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Arkansas v. Gresham

legaladmin — Mon, 01 Feb 2021 08:44:00 +0000

Issue(s): Whether the approval by the secretary of health and human services of the Arkansas Works Amendment was lawful.

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Department of Justice v. House Committee on the Judiciary

legaladmin — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 08:15:00 +0000

Issue: Whether an impeachment trial before a legislative body is a “judicial proceeding” under Rule 6(e)(3)(E)(i) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.

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Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky Inc.

legaladmin — Tue, 28 May 2019 08:00:00 +0000

Holding: Indiana’s law relating to the disposition of fetal remains by abortion providers passes rational basis review; certiorari is denied on the question whether the state may bar the knowing provision of sex-, race- or disability-selective abortions by abortion providers, as only the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit has addressed this kind of law.

Judgment: Reversed in a per curiam opinion on May 28, 2019. Justice Thomas filed a concurring opinion. Justice Ginsburg filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part. Justice Sotomayor would deny the petition for a writ of certiorari.

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Yovino v. Rizo

legaladmin — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 07:55:00 +0000

Holding: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit erred when it counted as a member of the majority a judge who died before the court’s opinion, in this case, was filed.

Judgment: Vacated and remanded in a per curiam opinion on February 25, 2019.

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Moore v. Texas

legaladmin — Tue, 19 Feb 2019 07:57:00 +0000

Holding: The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals’ redetermination that Bobby James Moore does not have an intellectual disability and is thus eligible for the death penalty is inconsistent with the Supreme Court’s 2017 decision in Moore v. Texas.

Judgment: Reversed and remanded in a per curiam opinion on February 19, 2019. Chief Justice Roberts filed a concurring opinion. Justice Alito filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Thomas and Gorsuch joined.

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City of Escondido, California v. Emmons

legaladmin — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 07:39:00 +0000

Holding: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit failed to conduct the analysis required by Supreme Court precedents in determining whether two Escondido police officers were entitled to qualified immunity.

Judgment: Reversed in part, vacated in part, and remanded in a per curiam opinion on January 7, 2019.

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Shoop v. Hill

legaladmin — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 07:52:00 +0000

Holding: Because Danny Hill’s intellectual disability claim must be evaluated based solely on holdings of the Supreme Court that were clearly established at the time the state-court decisions were rendered, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit’s reliance on Moore v. Texas — which was handed down much later — was plainly improper.

Judgment: Vacated and remanded in a per curiam opinion on January 7, 2019.

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