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This decision initiates a nationwide de facto moratorium on executions that lasts until the Supreme Court's decision in Gregg v. Georgia (1976). Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153 (1976) Georgia's new death penalty statute is constitutional because it adequately narrows the class of defendants eligible for the death penalty. This case and the next ...
District of Columbia Court of Appeals v. Feldman: 460 U.S. 462 (1983) Review of state court decisions by U.S. District Courts Florida v. Royer: 460 U.S. 491 (1983) Search and seizure of an airline passenger walking through an airport Metropolitan Edison Co. v. People Against Nuclear Energy: 460 U.S. 766 (1983)
The Court has ultimate—and largely discretionary—appellate jurisdiction over all federal courts and state court cases involving issues of U.S. federal law, plus original jurisdiction over a small range of cases. The nine Supreme Court justices base their decisions on their interpretation of both legal doctrine and the precedential ...
Landmark cases in the United States come most frequently (but not exclusively) from the Supreme Court of the United States. United States Courts of Appeals may also make such decisions, particularly if the Supreme Court chooses not to review the case, or adopts the holding of the court below.
Court historians and other legal scholars consider each chief justice who presides over the Supreme Court of the United States to be the head of an era of the Court. [1] These lists are sorted chronologically by chief justice and include most major cases decided by the court.
access to court transcript for indigent appeals Communist Party v. Subversive Activities Control Board: 351 U.S. 115 (1956) First of Two Cases involving compulsory registration of Communist Party members. Court didn't answer questions raised concerning constitutionality of Act requiring compulsory registration. Radovich v. National Football League
A solid majority of Americans say Supreme Court justices are more likely to be guided by their own ideology rather than serving as neutral arbiters of government authority, a new poll finds, as ...
The Warren Court was the period in the history of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1953 to 1969 when Earl Warren served as the chief justice. The Warren Court is often considered the most liberal court in U.S. history. The Warren Court expanded civil rights, civil liberties, judicial power, and the federal power in dramatic ways.