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Seling Vs. Young
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Oct-31-2000
Seling v. Young - 531 U.S. 250 (2000) OCTOBER TERM, 2000 Syllabus SELING, SUPERINTENDENT, SPECIAL COMMITMENT CENTER v. YOUNG CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT No. 99-1185. Argued October 31, 2000-Decided January 17,2001 Washington State's Community Protection Act of 1990 (Act) authorizes the civil commitment of "sexually violent predators," persons who suffer from a mental abnormality or personality disorder that makes them likely to engage in predatory acts of sexual violence. Respondent Young is confined under the Act at the Special Commitment Center (Center), for which petitioner is the superintendent. Young's challenges to his commitment in state court proved largely unsuccessful. Young then instituted a habeas action under 28 U. S. C. 2254, seeking release from confinement. The District Court initially granted the writ, concluding that the Act was unconstitutional. While the superintendent's appeal was pending, this Court decided Kan...
Lopez Vs. Davis
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Oct-30-2000
Lopez v. Davis - 531 U.S. 230 (2000) OCTOBER TERM, 2000 Syllabus LOPEZ v. DAVIS, WARDEN, ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT No. 99-7504. Argued October 30, 2000-Decided January 10,2001 Under 18 U. S. C. 3621(e)(2)(B), "[t]he period a [federal] prisoner convicted of a nonviolent offense remains in custody after successfully completing a [substance abuse] treatment program may be reduced by the Bureau of Prisons" (BOP). The BOP therefore ranked ineligible for early release all inmates incarcerated for "crime[s] of violence." Initially, the BOP defined the term "crimes of violence" to include, among other offenses, a drug trafficking conviction under 21 U. S. C. 841, if the offender received a two-level sentence enhancement under United States Sentencing Commission, Guidelines Manual (USSG) 2Dl.l(b)(1), for possessing a dangerous weapon in connection with the drug offense. The Courts of Appeals thereafter divided over the validity of...
Green Tree Financial Corp.-alA. Vs. Randolph
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Oct-03-2000
Green Tree Financial Corp.-Ala. v. Randolph - 531 U.S. 79 (2000) OCTOBER TERM, 2000 Syllabus GREEN TREE FINANCIAL CORP.-ALABAMA ET AL. v. RANDOLPH CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 99-1235. Argued October 3, 2000-Decided December 11,2000 Respondent Randolph's mobile home financing agreement with petitioners, financial institutions, required that Randolph buy insurance protecting petitioners from the costs of her default and also provided that all disputes under the contract would be resolved by binding arbitration. Randolph later sued petitioners, alleging that they violated the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) by failing to disclose the insurance requirement as a finance charge and that they violated the Equal Credit Opportunity Act by requiring her to arbitrate her statutory causes of action. Among its rulings, the District Court granted petitioners' motion to compel arbitration, dismissed Randolph's claims with prejudice, and denied he...
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