Supreme Court upholds use of attorney's fees to offset debt to government
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously in Astrue v. Ratliff that an award of attorney's fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act...
Supreme Court upholds use of attorney's fees to offset debt to government
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously in Astrue v. Ratliff that an award of attorney's fees and expenses under the Equal Access to Justice Act...
Supreme Court rules on 'aggravated felony' in immigration case
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled in Carachuri-Rosendo v. Holder that a person convicted under state law for simple drug possession, a federal law misdemeanor, has...
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 5-4 in Dolan v. United States that a district court may enter a restitution order beyond the time limit prescribed...
Supreme Court upholds method for calculating sentence reductions
The US Supreme Court on Monday decided 6-3 in Barber v. Thomas to uphold the method used by the federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) for...
Supreme Court holds 'right to remain silent' must be unambiguously expressed
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled 5-4 in Berghuis v. Thompkins that when Miranda warnings are properly given, a person wishing to invoke the right to...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously in Samantar v. Yousef that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 (FSIA) [28 USC §§ 1330, 1602 et...
The US Supreme Court on Friday denied a request by former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich to delay the start of his corruption trial by 30 days. Blagojevich had sought to postpone the start of...
Supreme Court rules on plain error in alleged ex post facto violation
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled 7-1 in United States v. Marcus that the lower court had misapplied precedent interpreting plain error in an alleged ex post facto...
Supreme Court rules on mandatory minimum sentencing for federal gun crimes
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously in United States v. O'Brien that the question of whether a firearm is a machine gun must be proved to the...
Supreme Court rules NFL teams not single entity for antitrust purposes
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled unanimously in American Needle v. NFL that the National Football League (NFL) and its member teams are not...