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Hollingsworth Vs. Perry
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-26-2013
Hollingsworth v. Perry 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 HOLLINGSWORTH et al. v. PERRY et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit No. 12144.Argued March 26, 2013Decided June 26, 2013 After the California Supreme Court held that limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples violated the California Constitution, state voters passed a ballot initiative known as Proposition 8, amending the State Constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Respondents, same-sex couples who wish to marry, filed suit in federal court, challenging Proposition 8 under the Due Pro...
Sekhar Vs. United States
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-26-2013
Sekhar 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 SEKHAR v. UNITED STATES certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the second circuit No. 12357.Argued April 23, 2013Decided June 26, 2013 Investments for the employee pension fund of the State of New York and its local governments are chosen by the funds sole trustee, the State Comptroller. After the Comptrollers general counsel recommended against investing in a fund managed by FA Technology Ventures, the general counsel received anonymous e-mails demanding that he recommend the investment and threatening, if he did not, to disclose informat...
United States Vs. Windsor
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-26-2013
United States v. Windsor 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. WINDSOR, executor of the ESTATE OF SPYER, et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the second circuit No. 12307.Argued March 27, 2013Decided June 26, 2013 The State of New York recognizes the marriage of New York residents Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer, who wed in Ontario, Canada, in 2007. When Spyer died in 2009, she left her entire estate to Windsor. Windsor sought to claim the federal estate tax exemption for surviving spouses, but was barred from doing so by 3 of the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which a...
Shelby County Vs. Holder
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-25-2013
Shelby County 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 SHELBY COUNTY, ALABAMA v. HOLDER, ATTORNEY GENERAL, et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit No. 1296.Argued February 27, 2013Decided June 25, 2013 The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was enacted to address entrenched racial discrimination in voting, an insidious and pervasive evil which had been perpetuated in certain parts of our country through unremitting and ingenious defiance of the Constitution. South Carolina v. Katzenbach, 383 U. S. 301. Section 2 of the Act, which bans any standard, practice, or pr...
Adoptive Couple Vs. Baby Girl
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-25-2013
Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl 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 ADOPTIVE COUPLE v. BABY GIRL, a minor child under the age of fourteen years, et al. certiorari to the supreme court of south carolina No. 12399.Argued April 16, 2013Decided June 25, 2013 The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (ICWA), which establishes federal standards for state-court child custody proceedings involving Indian children, was enacted to address the consequences . . . of abusive child welfare practices that [separated] Indian children from their families and tribes through adoption or foster care placement, usually in non-Indian homes, ...
Koontz Vs. St. Johns River Water Management Dist.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-25-2013
Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Mgmt. Dist. 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 KOONTZ v. ST. JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT certiorari to the supreme court of florida No. 111447.Argued January 15, 2013Decided June 25, 2013 Coy Koontz, Sr., whose estate is represented here by petitioner, sought permits to develop a section of his property from respondent St. Johns River Water Management District (District), which, consistent with Florida law, requires permit applicants wishing to build on wetlands to offset the resulting environmental damage. Koontz offered to mitigate the environmental effects of his dev...
Ryan Vs. Schad
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-24-2013
Ryan v. Schad SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES CHARLES L. RYAN, DIRECTOR, ARIZONA DEPART-MENT OF CORRECTIONS, PETITIONER v. EDWARD HAROLD SCHAD on petition for writ of certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit No. 121084.Decided June 24, 2013 Per Curiam. Respondent Edward Schad was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. After an extensive series of state- and federal-court proceedings concluded with this Courts denial of respondents petitions for certiorari and for rehearing, the Ninth Circuit declined to issue its mandate as normally required by Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 41(d)(2)(D). The Ninth Circuit instead, sua sponte, construed respondents motion to stay the mandate pending the Ninth Circuits decision in a separate en banc case as a motion to reconsider a motion that it had denied six months earlier. Based on its review of that previously rejected motion, the court iss...
Vance Vs. Ball State Univ.
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-24-2013
Vance v. Ball State Univ. 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 VANCE v. BALL STATE UNIVERSITY et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the seventh circuit No. 11556.Argued November 26, 2012Decided June 24, 2013 Under Title VII, an employers liability for workplace harassment may depend on the status of the harasser. If the harassing employee is the victims co-worker, the employer is liable only if it was negligent in controlling working conditions. In cases in which the harasser is a supervisor, however, different rules apply. If the supervisors harassment culminates in a tangible employment ac...
Fisher Vs. University of Texas at Austin
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-24-2013
Fisher v. Univ. of TX at Austin 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 FISHER v. UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN et al. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the fifth circuit No. 11345.Argued October 10, 2012Decided June 24, 2013 The University of Texas at Austin considers race as one of various factors in its undergraduate admissions process. The University, which is committed to increasing racial minority enrollment, adopted its current program after this Court decided Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U. S. 306, upholding the use of race as one of many plus factors in an admissions program that considered ...
United States Vs. Kebodeaux
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Jun-24-2013
United States v. Kebodeaux 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. KEBODEAUX certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the fifth circuit No. 12418.Argued April 17, 2013Decided June 24, 2013 Respondent Kebodeaux was convicted by a special court-martial of a federal sex offense. After serving his sentence and receiving a bad conduct discharge from the Air Force, he moved to Texas where he registered with state authorities as a sex offender. Congress subsequently enacted the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA), which requires federal sex offenders to register in the States...
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