Case Briefs - 2004

Kansas and Colorado disputed ownership of the Arkansas River. In 1949 Congress approved the Arkansas River Compact... Continued

Ohio state prisoners Rogerico Johnson and William Dwight Dotson separately alleged their parole proceedings violated... Continued

Miller-El alleged the prosecution in his capital murder trial violated the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause by... Continued

Alaska and the United States disputed ownership of two areas of submerged lands - enclaves under the Alexander... Continued

The federal government deemed Daniel Benitez and Sergio Martinez inadmissible immigrants and detained them until they... Continued

A Mississippi court convicted Marlon Howell of capital murder - murder committed during a felony - and sentenced him... Continued

A 1994 amendment to the Michigan constitution said criminal defendants who pled guilty had no right to appeal and... Continued

Integra Lifesciences sued Merck for supplying an Integra patented compound to other drug companies for use in... Continued

A Minnesota state court convicted Somalian refugee Keyse Jama of assault. As a result the Immigration and... Continued

A Michigan law imposed an annual $100 fee on each Michigan license-plated truck that operated entirely in interstate... Continued

The Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (ISDA) allows tribes to administer health care programs... Continued

Title II of the Communications Act of 1934, which was amended in 1996, subjected providers of "telecommunications... Continued

A Pennsylvania court convicted Ronald Rompilla of murder. During the sentencing phase, the prosecution presented to... Continued

A California court sentenced William Payton to death for murder and attempted murder. Payton appealed and alleged the... Continued

The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (2000, RLUIPA) prohibited government from imposing a... Continued

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sued three Kentucky counties in federal district court for displaying framed... Continued

A Florida court convicted Joe Elton Nixon of murder and sentenced him to death. During the trial Nixon's lawyer told... Continued

Tony Alford was driving when Washington state police, concerned Alford was impersonating a police officer, pulled him... Continued

Federal law made gun possession illegal for any person "convicted in any court" for crimes punishable by more than a... Continued

Christopher Simmons was sentenced to death in 1993, when he was only 17. A series of appeals to state and federal... Continued

Federal district courts convicted David Whitfield and Haywood Hall of conspiracy to commit money laundering. They... Continued

In Ohio state court proceedings, Stumpf pled guilty in to aggravated murder committed in an armed robbery. That... Continued

Reginald Shepard pled guilty to violating the federal statute prohibiting a felon from possessing a gun. The... Continued

In 1991 about 10,000 Exxon dealers sued Exxon Corporation in federal court, alleging that the corporation had engaged... Continued

Michael Broudo and a group of shareholders sued Dura Pharmaceuticals under the Securities and Exchange Act after the... Continued

A group of disabled people who travelled on Norwegian Cruise Line ships sued the company in federal district court and... Continued

Richard and Betty Rousey filed bankruptcy and claimed their two Individual Retirement Accounts were exempt from the... Continued

Michigan law required every truck engaged in intrastate commercial hauling to pay a flat $100 annual fee. Interstate... Continued

Police detained Mena and others in handcuffs while they searched the house they occupied. During the detention they... Continued

A South Dakota court convicted Charles Rhines of murder. Rhines filed a habeas corpus petition with a federal district... Continued