U.S. Supreme Court Updates
Nat’l Meat Ass’n v. Harris
Preemption: The Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) expressly preempts California's amended penal code application against federally inspected swine slaughterhouses.
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United States v. Jones
Criminal Procedure: The Government conducted a 4th Amendment search when it physically occupied private property by installing a GPS device on a vehicle and used that device to monitor the vehicle's movements.
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Ryburn v. Huff
Criminal Procedure: A police officer may enter an individual's residence without violating the 4th Amendment if a reasonable police officer in the same position could have had an objectively reasonable basis for fearing imminent violence.
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Reynolds v. United States
Criminal Procedure: The Sex Offender Registration Act does not require offenders convicted before the Act was passed to register until the Attorney General has validly specified that the registration provisions apply to them.
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Perry v. Perez
Constitutional Law: When a District Court is required to construct an interim redistricting plan for a state's Congressional or legislative districts, it should defer to any policy decisions made by the state legislature to the extent that they do not conflict with the Constitution or the Voting Rights Act.
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Golan v. Holder
First Amendment: The Copyright Clause and the First Amendment do not prohibit Congress from removing works that were previously placed in the public domain.
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Maples v. Thomas
Criminal Procedure: Petitioner must show adequate "cause" to excuse a failure to timely file an appeal when the filing deadline lapses.
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Mims v. Arrow Financial Services, LLC
Civil Procedure: Federal and state courts have concurrent jurisdiction over private suits
arising under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991.
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Kloeckner v. Solis
Administrative Law: Whether the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has sole subject matter jurisdiction over an appeal from a ruling by the Merit Systems Protection Board when the case includes both discrimination and unlawful termination claims.
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United States v. Bormes
: SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY (Whether the Little Tucker Act (LTA), 28 U.S.C. 1346(a)(2), waives sovereign immunity of the United States with respect to damages actions for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), 15 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.)
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