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Gade v. National Solid Wastes Management Association (1992) - Ways in which Federal law preempts state law. Printz v. United States (1997) - Federal Government may not "commandeer" state executive or administrative officials. Whitman v. American Trucking Associations, Inc. (2001) - delegation of legislative-like authority must be governed by an ...
Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242 (1986) Set the standard for what parties must establish in evidence to be granted summary judgement in federal civil cases and how courts should evaluate those motions. Since such motions are extremely common, Anderson has become the most-cited Supreme Court case. Daubert v.
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.
prize in admiralty law and customary international law: Maxwell v. Dow: 176 U.S. 581 (1900) Utah court procedure Bad Elk v. United States: 177 U.S. 529 (1900) unlawful arrest Taylor v. Beckham: 178 U.S. 548 (1900) Kentucky gubernatorial election of 1899 Austin v. Tennessee: 179 U.S. 343 (1900) restricting or prohibiting the sale of tobacco ...
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 ...
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)
National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation: 301 U.S. 1 (1937) interstate commerce; another consequence of “the switch in time that saved nine” Steward Machine Company v. Davis: 301 U.S. 548 (1937) Court upholds the unemployment insurance provisions of the Social Security Act: Bogardus v. Commissioner: 302 U.S. 34 ...
Foreign nations, who may sue in federal court, may also obtain triple damages for violations of the Clayton Act: Bordenkircher v. Hayes: 434 U.S. 357 (1978) Prosecutors may threaten defendants with more serious charges in order to induce a guilty plea Zablocki v. Redhail: 434 U.S. 374 (1978) Marriage as a fundamental right Oliphant v. Suquamish ...