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For more straightforward and current summaries of a particular area of law, students and attorneys turn to hornbooks. [3] The prevalence of the casebook method in American law schools has given rise to a market for commercial study aids "keyed" to a particular casebook edition. [3]
Treatises designed for practicing lawyers as well as textbooks for students earning non-legal degrees (i.e., business law courses for business administration students) concisely state the famous rules announced in that case that (1) consequential damages for breach of contract are limited to those foreseen by the parties at the time of ...
States have standing to sue the EPA to enforce their views of federal law, in this case, the view that carbon dioxide was an air pollutant under the Clean Air Act. Cited Georgia v. Tennessee Copper Co. as precedent. 5–4 Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation: 2007: Bond v. United States: 2011
foreign relations and state property law preventing inheritance by nonresident aliens: Mora v. McNamara: 389 U.S. 934 (1967) denial of certiorari in a case questioning the legality of the Vietnam War: Haynes v. United States: 390 U.S. 85 (1968) Compulsory firearm registration as self-incrimination Provident Tradesmens Bank & Trust Co. v. Patterson
These lists are sorted chronologically by chief justice and include most major cases decided by the court. Jay, Rutledge, and Ellsworth Courts (October 19, 1789 – December 15, 1800) Marshall Court (February 4, 1801 – July 6, 1835)
This case was the beginning of the plenary power legal doctrine that has been used in Indian case law to limit tribal sovereignty. Elk v. Wilkins, 112 U.S. 94 (1884) An Indian cannot make himself a citizen of the United States without the consent and the co-operation of the United States Federal government. United States v.
United States v. Students Challenging Regulatory Agency Procedures (SCRAP), 412 U.S. 669 (1973), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court in which the Court held that the members of SCRAP—five law students from the George Washington University Law School—had standing to sue under Article III of the Constitution to challenge a nationwide railroad freight rate increase ...
The service is commonly used by law students, lawyers, and law firms in Canada. It includes citation tools that assist users in validating the authority of cases, finding summaries of judicial considerations, and locating references.