A case in which the Court held that the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule applies to a search that was authorized by precedent at the time of the search, but was subsequently ruled unconstitutional.
Bullcoming v. New Mexico
Mar 02, 2011
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A case in which the Court held that a blood-alcohol test admitted without the actual testimony of the person who prepared the results violates a criminal defendant's Sixth Amendment rights under the Confrontation Clause.
Ashcroft v. Al-Kidd
Mar 02, 2011
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A case in which the Court held that former Attorney General John Ashcroft was entitled to qualified immunity.
Camreta v. Greene
Mar 01, 2011
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A case which the Court vacated in part and remanded in favor of the defendant without addressing the Fourth Amendment question at issue.
Schindler Elevator Corp. v. United States ex rel. Kirk
Mar 01, 2011
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A case in which the Court held that a whistleblower may not use information obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests to allege violations of the Federal Claims Act by a government contractor.
DePierre v. United States
Feb 28, 2011
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A case in which the Court held that the term "cocaine base" encompasses every form of cocaine that is classified chemically as a base.
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
Feb 28, 2011
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A case in which the Court held that patents on inventions that arise from federally-funded research do not automatically go to university where the inventor worked.
Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S.A.
Feb 23, 2011
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A case in which the Court ruled that induced infringement under the patent clause requires knowledge that the induced acts constitute patent infringement.
Freeman v. United States
Feb 23, 2011
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A case in which the Court held that a federal judge has the authority to reduce a criminal sentence after the U.S. Sentencing Commission amended the Sentencing Guidelines if the judge has already accepted a plea agreement.
United States v. Tinklenberg
Feb 22, 2011
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A case in which the Court held that the time between the filing of a pretrial motion and its disposition is excluded from the deadline for commencing trial under the Speedy Trial Act.
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