A case in which the Court held that a condemned state prisoner in federal proceedings is not entitled to replace his court-appointed counsel with another court-appointed counsel due to dissatisfaction with the counsel's service.
Williams v. Illinois
Dec 06, 2011
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A case in which the Court held that testimony of an expert witness that is based on a test an expert did not personally perform is admissible and does not violate a defendant's Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause rights.
Messerschmidt v. Millender
Dec 05, 2011
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A case in which the Court held that qualified immunity protects government officials from civil liability when their conduct does not violate any clearly established right of which a reasonable person would have known.
Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. v. Novo Nordisk A/S
Dec 05, 2011
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A case in which the Court held that counterclaims that challenge unpatented uses of generic drugs, even if other approved uses are still under patent, are allowable under the Hatch-Waxman Act.
Setser v. United States
Nov 30, 2011
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A case in which the Court held that a federal judge has discretion to order a federal sentence to run consecutively or concurrently with an anticipated state sentence.
FAA v. Cooper
Nov 30, 2011
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A case in which the Court held that the Privacy Act of 1974 does not cover mental and emotional distress under "actual damages."
Credit Suisse Securities LLC v. Simmonds
Nov 29, 2011
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A case in which the Court held that Section 16(b) of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act is subject to tolling, where tolling starts after the filing of a Section 16(a) claim.
Hall v. United States
Nov 29, 2011
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A case in which the Court held that assets sold by a debtor in bankruptcy proceedings does not count as a separately taxable estate in Chapter 12 bankruptcies.
First American Financial Corp. v. Edwards
Nov 28, 2011
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A case which the Court dismissed, regarding whether or not a private purchaser of real estate services has standing to sue when a kickback does not affect the value or quality of the service.
Mims v. Arrow Financial Services, LLC
Nov 28, 2011
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A case in which the Court held that the Telephone Consumer Protection Act does not strip federal courts of the ability to hear cases that would normally be brought in state courts.
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