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Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc. | 574 U.S. ___ (2015) |
patent law • claim construction • appellate standard of review • Federal Rules of Civil Procedure | Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan |
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Bower v. Texas | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) |
death penalty • consideration of mitigating evidence at sentencing | Ginsburg, Sotomayor | |||||||||||||||||
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Young v. United Parcel Service, Inc. | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) |
Pregnancy Discrimination Act • disparate treatment claim | Roberts, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan |
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Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) |
Fourteenth Amendment • Equal Protection Clause • redistricting • racial gerrymandering • Voting Rights Act of 1965 | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan |
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Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc. | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) |
Medicaid • Supremacy Clause • implied right of action |
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Oneok, Inc. v. Learjet, Inc. | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) |
Natural Gas Act • federal preemption of state antitrust laws | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Alito, Sotomayor, Kagan; Thomas (in part) |
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Williams-Yulee v. Florida Bar | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) |
First Amendment • freedom of speech • ban on personal solicitation of campaign funds by judicial candidates |
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Tibble v. Edison Int'l | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) |
Employee Retirement Income Security Act • breach of fiduciary duty • statute of limitations | Unanimous | |||||||||||||||||
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Coleman v. Tollefson | 575 U.S. ___ (2015) |
in forma pauperis filing status • ineligibility after dismissals of three frivolous suits • effect of pending appeal | Unanimous | |||||||||||||||||
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Zivotofsky v. Kerry | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) |
political question doctrine • U.S. position on status of Jerusalem • Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003 • passport designation of births in Jerusalem |
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| Breyer stated that he continued to believe the case presented a nonjusticiable political question, but joined the Court's opinion because its precedent in Zivotofsky v. Clinton (from which he had dissented) precluded resolving the case on that ground. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Kerry v. Din | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) |
Immigration and Nationality Act • exclusion of alien for terrorist activities • denial of spouse's visa • Due Process Clause • substantive due process • liberty interest in marriage | Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan |
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Baker Botts L.L.P. v. ASARCO LLC | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) |
bankruptcy law • Chapter 11 • attorney's fee application • award of attorneys fees for defending application • American Rule | Ginsburg, Kagan |
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Reed v. Town of Gilbert | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) |
First Amendment • free speech • content-based restrictions • regulation of signs on private property |
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Walker v. Texas Div., Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc. | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) |
First Amendment • free speech • government speech • specialty license plates | Thomas, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan |
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Horne v. Department of Agriculture | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) |
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 • National Raisin Reserve • Fifth Amendment • Takings Clause | Ginsburg, Kagan |
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Kingsley v. Hendrickson | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) |
Fourteenth Amendment • Due Process Clause • excessive force against pretrial detainee | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Sotomayor, Kagan |
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Glossip v. Gross | 576 U.S. ___ (2015) |
Eighth Amendment • death penalty • use of midazolam in lethal injection | Ginsburg |
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References
- "2014 Term Opinions of the Court". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
- "2014 Term Opinions Relating to Orders". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
- "2014 Term In-Chambers Opinions". Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
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