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Statutory Interpretation – Sovereign Immunity
The Upper Skagit Indian Tribe purchased a roughly 40-acre plot of land and then commissioned a boundary survey.
Arbitration Agreement Enforcement
Should employees and employers be allowed to agree that any disputes between them will be resolved through one-on-one arbitration?
Statutory Interpretation
The State of New Jersey wants to legalize sports gambling at casinos and horseracing tracks, but a federal law, the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, generally makes it unlawful for a State to “authorize” sports gambling schemes.
Statutory Interpretation
A federal statute allows judges to issue wiretap orders authorizing the interception of communications to help prevent, detect, or prosecute serious federal crimes.
6th Amendment Violation
In Florida v. Nixon, 543 U. S. 175 (2004), this Court considered whether the Constitution bars defense counsel from conceding a capital defendant’s guilt at trial “when [the] defendant, informed by counsel, neither consents nor objects,” id., at 178. In that case, defense counsel had several times explained to the defendant a proposed guilt phase concession strategy, but the defendant was un[...]
Unlawful-stop Claim
In September 2014, Pennsylvania State Troopers pulled over a car driven by petitioner Terrence Byrd.
Moot Appeal
Four criminal defendants objected to being bound by full restraints during pretrial proceedings in their cases, but the District Court denied relief.
Statutory Interpretation
This case requires us to engage in a typical judicial exercise, construing a statute that is technical, unclear, and constitutes a minor procedural part of a larger administrative scheme.
Inter Partes Review – Constitutional Violation
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, 35 U. S. C. §100 et seq., establishes a process called “inter partes review.”
Statutory Interpretation – Alien Tort
Petitioners in this case, or the persons on whose behalf petitioners now assert claims, allegedly were injured or killed by terrorist acts committed abroad.
Disclosure of Electronic Communication
The Court granted certiorari in this case to decide whether, when the Government has obtained a warrant under 18 U. S. C. §2703, a U. S. provider of e-mail services must disclose to the Government electronic communications within its control even if the provider stores the communications abroad. 583 U. S. ___ (2017).
Statutory Interpretation
Three Terms ago, in Johnson v. United States, this Court held that part of a federal law’s definition of “violent felony” was impermissibly vague. See 576 U. S. ___ (2015).
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