Supreme Court rules on standard for challenges to electricity contracts
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 8-1 in NRG Power Marketing v. Maine Public Utilities that the Mobile-Sierra doctrine applies when an entity not party to...
Supreme Court rules on standard for challenges to electricity contracts
The US Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled 8-1 in NRG Power Marketing v. Maine Public Utilities that the Mobile-Sierra doctrine applies when an entity not party to...
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously in Smith v. Spisak that the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit contravened the directives of the...
Supreme Court dismisses Illinois property seizure case as moot
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in Alvarez v. Smith that a challenge to an Illinois statute authorizing forfeiture of personal property used to facilitate drug...
Supreme Court rules on emergency aid exception to Fourth Amendment
The US Supreme Court on Monday summarily reversed and remanded a Michigan Court of Appeals decision that found officers violated a defendant's Fourth Amendment rights when they entered his home. In...
The US Supreme Court on Monday denied a stay of execution for convicted DC-area sniper John Allen Muhammad , clearing the way for his scheduled execution on Tuesday. Muhammad...
Supreme Court blocks release of names on same-sex marriage petition
US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy issued a temporary order Monday prohibiting the publication of the names of those who signed a Washington state petition to overturn a state law giving same-sex...
The US Supreme Court reheard oral arguments Wednesday in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission to determine whether two precedent cases that uphold restraints...
Supreme Court refuses stay of execution in Sotomayor's first vote as associate justice
The US Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the execution of death row inmate Jason Getsy. The Court also declined Getsy's petition for review. This was the first decision for newly...
Supreme Court orders lower court to review death row habeas case
The US Supreme Court on Monday ordered a federal court in Georgia to consider the case of death row inmate Troy Anthony Davis . Davis had filed an original writ of...
High court finds Title VII violation in firefighter reverse discrimination case
The US Supreme Court on Monday overturned a lower court ruling dismissing racial discrimination challenges to the promotion criteria used by the fire department of New Haven, CT. The Court ruled 5-4...