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This was the first case in which the Supreme Court struck down a state law as unconstitutional. Martin v. Hunter's Lessee, 14 U.S. 304 (1816) Federal courts may review state court decisions when they rest on federal law or the federal Constitution. This decision provides for the uniform interpretation of federal law throughout the states ...
Hughes Court (February 24, 1930 – June 30, 1941) Stone Court (July 3, 1941 – April 22, 1946) Vinson Court (June 24, 1946 – September 8, 1953) Warren Court (October 5, 1953 – June 23, 1969) Burger Court (June 23, 1969 – September 26, 1986) Rehnquist Court (September 26, 1986 – September 3, 2005) Roberts Court (September 29, 2005 ...
Whether exhaustion of state administrative remedies is required to bring claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in state court. January 12, 2024: October 7, 2024 Wisconsin Bell, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Todd Heath: 23-1127
The longest period between the original decision and the overruling decision is 136 years, for the common law Admiralty cases Minturn v. Maynard , 58 U.S. (17 How.) 476 decision in 1855, overruled by the Exxon Corp. v. Central Gulf Lines Inc. , 500 U.S. 603 decision in 1991.
The guilty verdict capped four days of often emotional testimony and argument in the cold case which was reopened a second time in 2021, after Hibbs family and friends offered a $50,000 reward for ...
Harris, 465 U.S. 37 (1984) — A state appellate court, before it affirms a death sentence, is not required to compare the sentence in the case before it with the penalties imposed in similar cases if requested to do so by the prisoner. Whitmore v. Arkansas, 495 U.S. 149 (1990) — Mandatory appellate review is not required in death penalty cases.
Dozens of family and friends of Atatiana Jefferson sat waiting Thursday as the jury continued its deliberations. “It’s been very tense. It has been difficult to have to sit through this ...
Three men imprisoned since the 1990s for a fatal New Orleans drive-by shooting were ordered freed Wednesday, with prosecutors citing the role of two notoriously corrupt police officers ...