Justice SOTOMAYOR, with whom Justice GINSBURG joins, dissenting from denial of certiorari. The motion of Scholars of Habeas Corpus Law for leave to file a brief as amici curiae is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Today the Court refuses to review the Eighth Circuit's conclusion that a State may withhold an objection to a federal habeas evidentiary hearing until after the hearing is complete, the constitutional violation established, and habeas relief granted....
Justice BREYER delivered the opinion of the Court. In Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs., 436 U.S. 658 , 98 S.Ct. 2018, 56 L.Ed.2d 611 (1978), this Court held that civil rights plaintiffs suing a municipal entity under 42 U.S.C. 1983 must show that their injury was caused by a municipal policy or custom. The case before the Court in Monell directly involved monetary damages. The question presented is whether the "policy or custom" requirement also applies when plaintiffs...
Justice KAGAN took no part in the consideration or decision of these cases. As one of several measures to punish gun possession by persons engaged in crime, Congress made it a discrete offense to use, carry, or possess a deadly weapon in connection with "any crime of violence or drug trafficking crime." 18 U.S.C. 924(c)(1). The minimum prison term for the offense described in 924(c) is five years, 924(c)(1)(A)(i), in addition to "any other term of imprisonment imposed on the [offender],"...
238 U.S. 368 (1915) MYERS AND OTHERS v. ANDERSON. SAME v. HOWARD. SAME v. BROWN. Nos. 8, 9, 10. Supreme Court of United States. Argued November 11, 1913. Decided June 21, 1915. ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND. *369 Mr. William L. Marbury and Mr. Ridgley P. Melvin, with whom Mr. William L. Rawls was on the brief, for plaintiff in error. Mr. Edgar H. Gans, with whom Mr. Morris A. Soper and Mr. Daniel R. Randall were on the brief, for defendant in error....
203 U.S. 174 (1906) FISHER, ON BEHALF OF BARCELON v. BAKER. No. 214. Supreme Court of United States. Argued October 9, 10. Decided December 3, 1906. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. Mr. Frederic R. Coudert, with whom Mr. Howard Thayer Kingsbury was on the brief, for plaintiffs in error. The Solicitor General for defendant in error. *178 MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER delivered the opinion of the court. Application for the writ of habeas corpus was made to the Supreme Court of the...
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2009 1 Syllabus 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 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus SOUTH CAROLINA v. NORTH CAROLINA ON...
(Slip Opinion) OCTOBER TERM, 2009 1 Syllabus 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 , 337. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Syllabus ALABAMA ET AL. v. NORTH CAROLINA ON...
Cite as: 561 U. S. _ (2010) 1 Opinion in Chambers 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, Wash ington, 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. 10A298 _ HERB LUX ET AL. v. NANCY...
Cite as: 561 U. S. _ (2010) 1 Opinion in Chambers 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, Wash ington, 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. 10A273 _ PHILIP MORRIS USA INC. ET...
Cite as: 562 U. S. _ (2010) 1 ALITO, J., dissenting SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES WHITNEY HARPER v. MAVERICK RECORDING COMPANY ET AL. ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 10–94. Decided November 29, 2010 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE ALITO, dissenting from denial of certiorari. I would grant the petition to consider the question whether 17 U.S. C . §402(d) applies when a person is found to have engaged...
Cite as: 562 U. S. _ (2010) 1 Per Curiam SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES BILL K. WILSON, SUPERINTENDANT, INDIANA STATE PRISON v. JOSEPH E. CORCORAN ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 10–91. Decided November 8, 2010 PER CURIAM. Federal courts may not issue writs of habeas corpus to state prisoners whose confinement does not violate federal law. Because the Court of Appeals granted the writ to respondent without finding such a...
Cite as: 562 U. S. _ (2010) 1 GINSBURG, J., dissenting SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES LESLIE WEISE ET AL. v. MICHAEL CASPER ET AL. ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT No. 10–67. Decided October 12, 2010 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE GINSBURG, with whom JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR joins, dissenting from denial of certiorari. The President of the United States gave a speech open to the public, from which Leslie Weise...
Cite as: 562 U. S. _ (2010) 1 Statement of SOTOMAYOR, J. 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, Wash ington, 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 RICHARD CAMERON GAMACHE v....
Cite as: 562 U. S. _ (2010) 1 SCALIA, J., dissenting SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES RICHARD F. ALLEN, COMMISSIONER, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, ET AL. v. JAMES CHARLES LAWHORN ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT No. 10–24. Decided December 13, 2010 The motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE SCALIA, with whom JUSTICE THOMAS and JUSTICE...
Cite as: 559 U. S. _ (2010) 1 Opinion in Chambers SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _ No. 09A807 _ HARRY R. JACKSON ET AL. v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND ETHICS ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY [March 2, 2010] CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS, Circuit Justice. Petitioners in this case are Washington D. C. voters who would like to subject the District of Columbia’s Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act of 2009 to a public referendum before it goes into effect, pursuant...
Cite as: 558 U. S. _ (2010) 1 Per Curiam SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES _ No. 09A648 _ DENNIS HOLLINGSWORTH ET AL. v. KRISTIN M. PERRY ET AL. ON APPLICATION FOR STAY [January 13, 2010] PER CURIAM. We are asked to stay the broadcast of a federal trial. We resolve that question without expressing any view on whether such trials should be broadcast. We instead determine that the broadcast in this case should be stayed because it appears the courts below did not follow the appropriate...
Cite as: 560 U. S. _ (2010) 1 Statement of SOTOMAYOR, J. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES JUWANNA WROTTEN v. NEW YORK ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NEW YORK No. 09–9634. Decided June 7, 2010 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Statement of JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR respecting the denial of the petition for writ of certiorari. This case presents the question whether petitioner’s rights under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment, as applied to the...
Cite as: 562 U. S. _ (2010) 1 SOTOMAYOR, J., dissenting SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES ANTHONY C. PITRE v. NATHAN CAIN ET AL. ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 09–9515. Decided October 18, 2010 The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR, dissenting from denial of certiorari. Petitioner Anthony Pitre, a Louisiana state prisoner, stopped taking his HIV medication to protest his transfer to a prison...
Cite as: 560 U. S. _ (2010) 1 Per Curiam SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES UNITED STATES v. JUVENILE MALE ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT No. 09–940 Decided June 7, 2010 PER CURIAM. In 2005, respondent was charged in the United States District Court for the District of Montana with juvenile delinquency under the Federal Juvenile Delinquency Act (FJDA), 18 U.S. C . §5031 et seq. Respondent eventually pleaded “true” to knowingly...
Cite as: 561 U. S. _ (2010) 1 Per Curiam SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES DEMARCUS ALI SEARS v. STEPHEN UPTON, WARDEN ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF GEORGIA No. 09–8854. Decided June 29, 2010 PER CURIAM. According to an expert who testified during state post conviction relief, petitioner Demarcus A. Sears performs at or below the bottom first percentile in several measures of cognitive functioning and reasoning. The cause of this abnormality appears to be...
