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Sprint Commc'ns, Inc. v. Jacobs 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 SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. v. JACOBS etal. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the eighth circuit No. 12815.Argued November 5, 2013Decided December 10, 2013 Sprint Communications, Inc. (Sprint), a national telecommunications service provider, withheld payment of intercarrier access fees imposed by Windstream Iowa Communications, Inc. (Windstream), a local telecommunications carrier, for long distance Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls, after concluding that the Telecommunications Act of 1996 preempted intrastate regulatio...
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Unite Here Local 355 v. Mulhall - 12-99 (2013) 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 _________________ No. 1299 _________________ UNITE HERE LOCAL 355, PETITIONER v. MARTIN MULHALL etal. on writ of certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the eleventh circuit [December 10, 2013] Per Curiam. The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted. It is so ordered. Unite Here Local 355 v. Mulhall - 12-99 (2013) SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _________________ No. 1299 _________________ UNITE HERE LOCAL 355, PETITIONER v. MARTIN MULHALL etal. ...
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United States v. Woods 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. WOODS certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the fifth circuit No. 12562.Argued October 9, 2013Decided December 3, 2013 Respondent Gary Woods and his employer, Billy Joe McCombs, participated in an offsetting-option tax shelter designed to generate large paper losses that they could use to reduce their taxable income. To that end, they purchased from Deutsche Bank a series of currency-option spreads. Each spread was a package consisting of a long option, which Woods and McCombs purchased from Deutsche Bank and for which they...
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Atlantic Marine Constr. Co. v. U.S. Dist. Court for Western Dist. of Tex. 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 ATLANTIC MARINE CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS etal. certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the fifth circuit No. 12929.Argued October 9, 2013Decided December 3, 2013 Petitioner Atlantic Marine Construction Co., a Virginia corporation, entered into a subcontract with respondent J-Crew Management, Inc., a Texas corporation, for work on a construction project. The subcontract included a forum-selection clause, which stated that all disp...
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Ford Motor Co. v. United States SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FORD MOTOR COMPANY v. UNITED STATES on petition for writ of certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the sixth circuit No. 13113.Decided December 2, 2013 Per Curiam. When a taxpayer overpays his taxes, he is generally entitled to interest from the Government for the period between the payment and the ultimate refund. See 26 U.S.C. 6611(a). That interest begins to run from the date of overpayment. 6611(b)(1), (b)(2). But the Code does not define the date of overpayment. In this case, after the Internal Revenue Service advised Ford Motor Company that it had underpaid its taxes from 1983 until 1989, Ford remitted a series of deposits to the IRS totaling $875 million. Those deposits stopped the ac-crual of interest that Ford would otherwise owe once the audits were completed and the amount of its underpayment was finally determined. ...
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Burt v. Titlow 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 BURT, WARDEN v. TITLOW certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the sixth circuit No. 12414.Argued October 8, 2013Decided November 5, 2013 Respondent Titlow and Billie Rogers were arrested for the murder of Billies husband. After explaining to respondent that the States evidence could support a conviction for first-degree murder, respondents attorney negotiated a manslaughter plea in exchange for an agreement to testify against Billie. Three days before Billies trial, respondent retained a new attorney, Frederick Toca, who demanded an even lower sente...
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Stanton v. Sims SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES MIKE STANTON, PETITIONER v. DRENDOLYN SIMS on petition for writ of certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit No. 121217.Decided November 4, 2013 Per Curiam. Around one oclock in the morning on May 27, 2008, Officer Mike Stanton and his partner responded to a call about an unknown disturbance involving a person with a baseball bat in La Mesa, California. App. to Pet. for Cert. 6. Stanton was familiar with the neighborhood, known for violence associated with the area gangs. Ibid. The officerswearing uniforms and driving a marked police vehicleapproached the place where the disturbance had been reported and noticed three men walking in the street. Upon seeing the police car, two of the men turned into a nearby apartment complex. The third, Nicholas Patrick, crossed the street about 25 yards in front of Stantons car and ran or quickly walked toward a reside...
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Madigan v. Levin - 12-872 (2013) 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 _________________ No. 12872 _________________ LISA MADIGAN, et al., PETITIONERS v. HARVEY N. LEVIN on writ of certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the seventh circuit [October 15, 2013] Per Curiam. The writ of certiorari is dismissed as improvidently granted. It is so ordered. ...
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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 etal. v. PERRY etal. 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 Proces...
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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, etal. 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 ame...
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