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McKune v. Lile - 536 U.S. 24 (2001) OCTOBER TERM, 2001 Syllabus McKUNE, WARDEN, ET AL. v. LILE CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT No. 00-1187. Argued November 28, 2001-Decided June 10,2002 Respondent was convicted of rape and related crimes. A few years before his scheduled release, Kansas prison officials ordered respondent to participate in a Sexual Abuse Treatment Program (SATP). As part of the program, participating inmates are required to complete and sign an "Admission of Responsibility" form, in which they accept responsibility for the crimes for which they have been sentenced, and complete a sexual history form detailing all prior sexual activities, regardless of whether the activities constitute uncharged criminal offenses. The information obtained from SATP participants is not privileged, and might be used against them in future criminal proceedings. There is no evidence, however, that incriminating information has ever been disclo...
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Exxon Shipping Co. v. Baker - 07-219 (2008) SYLLABUS OCTOBER TERM, 2007 EXXON SHIPPING CO. V. BAKER SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES EXXON SHIPPING CO. etal. v . BAKER etal. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit No. 07219.Argued February 27, 2008Decided June 25, 2008 In 1989, petitioners (collectively, Exxon) supertanker grounded on a reef off Alaska, spilling millions of gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound. The accident occurred after the tankers captain, Joseph Hazelwoodwho had a history of alcohol abuse and whose blood still had a high alcohol level 11 hours after the spillinexplicably exited the bridge, leaving a tricky course correction to unlicensed subordinates. Exxon spent some $2.1 billion in cleanup efforts, pleaded guilty to criminal violations occasioning fines, settled a civil action by the United States and Alaska for at least $900 million, and paid another $303 million in voluntary payments to private parties. Othe...
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Clinton v. City of New York - 524 U.S. 417 (1998) OCTOBER TERM, 1997 Syllabus CLINTON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL. v. CITY OF NEW YORK ET AL. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA No. 97-1374. Argued April 27, 1998-Decided June 25,1998 Last Term, this Court determined on expedited review that Members of Congress did not have standing to maintain a constitutional challenge to the Line Item Veto Act (Act), 2 U. S. C. 691 et seq., because they had not alleged a sufficiently concrete injury. Raines v. Byrd, 521 U. S. 811 . Within two months, the President exercised his authority under the Act by canceling 4722(c) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, which waived the Federal Government's statutory right to recoupment of as much as $2.6 billion in taxes that the State of New York had levied against Medicaid providers, and 968 of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, which permitted the owners of certain food refiners and processors t...
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United States v. Booker - 04-104 (2005) SYLLABUS OCTOBER TERM, 2004 UNITED STATES V. BOOKER SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES UNITED STATES v. BOOKER certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the seventh circuit No. 04104.Argued October 4, 2004Decided January 12, 2005 Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the sentence authorized by the jury verdict in respondent Bookers drug case was 210-to-262 months in prison. At the sentencing hearing, the judge found additional facts by a preponderance of the evidence. Because these findings mandated a sentence between 360 months and life, the judge gave Booker a 30-year sentence instead of the 21-year, 10-month, sentence he could have imposed based on the facts proved to the jury beyond a reasonable doubt. The Seventh Circuit held that this application of the Guidelines conflicted with the Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U. S. 466 , 490, holding that [o]ther than the fact of a prior conviction, any fact that increases th...
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City of Memphis v. Greene - 451 U.S. 100 (1981) U.S. Supreme Court City of Memphis v. Greene, 451 U.S. 100 (1981) City of Memphis v. Greene No. 79-1176 Argued December 3, 1980 Decided April 20, 1981 451 U.S. 100 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT Syllabus The city of Memphis decided to close the north end of a street (West Drive) that traverses a white residential community (Hein Park), the area to the north of which is predominantly black. West Drive is one of three streets that enter Hein Park from the north. The stated reasons for the closing were to reduce the flow of traffic using Hein Park streets, to increase safety to children who live in Hein Park or use it to walk to school, and to reduce "traffic pollution" in the residential area. Respondents, residents of the predominantly black area, and two civic associations brought a class action in Federal District Court against the city and various officials, alleging that the street cl...
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Cannon v. University of Chicago - 441 U.S. 677 (1979) U.S. Supreme Court Cannon v. University of Chicago, 441 U.S. 677 (1979) Cannon v. University of Chicago No. 77-926. Argued January 9, 1979 Decided May 14, 1979 441 U.S. 677 CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT Syllabus Section 901(a) of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX) provides in part that "[n]o person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." Petitioner instituted litigation in Federal District Court, alleging that she had been excluded from participation in the medical education programs of respondent private universities on the basis of her gender and that these programs were receiving federal financial assistance at the time of her exclusion. The District Court granted respon...
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Haywood v. Drown - 07-10374 (2009) SYLLABUS OCTOBER TERM, 2008 HAYWOOD V. DROWN SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES HAYWOOD v . DROWN etal. certiorari to the court of appeals of new york No. 0710374.Argued December 3, 2008Decided May 26, 2009 Believing that damages suits filed by prisoners against state correction officers were largely frivolous and vexatious, New York passed Correction Law 24, which divested state courts of general jurisdiction of their jurisdiction over such suits, including those filed under 42 U. S.C. 1983, and replaced those claims with the States preferred alternative. Thereunder, a prisoner will have his claim against a correction officer dismissed for want of jurisdiction and will be left to pursue a damages claim against the State in the Court of Claims, a court of limited jurisdiction in which the prisoner will not be entitled to attorneys fees, punitive damages, or injunctive relief. Petitioner filed two 1983 damages actions against correction empl...
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Mills v. Maryland - 486 U.S. 367 (1988) U.S. Supreme Court Mills v. Maryland, 486 U.S. 367 (1988) Mills v. Maryland No. 87-5367 Argued March 30, 1988 Decided June 6, 1988 486 U.S. 367 CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF MARYLAND Syllabus Petitioner, a Maryland prison inmate, was tried by a state court jury and convicted of the first-degree murder of his cellmate. In the trial's sentencing phase, the same jury found that the State had established the statutory aggravating factor that petitioner committed the murder while he was confined in a correctional institution, and marked "no" beside each mitigating circumstance referenced on the verdict form, thereby requiring the imposition of the death penalty under Maryland's capital sentencing scheme. Petitioner challenged the sentence on the ground that the Maryland capital punishment statute, as applied to him, was unconstitutionally mandatory. He asserted that the statute, as explained to the jury by the court's instructions a...
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