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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.
First 20th-century case where the Court protected the rights of Blacks in the South, and one of its first to review a criminal conviction for constitutionality. Sorrells v. United States, 287 U.S. 435 (1932) Entrapment is a valid defense to a criminal charge. Brown v.
Sentenced to 3 years and was expelled from the House. [77] Frank Thompson (D-NJ) Sentenced to 3 years. [78] John M. Murphy (D-NY) Served 20 months of a 3-year sentence. [79] Jon Hinson (R-MS) was arrested for having homosexual oral sex in the House of Representatives' bathroom with a government staffer. Hinson, who was married, later received a ...
[93] [94] [95] One of the defendant companies was owned by the Italian government, providing a basis for removing it to federal court, where the case was dismissed. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld the dismissal in 1992, and the Supreme Court denied Trump's petition to hear the case in the same year. [96]
Court's supervisory power does not allow application of exclusionary rule even where third party's Fourth Amendment rights were clearly violated Maine v. Thiboutot: 448 U.S. 1 (1980) 42 U.S.C. § 1983 allows suits for violations of federal statutory law Adams v. Texas: 448 U.S. 38 (1980) Juror oaths regarding factual deliberations in capital ...
The list is organized by office. The criminal statute(s) under which the conviction(s) were obtained are noted, as are the names of notable investigations, scandals, or litigation, if applicable. The year of conviction is included (if the official was convicted multiple times due to retrials, only the year of the first conviction is included).
John M. Murphy (D-NY) served 20 months of a three-year sentence. [364] Also arrested were NJ State Senator Angelo Errichetti (D) [365] and members of the Philadelphia City Council. Mario Biaggi (D-NY) was part of the Wedtech scandal and was convicted of obstruction of justice accepting illegal gratuities. He was sentenced to eight years in ...
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.