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National Meat Assn. Vs. Harris
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-23-2012
National Meat Assn. v. Harris NOTE:Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus NATIONAL MEAT ASSOCIATION v. HARRIS, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF CALIFORNIA, et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit No. 10224.Argued November 9, 2011Decided January 23, 2012 The Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA), 21 U. S. C. 601 et seq., regulates a broad range of activities at slaughterhouses to ensure the safety of meat and the humane handling of animals. The Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), which administers the FMIA, has issued extensive regulations to govern the inspection o...
United States Vs. Jones
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-23-2012
United States v. Jones NOTE:Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus UNITED STATES v. JONES certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit No. 101259.Argued November 8, 2011Decided January 23, 2012 The Government obtained a search warrant permitting it to install a Global-Positioning-System (GPS) tracking device on a vehicle registered to respondent Joness wife. The warrant authorized installation in the District of Columbia and within 10 days, but agents installed the device on the 11th day and in Maryland. The Government then tracked the vehicles movements for 28 days. It subsequen...
Ryburn Vs. Huff
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-23-2012
Ryburn v. Huff - 11-208 (2012) SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES DARIN RYBURN, et al. v. GEORGE R. HUFF, et al. on petition for writ of certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit No. 11208.Decided January 23, 2012 Per Curiam. Petitioners Darin Ryburn and Edmundo Zepeda, along with two other officers from the Burbank Police Department, responded to a call from Bellarmine-Jefferson High School in Burbank, California. When the officers arrived at the school, the principal informed them that a stu- dent, Vincent Huff, was rumored to have written a letter threatening to shoot up the school. App. to Pet. for Cert. 2. The principal reported that many parents, after hearing the rumor, had decided to keep their children at home. Ibid. The principal expressed concern for the safety of her students and requested that the officers investigate the threat. Id., at 42, 5455. In the course of c...
Reynolds Vs. United States
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-23-2012
Reynolds v. United States NOTE:Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus REYNOLDS v. UNITED STATES certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the third circuit No. 106549.Argued October 3, 2011 Decided January 23, 2012 The federal Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (Act) requires convicted sex offenders to provide state governments with, and to update, information, e.g., names and current addresses, for state and federal sex offender registries. It is a crime if a person who is required to register under [the Act] and who travels in interstate . . . commerce knowingly fails to r...
Perry Vs. Perez
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-20-2012
Perry v. Perez NOTICE:This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the preliminary print of the United States Reports.Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D. C. 20543, of any typographical or other formal errors, in order that corrections may be made before the preliminary print goes to press. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _________________ Nos. 11713, 11714 and 11715 _________________ RICK PERRY, GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, et al., APPELLANTS 11713 v. SHANNON PEREZ et al RICK PERRY, GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, et al., APPELLANTS 11714 v. WENDY DAVIS et al. RICK PERRY, GOVERNOR OF TEXAS, et al., APPELLANTS 11715 v. SHANNON PEREZ et al. appeal from the united states district court for the western district of texas [January 20, 2012] Per Curiam. The 2010 census showed an enormou...
Golan Vs. Holder
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-18-2012
Golan v. Holder NOTE:Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus GOLAN et al. v. HOLDER, ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the tenth circuit No. 10545.Argued October 5, 2011Decided January 18, 2012 The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Berne), which took effect in 1886, is the principal accord governing international copyright relations. Bernes 164 member states agree to provide a minimum level of copyright protection and to treat authors from other member countries as well as they treat their own. Of central importance in this case, Article 18 of ...
Mims Vs. Arrow Financial Services, Llc
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-18-2012
Mims v. Arrow Financial Services, LLC NOTE:Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus MIMS v. ARROW FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the eleventh circuit No. 101195.Argued November 28, 2011Decided January 18, 2012 Consumer complaints about abuses of telephone technologyfor example, computerized calls to private homesprompted Congress to pass the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA or Act), 47 U. S. C. 227. Congress determined that federal legislation was needed because telemarketers, by operating interstate, were escaping state-law prohibitions on intrusive nuisance ca...
Maples Vs. Thomas
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-18-2012
Maples v. Thomas NOTE:Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus MAPLES v. THOMAS, COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the eleventh circuit No. 1063.Argued October 4, 2011 Decided January 18, 2012 Petitioner Cory R. Maples was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death in Alabama state court. In 2001, Maples sought postconviction relief in state court under Alabama Rule 32. Maples alleged, among other things, that his underpaid and inexperienced trial attorneys failed to afford him the effective assistance guaranteed by the Sixth Ame...
Hosanna-tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School Vs. Eeoc
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-11-2012
Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. EEOC NOTE:Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus HOSANNA-TABOR EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH AND SCHOOL v. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the sixth circuit No. 10553.Argued October 5, 2011Decided January 11, 2012 Petitioner Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School is a member congregation of the Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synod. The Synod classifies its school teachers into two categories: called and lay. Called teachers are regarded as having been called to their vocation by God. To be eli...
Pacific Operators Offshore, Llp Vs. Valladolid
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jan-11-2012
Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP v. Valladolid NOTE:Where it is feasible, a syllabus (headnote) will be released, as is being done in connection with this case, at the time the opinion is issued. The syllabus constitutes no part of the opinion of the Court but has been prepared by the Reporter of Decisions for the convenience of the reader. See United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co., 200 U. S. 321. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus PACIFIC OPERATORS OFFSHORE, LLP, et al. v. VALLADOLID et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit No. 10507.Argued October 11, 2011 Decided January 11, 2012 Petitioner Pacific Operators Offshore, LLP (Pacific), operates two drilling platforms on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) off the California coast and an onshore oil and gas processing facility. Employee Juan Valladolid spent 98 percent of his time working on an offshore platform, but he was killed in an accident while w...
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