Amendment to withhold funding from non-government organizations if they did not in...
Salinas v. Texas
A case in which the Court held that the Fifth Amendment's Self-Incrimination clause does not protect individuals that have not been arrested.
United States v. Kebodeaux
A case in which the Court held that the Necessary and Proper Clause gave Congress the power to create federal crimes and regulate their punishment, as...
Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
A case in which the Court held that a non-custodial parent cannot stop an adoption made lawfully by a non-Indian parent by invoking the ICWA.
American Trucking Associations v. City of Los Angeles
A case in which the Court held that when a municipal government is acting as a contract-based participant in the market, as opposed to a market regula...
Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics
A case in which the Court held that naturally occurring genes cannot be patented, but a creation of a new product in a lab could be patented.
United States v. Davila
A case in which the Court held that a magistrate judge's improper participation in plea discussions does not warrant vacating a guilty plea.
United States v. Windsor
A case in which the Court found that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was unconstitutional under the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment.
Hollingsworth v. Perry
A case in which the Court found that the proponents of California's same-sex marriage ban (Proposition 8) do not have standing to appeal the decision...
FTC v. Actavis Inc.
A case in which the Court found that antitrust law applies to reverse payment agreements.
Oxford Health Plans v. Sutter
A case in which the Court held that an arbitrator did not exceed his power when he interpreted that the parties intended, even if not explicitly, to a...
Horne v. Department of Agriculture
A case in which the Court held the Takings Clause must be evaluated under the capacity in which the Government fines, and the citizens do not need to...
Dan's City Used Cars v. Pelkey
A case in which the Court found that the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act does not override state law regarding transportation of pro...
Sebelius v. Cloer
A case in which the Court found that a person who petitions under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act can recover attorney's fees regardless of...
Mutual Pharmaceutical Co. v. Bartlett
A case in which the Court found that federal law preempts state law design-defect claims.
Bullock v. BankChampaign
A case in which the Court held that debts arising out of fraud or defalcation in a fiduciary capacity are not dischargeable in bankruptcy proceedings.
Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona
A case in which the Court found the National Voter Registration Act preempted other voter registration requirements.
American Express Co., et al. v. Italian Colors Restaurant
A case in which the Court held that a clause prohibiting class action suits was enforceable even though it would cause costly arbitration.
Shelby County v. Holder
A case in which the Court found that Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act was unconstitutional.
Peugh v. United States
A case in which the Court found that using the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines at the time of the sentencing for a crime rather than at the time of the off...
Maryland v. King
A case in which the Court found that taking a DNA sample from people who are arrested, but not yet convicted, of a serious crime is not a violation of...
Trevino v. Thaler
A case in which the Court found that procedural default will not bar a federal court from hearing a claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel.
McQuiggin v. Perkins
A case in which the Court held that proving actual innocence allows a petitioner to pursue habeas corpus relief regardless of a statute of limitations...
McBurney v. Young
A case in which the Court found that under the Privileges and Immunities clause and the Dormant Commerce clause, a state can deny access to its public...
PPL Corporation v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
A case in which the Court held that courts should use a common-sense, substance-based approach instead of a formalistic approach when considering the...
Bowman v. Monsanto
A case in which the Court held that even after its authorized purchase, the reproduction and reuse of a seed violated the patent of the seed.
Millbrook v. United States
A case in which the Court held that claims against the United States for the intentional torts of prison officials is not limited to violations made d...
City of Arlington v. FCC
A case in which the Court found that the courts must apply the Chevron doctrine and defer to an agency's interpretation of its jurisdiction when that...
Gunn v. Minton
A case in which the Court found that even though federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over patent law cases, state courts can still hear cases r...
Levin v. United States
A case in which the Court held that the Gonzalez Act made an exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act by saying that a claim of the intentional tort o...
Koontz v. St. John's River Water Management
A case in which the Court held that the government may not conditionally approve land-use permits unless the conditions are connected and approximatel...
Boyer v. Louisiana
A case in which the Court was asked to decide whether a state's failure to fund counsel for an indigent defendant for five years should be weighed aga...
Alleyne v. United States
A case in which the Court found that a defendant cannot be found guilty of a claim not included in the indictment.
Maracich v. Spears
A case in which the Court found that lawyers may use personal information protected by the Driver's Privacy Protection Act to find potential plaintiff...