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Comcast Corp. Vs. Behrend
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-27-2013
Comcast Corp. v. Behrend 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 COMCAST CORP. et al. v. BEHREND et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the third circuit No. 11864.Argued November 5, 2012Decided March 27, 2013 Petitioners, Comcast Corporation and its subsidiaries, allegedly cluster their cable television operations within a particular region by swapping their systems outside the region for competitor systems inside the region. Respondents, named plaintiffs in this class-action antitrust suit, claim that they and other Comcast subscribers in the Philadelphia cluster are harmed because Comcasts st...
Millbrook Vs. United States
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-27-2013
Millbrook 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 MILLBROOK v. UNITED STATES certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the third circuit No. 1110362.Argued February 19, 2013Decided March 27, 2013 The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) waives the Governments sovereign immunity from tort suits, but excepts from that waiver certain intentional torts, 28 U. S. C. 2680(h). Section 2680(h), in turn, contains a proviso that extends the waiver of immunity to claims for six intentional torts, including assault and battery, that are based on the acts or omissions of an investigative or law enforcement ...
Florida Vs. Jardines
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-26-2013
Florida v. Jardines 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 FLORIDA v. JARDINES certiorari to the supreme court of florida No. 11564.Argued October 31, 2012Decided March 26, 2013 Police took a drug-sniffing dog to Jardines front porch, where the dog gave a positive alert for narcotics. Based on the alert, the officers obtained a warrant for a search, which revealed marijuana plants; Jardines was charged with trafficking in cannabis. The Supreme Court of Florida approved the trial courts decision to suppress the evidence, holding that the officers had engaged in a Fourth Amendment search unsupported by probable caus...
Wos Vs. E. M. A.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-20-2013
Wos v. E. M. A. 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 WOS, SECRETARY, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES v. E. M. A., a minor, by and through her guardian ad litem, JOHNSON, et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the fourth circuit No. 1298.Argued January 8, 2013Decided March 20, 2013 The federal Medicaid statutes anti-lien provision, 42 U. S. C. 1396p(a)(1), pre-empts a States effort to take any portion of a Medicaid beneficiarys tort judgment or settlement not designated as payments for medical care, Arkansas Dept. of Health and Human Servs. v. Ahlborn, 547 U. S. 268. A N...
Decker Vs. Northwest Environmental Defense Center
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-20-2013
Decker v. Nw Envtl Def. Ctr. 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 DECKER, OREGON STATE FORESTER, et al. v. NORTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE CENTER certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit No. 11338.Argued December 3, 2012Decided March 20, 2013[ 1 ] The Clean Water Act (Act) requires that National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits be secured before pollutants are discharged from any point source into the navigable waters of the United States. See 33 U. S. C. 1311(a), 1362(12). One of the Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) implementing regulations, the Silvicu...
Kirtsaeng Vs. John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-19-2013
Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 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 KIRTSAENG, dba BLUECHRISTINE99 v. JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the second circuit No. 11697.Argued October 29, 2012Decided March 19, 2013 The exclusive rights that a copyright owner has to distribute copies . . . of [a] copyrighted work, 17 U. S. C. 106(3), are qualified by the application of several limitations set out in 107 through 122, including the first sale doctrine, which provides that the owner of a particular copy or phonorecord lawfully made under this title . . . is entitle...
Standard Fire Ins. Co. Vs. Knowles
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-19-2013
Standard Fire Ins. Co. v. Knowles 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 STANDARD FIRE INSURANCE CO. v. KNOWLES certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the eighth circuit No. 111450.Argued January 7, 2013Decided March 19, 2013 The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) gives federal district courts original jurisdiction over class actions in which, among other things, the matter in controversy exceeds $5 million in sum or value, 28 U. S. C. 1332(d)(2), (5), and provides that to determine whether a matter exceeds that amount the claims of the individual class members must be aggregated, 1332(d)(6). Wh...
LevIn Vs. United States
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Mar-04-2013
Levin 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 LEVIN v. UNITED STATES et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit No. 111351.Argued January 15, 2013Decided March 4, 2013 The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) waives the Governments sovereign immunity from tort suits, 28 U. S. C. 1346(b)(1), but excepts from the waiver certain intentional torts, including battery, 2680(h). The FTCA, as originally enacted, afforded tort victims a remedy against the United States, but did not preclude suit against the alleged tortfeasor as sole or joint defendant. Several agency-specific st...
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