Court : US Supreme Court
Decided on : Mar-31-2004
BedRoc Limited, LLC v. United States - 02-1593 (2004) SYLLABUS OCTOBER TERM, 2003 BEDROC LIMITED, LLC V. UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES BEDROC LIMITED, LLC, et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit No. 021593. Argued January 20, 2004Decided March 31, 2004 The Pittman Underground Water Act of 1919 authorized the Secretary of the Interior to designate certain nonmineral Nevada lands on which settlers could obtain permits to drill for water. Under 8 of the Pittman Act, each land grant, or patent, reserved to the United States all coal and other valuable minerals in the lands, and the right to remove the same. When one of petitioners predecessors-in-interest began extracting sand and gravel from land patented under the Pittman Act, the Bureau of Land Management ruled that he had trespassed against the Governments reserved interest in the propertys valuable minerals, and the Interior Board of Land Appe...
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Decided on : May-03-2004
Jones v. R. R. Donnelley & Sons Co. - 02-1205 (2004) SYLLABUS OCTOBER TERM, 2003 JONES V. R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS CO. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES JONES et al. on behalf of herself and a class of others similarly situated v. R.R. DONNELLEY & SONS CO. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the seventh circuit No. 021205. Argued February 24, 2004Decided May 3, 2004 After this Court held that federal courts should apply the most appropriate state statute of limitations to claims arising under 42 U. S.C. 1981, which contains no statute of limitations, see Goodman v. Lukens Steel Co., 482 U. S. 656 , 660, Congress enacted a 4-year statute of limitations for causes of action arising under an Act of Congress enacted after [December 1, 1990], 28 U. S.C. 1658(a). Petitioners, African-American former employees of respondent, filed a class action alleging violations of 1981, as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991. Respondent sought summary judgment, claiming...
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Decided on : Jun-29-2004
Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain - 03-339 (2004) SYLLABUS OCTOBER TERM, 2003 SOSA V. ALVAREZ-MACHAIN SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES SOSA v. ALVAREZ-MACHAIN et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit No. 03339. Argued March 30, 2004Decided June 29, 2004 The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) approved using petitioner Sosa and other Mexican nationals to abduct respondent Alvarez-Machain (Alvarez), also a Mexican national, from Mexico to stand trial in the United States for a DEA agents torture and murder. As relevant here, after his acquittal, Alvarez sued the United States for false arrest under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA), which waives sovereign immunity in suits for personal injury caused by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of any [Government] employee while acting within the scope of his office or employment, 28 U. S.C. 1346(b)(1); and sued Sosa for violating the law of nations under the Alien Tort statute (ATS), a 1789 la...
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