Case # | Name | Category | Court | Judge | Published |
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99-4203
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MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. US West Communications Inc.
State waives sovereign immunity when it elects to approve or reject interconnection agreements under the Telecommunications Act. |
Constitutional Law |
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Jun. 22, 2000 | |
99-6127
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Barker v. City of Del City
Courts must use balancing test to determine First Amendment violations when speech at issue does not implicate employee's politics or substantive policy viewpoints. |
Constitutional Law |
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Jun. 21, 2000 | |
97-15309
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United States v. Nye County, Nevada
County's tax on the beneficial use of government property by federal contractors' isn't inconsistent with U.S. Constitution. |
Constitutional Law |
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Jun. 15, 2000 | |
98-35186 and 98-35187
|
K.D.M. v. Reedsport School District
Children with disabilities may be offered state-supported special services at private schools, but not at parochial schools. |
Constitutional Law |
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Jun. 15, 2000 | |
98-3341
|
State of Kansas v. U.S.
Changes to child-support enforcement policy brought about by Congress' welfare reform legislation are valid exercise of spending power. |
Constitutional Law |
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Jun. 14, 2000 | |
98-4125
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Morganroth & Morganroth v. Delorean
Appeal not moot when issues presented will likely affect civil conspiracy claim made by party seeking mootness determination. |
Constitutional Law |
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Jun. 14, 2000 | |
97-35642
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Doe v. Madison School District No. 321
Parents of students don't have taxpayer standing to raise establishment clause challenge if tax dollars aren't spent solely to support graduation prayer. |
Constitutional Law |
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Jun. 14, 2000 | |
98-16148
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University of Hawaii Professional Assembly v. Cayetano
State law that's contrary to the collective bargaining agreement with state employees violates the contract clause. |
Constitutional Law |
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Jun. 14, 2000 | |
97-35642
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Doe v. Madison School District No. 321
Policy allowing student speakers to address any subject, including religion, at graduation doesn't violate establishment clause. |
Constitutional Law |
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Jun. 13, 2000 | |
98-10224
|
U.S. v. Baugh
Requiring demonstrators to promise that they won't trespass before issuing permit, and arresting them when they refused to disperse, is prior restraint. |
Constitutional Law |
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Jun. 12, 2000 | |
98-30158
|
U.S. v. Griefen
First Amendment does not protect protesters refusing to leave restricted area because equivalent alternative methods of expression are available. |
Constitutional Law |
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Jun. 9, 2000 | |
99-3187
|
U.S. v. Lipp
Order |
Constitutional Law |
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Jun. 7, 2000 | |
00-0035
|
City of Tucson v. Consumers for Retail Choice
City ordinance on matter of statewide and local concern is valid unless it conflicts with or is pre-empted by state statute. |
Constitutional Law |
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Jun. 7, 2000 | |
98-15997
|
DiRuzza v. County of Tehama
Deputy sheriffs are not per se policy-makers whose work-related political activities are unprotected from retaliatory employer action under First Amendment. |
Constitutional Law |
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Jun. 2, 2000 | |
98-56204
|
Taylor v. Rancho Santa Barbara
Federal and state statutes that authorize exclusion of persons under age 55 from mobile home parks are constitutional. |
Constitutional Law |
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Jun. 2, 2000 | |
99-781
|
Avis Rent A Car System Inc. v. Aguilar
Supreme Court declines case appealing injunction prohibiting workplace utterances deemed offensive to Latino employees. |
Constitutional Law |
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Jun. 1, 2000 | |
98-1682
|
U.S. v. Playboy Entertainment Group Inc.
Statute requiring primarily sexually oriented cable television programming to be blocked or transmission limited to hours when children are unlikely to view is unconstitutional. |
Constitutional Law |
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Jun. 1, 2000 | |
98-0524
|
State v. Preston
Requiring establishment of entrapment defense by clear and convincing evidence is constitutional, but presumption of innocence may not be taken away. |
Constitutional Law |
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May 24, 2000 | |
99-4104
|
State of Utah v. U.S. Department of the Interior
State may not intervene in lease approval process between Indian tribe and private party without showing 'immediate injury.' |
Constitutional Law |
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May 9, 2000 | |
98-56062
|
Humanitarian Law Project v. Reno
Congress may preclude certain foreign terrorist groups from receiving contributions of material support without violating First Amendment. |
Constitutional Law |
|
May 5, 2000 | |
98-56093
|
LSO Ltd. v. Stroh
Officials of alcoholic beverage control agency aren't immune from lawsuit challenging officials' attempt to prevent erotic art exhibition on premises with liquor license. |
Constitutional Law |
|
May 5, 2000 | |
99-4112
|
U.S. v. Kovach
Statute prohibiting uttering and possessing counterfeit securities is not invalid exercise of congressional authority under the Commerce Clause. |
Constitutional Law |
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Apr. 18, 2000 | |
99-137
|
Garner v. Jones
Retroactive application of state law extending interval between parole considerations does not violate ex post facto clause. |
Constitutional Law |
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Apr. 5, 2000 | |
98-1161
|
City of Erie v. Pap's A.M.
City ordinance requiring nude erotic dancers to wear 'pasties' and 'G-strings' is constitutional. |
Constitutional Law |
|
Apr. 5, 2000 | |
98-36044
|
Black v. Arthur
Forest Service regulation that requires signature of particular group member as condition of granting group use permit is not unconstitutional. |
Constitutional Law |
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Mar. 29, 2000 | |
99-137
|
Garner v. Jones
Certiorari granted |
Constitutional Law |
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Mar. 28, 2000 | |
98-4072
|
Andersen v. McCotter
Government agency's interest in safely operating sex offender treatment program outweighs intern's interest in publicly commenting on proposed changes to program. |
Constitutional Law |
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Mar. 15, 2000 | |
98-818
|
Rice v. Cayetano
State law that specifically grants vote only to persons of defined ancestry violates Fifteenth Amendment. |
Constitutional Law |
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Mar. 6, 2000 | |
98-1288
|
Village of Willowbrook v. Olech
Equal protection claims can be brought on behalf of 'class of one.' |
Constitutional Law |
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Mar. 6, 2000 | |
98-864
|
Gritchen v. Collier
California Civil Code Section 47.5, which authorizes a defamation action by police officer targeted by citizen's false complaint, is unconstitutional. |
Constitutional Law |
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Mar. 3, 2000 |