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Fletcher v. Peck, 10 U.S. 87 (1810) A state legislature can repeal a corruptly made law, but the Contract Clause of the Constitution prohibits the voiding of valid contracts made under such a law. This was the first case in which the Supreme Court struck down a state law as unconstitutional. Martin v.
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 ...
Held that state taxpayers do not have standing to challenge to state tax laws in federal court. 9–0 Massachusetts v. EPA: 2007: 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 ...
Although 28 U.S.C. §1782(a) permits a district court to order discovery “for use in a proceeding in a foreign or international tribunal,” only a governmental or intergovernmental adjudicative body may qualify as such a tribunal, and the arbitration panels in these cases are not such adjudicative bodies. Viking River Cruises, Inc. v. Moriana
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) Environmental law; psychological effects do not need to be evaluated as part of an Environmental Impact ...
Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, has written roughly 100 opinions in more than three years on the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Her opinions ...
Loyalist property forfeiture, Supreme Court review of state court judgments Laidlaw v. Organ: 15 U.S. 178 (1817) the rule of caveat emptor in a commodity delivery contract: Craig v. Radford: 16 U.S. 594 (1818) Jay Treaty protection of alien enemy defeasible estate; surveying law McCulloch v. Maryland: 17 U.S. 316 (1819) doctrine of implied ...
case brought against Coca-Cola under the Pure Food and Drug Act: United States v. Oppenheimer: 242 U.S. 85 (1916) doctrine of res judicata applies to criminal cases American Well Works Co. v. Layne & Bowler Co. 241 U.S. 257 (1916) scope of federal question jurisdiction in patent law case Caminetti v. United States: 242 U.S. 470 (1917)