Administrative Law
Soundboard Ass’n v. FTC
D.C. Circuit Holds that Informal Staff Letters Are Not Eligible for Judicial Review Under the Administrative Procedure Act.
Recent Cases
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Criminal Procedure
United States v. Touset
Eleventh Circuit Holds that Border Searches of Property Require No Suspicion.
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Administrative Law
Sierra Club v. U.S. Department of the Interior
Fourth Circuit Vacates Environmental Approvals for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
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Eighth Amendment
Manning v. Caldwell
Fourth Circuit Declines to Apply Justice White’s Concurrence in Powell v. Texas as Binding Precedent.
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Civil Rights
Rodriguez v. Swartz
Ninth Circuit Extends Bivens Remedy to Mexican Citizen Killed in Mexico by Cross-Border Agent Standing in America.
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Race and the Law
Lewis v. Governor of Alabama
Eleventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Discrimination Claim Relying on Historical and Statistical Evidence.
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Executive Power
United States v. Hamidullin
Fourth Circuit Holds Taliban Member Not Entitled to Combatant Immunity.
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Private Law
Heimer v. Companion Life Insurance Co.
Sixth Circuit Invokes Contra Proferentem as Default Rule for Resolving Ambiguous Contract Provisions.
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Due Process
Planned Parenthood of the Heartland v. Reynolds
Iowa Supreme Court Applies Strict Scrutiny to Abortion Restriction.
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Capital Punishment
McCoy v. Louisiana