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Georgia Vs. Randolph
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-22-2006
Georgia v. Randolph - 04-1067 (2006) SYLLABUS OCTOBER TERM, 2005 GEORGIA V. RANDOLPH SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES GEORGIA v . RANDOLPH certiorari to the supreme court of georgia No. 041067.Argued November 8, 2005Decided March 22, 2006 Respondents estranged wife gave police permission to search the marital residence for items of drug use after respondent, who was also present, had unequivocally refused to give consent. Respondent was indicted for possession of cocaine, and the trial court denied his motion to suppress the evidence as products of a warrantless search unauthorized by consent. The Georgia Court of Appeals reversed. In affirming, the State Supreme Court held that consent given by one occupant is not valid in the face of the refusal of another physically present occupant, and distinguished United States v. Matlock, 415 U. S. 164 , which recognized the permissibility of an entry made with the consent of one co-occupant in the others absence. Held: In ...
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Inc. Vs. Dabit
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-21-2006
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Dabit - 04-1371 (2006) SYLLABUS OCTOBER TERM, 2005 MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INC. V.DABIT SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INC. v . DABIT certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the second circuit No. 041371.Argued January 18, 2006Decided March 21, 2006 Respondent Dabit filed a private securities fraud class action in federal court, invoking diversity jurisdiction to advance his state-law claims that petitioner, his former employer, fraudulently manipulated stock prices, causing him and other brokers and their clients to keep their overvalued securities. The District Court dismissed his amended complaint, finding his claims pre-empted by title I of the Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act of 1998 (SLUSA), which provides that no covered class action based on state law and alleging a misrepresentation or omission of a material fact in connection with the pur...
United States Vs. Grubbs
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-21-2006
United States v. Grubbs - 04-1414 (2006) SYLLABUS OCTOBER TERM, 2005 UNITED STATES V. GRUBBS SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES UNITED STATES v . GRUBBS certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit No. 041414.Argued January 18, 2006Decided March 21, 2006 A Magistrate Judge issued an anticipatory search warrant for respondent Grubbs house based on a federal officers affidavit. The affidavit explained that the warrant would not be executed until a parcel containing a videotape of child pornographywhich Grubbs had ordered from an undercover postal inspectorwas received at, and physically taken into, the residence. The affidavit also referred to two attachments describing the residence and the items to be seized. After the package was delivered and the search commenced, Grubbs was given a copy of the warrant, which included the attachments but not the supporting affidavit. When he admitted ordering the videotape, he was arrested, and the videotape and o...
Rumsfeld Vs. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, Inc.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-06-2006
Rumsfeld v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, Inc. - 04-1152 (2006) SYLLABUS OCTOBER TERM, 2005 RUMSFELD V. FORUM FOR ACADEMIC AND INSTITU-TIONAL RIGHTS, INC. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES RUMSFELD, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, et al. v .FORUM FOR ACADEMIC AND INSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS, INC., et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the third circuit No. 041152.Argued December 6, 2005Decided March 6, 2006 Respondent Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, Inc. (FAIR), is an association of law schools and law faculties, whose members have policies opposing discrimination based on, inter alia, sexual orientation. They would like to restrict military recruiting on their campuses because they object to the Governments policy on homosexuals in the military, but the Solomon Amendmentwhich provides that educational institutions denying military recruiters access equal to that provided other recruiters will lose certain federal fundsforces them to choos...
illinois Tool Works Inc. Vs. Independent Ink, Inc.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-01-2006
Illinois Tool Works Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc. - 04-1329 (2006) SYLLABUS OCTOBER TERM, 2005 ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. V. INDEPENDENT INK, INC. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. et al. v . INDEPENDENT INK, INC. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the federal circuit No. 041329.Argued November 29, 2005Decided March 1, 2006 Petitioners manufacture and market printing systems that include a patented printhead and ink container and unpatented ink, which they sell to original equipment manufacturers who agree that they will purchase ink exclusively from petitioners and that neither they nor their customers will refill the patented containers with ink of any kind. Respondent developed ink with the same chemical composition as petitioners ink. After petitioner Tridents infringement action was dismissed, respondent filed suit seeking a judgment of noninfringement and invalidity of Tridents patents on the ground that petitioners are engaged...
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