Supreme Court Decision Syllabus (SCOTUS Podcast)
We Read The Supreme Court's own Syllabus or Per Curium word for word, then maybe say hin then shut the microphone back off.
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Episodes
583 episodes
Thacker v TVA (TVA Specific)
The Tennessee Valley Authority is not completely immune from suit, but there may be other exceptions.
Lamps plus v Varela (forced class arbitration)
Courts may not use ambiguous wording about consent to class arbitration to force class arbitration even over the idea of contra proferentem.
Bucklew v Precythe (Death Penalty)
Bucklew (prisoner) looses this challenge.
Bestek v Berryhill (unsupported expert testimony)
Fyi Scintilla means -a tiny trace or spark of a specified quality or feeling.Court declines to create a categorical rule making expert testimony given without REQUESTED supporting documentation invalid in ALJ hearings.
Lorenzo v SEC (securities fraud)
Lorenzo can be charged under 10b-5 (a) and (c) even if he does not meet the qualifications to be charged under subsection (b) - as understood through the lens of Janus v SEC.
Sturgeon v Frost (Alaska Hovercraft)
The alaska hovercraft case (again).ANILCA doesn’t give the park service authority over navigible waters.
Sudan v Harrison
Service to a foreign state’s minister of foreign affairs, under FISA can not be to the embassy in the US.
Frank v Gaos (cy pres issue avoided)
Basically a remand to determine standing.
Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus (Debt collector v Security interest enforcer)
For purposes of the fair debt collection practices act, enforcers of security interests are NOT debt collectors.
Air and liquid systems v DeVries (integrated parts, and liability)
In this specific maritime context, manufacturers have a duty to warn when they know a dangerous part will, or must be incorporated into their product, and have reason to believe that users will be unaware of the danger. (Here asbestos).
Nielsen v Preap (detention of deportable aliens)
Section 1226’s order to detain without release certain classes of aliens, does not hinge upon immedate arest upon release from criminal detention.
Wa dept lisc. v Cougar den (Indigenous peoples' Treaties & fuel tax exemption)
An 1855 treaty pre-empts Washington state’s ability to Tax the Yakama nation’s importation of fuel.
Rimini v Oracle (Full Costs)
The word “full” can not modify an already defined “costs”, in this statute.
BNSF v Loos (RRTA)
Railroad retirment act - “compensation” includes payment for lost wages.
Fourth Estate v Wall-Street.com (copyright registration)
Copyright is regestered when the regester regesters it, not when the paperwork is filed.
Madison v Alabama (death penalty - competence)
Errors were made in a determination of competence for death.
Garza v Idaho (ineffective assistance of counsel - appeals)
Counsel may not refuse to file a notice to appeal, even if the defendant waived the right to appeal.
Jam v International finance corp (FSIA, IOIA)
imunities of foreign corporations are the SAME as foreign government immunity TODAY.
Nutraceutical corp v Lambert (23b Tolling)
Lambert’s 23b filing was untimley.
Yovino v Rizo (Dead judges voting)
Dead judges votes can not be counted if the opinion is filed after their death.
Dawson v Steager (state/federal tax discrimination)
States can not have tax breaks that discriminate against federal employees who otherwise meet the qualifications for said tax break.
Timbs v Indiana (Civil Asset forfiture 8th/14th)
8th Amendment prohibition on excessive fines IS incorporated against states via the 14th amendment.
Moore v Texas (Death penalty and mental deficits)
Rulling that Mr. Moore is intelectually disabled enough to be ineligible for the death penalty.
Helsinn v Teva (Patents “on sale”)
“On sale” exception to patents.Also, i had no idea how to pronounce “palonosetron”, close ‘nuff i reckon.
New Prime v Oliveira (Arbitration)
Court holds an independent contractor truck driver can not be forced into arbitration because the 1925 arbitration act excludes transportation workers who are engaged in interstate commerce. Also holds that “independent contractors” are c...