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Shelley's Case (1581) early case setting rules for future interests in real property and trusts; Hext v Yeomans (1583) [25] [26] early defamation case wherein the Court found that slander do not lie upon inferences. Case of the Swans (1592) Exchequer of Pleas establishing wild animals, cannot be given by transfer. [27] [28] Eaton v Allen (1598 ...
The Court announced that the Lemon test from the landmark case of Lemon v. Kurtzman (1971) had been abandoned by the Court in later cases. Instead, the Court announced, original meaning and history govern analysis of the Establishment Clause.
Federal court jurisdiction over common law crimes The Schooner Exchange v. M'Faddon: 11 U.S. 116 (1812) capture and possession of foreign ships Fairfax's Devisee v. Hunter's Lessee: 11 U.S. 603 (1813) Loyalist property forfeiture Martin v. Hunter's Lessee: 14 U.S. 304 (1816) Loyalist property forfeiture, Supreme Court review of state court ...
This is a partial chronological list of cases decided by the United States Supreme Court during the tenures of Chief Justices John Jay (October 19, 1789 – June 29, 1795), John Rutledge (August 12, 1795 – December 28, 1795), and Oliver Ellsworth (March 8, 1796 – December 15, 1800), respectively the Jay, Rutledge, and Ellsworth Courts.
The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States. Kermit L. Hall, ed. The Oxford Guide to United States Supreme Court Decisions. Kermit L. Hall, ed. Alley, Robert S. (1999). The Constitution & Religion: Leading Supreme Court Cases on Church and State. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. ISBN 1-57392-703-1
Judiciary Act of 1891 bars Court from considering entire case without questions that can be separately resolved; cert denied and question of resolving two earlier cases reverts to Seventh Circuit Talton v. Mayes: 163 U.S. 376 (1896) individual rights in U.S. Constitution not applicable to tribal governments Ward v. Race Horse: 163 U.S. 504 ...
Case name Citation Summary United States v. Phellis: 257 U.S. 156 (1921) shares in a subsidiary corporation issued to stockholders in the parent corporation considered taxable income: Leser v. Garnett: 258 U.S. 130 (1922) constitutionality of Nineteenth Amendment: Balzac v. Porto Rico: 258 U.S. 298 (1922) sometimes considered one of the Insular ...
Passenger Cases: 48 U.S. 283 (1849) taxation of immigrants, constitutionality of state laws regarding foreign commerce Sheldon v. Sill: 49 U.S. 441 (1850) Congressional control of the jurisdiction of the lower federal courts Hotchkiss v. Greenwood: 52 U.S. 248 (1851) Early standard for non-obviousness in United States patent law: Strader v ...