A case in which the Court held that the Nevada law requiring elected officials to disqualify themselves when they are asked to vote on matters that present a conflict of interest was constitutional.

Nevada Commission on Ethics v. Carrigan

A case in which the Court held that a Vermont statute banning the sale, transmission or use of prescription drug user data violated protected speech of the pharmaceutical research companies, manufacturers and others who use that data.

Sorrell v. IMS Health Inc.

A case in which the Court held that securities fraud plaintiffs need not prove loss causation in order to obtain class certification.

Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co.

A case in which the Court held that a federal sentencing court must determine whether an offense under state law is a "serious drug offense" within the meaning of the Armed Career Criminal Act by consulting the maximum sentence applicable at the time of the defendant's conviction.

McNeill v. United States

A case in which the Court held that the fiduciary exception to the attorney-client privilege does not apply to the general trust relationship between the United States and the Indian Tribes.

United States v. Jicarilla Apache Nation

A case in which the Court that held the Clean Air Act bars suits by governmental bodies and private parties seeking to curb emissions from utilities via the federal common law.

American Electric Power Co., Inc. v. Connecticut

A case in which the Court held that a district court may not give a defendant a longer prison sentence based on speculation about if and when the defendant would be able to participate in an inmate drug rehabilitation program.

Tapia v. United States

A case in which the Court held that a challenge to a patent's validity must offer clear and convincing evidence.

Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Limited Partnership

A case in which the Court held that generic drug makers cannot be sued for not warning about potentially dangerous side effects on their drug labels, even when they follow federal rules that only require their labels to match those of their brand-name equivalents.

PLIVA, Inc. v. Mensing

A case in which the Court held that federal law requires local telephone companies to allow new competitors in their markets to link to their existing networks through connecting wires at low, government-regulated rates.

Talk America, Inc. v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co.

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Michigan v. Bryant

A case in which the Court held that inquiries of wounded victims concerning the perpetrator are non-testimonial if they objectively indicate that the purpose of the interrogation is to enable police assistance to meet an ongoing emergency, and thus, are not afforded heightened protection.

A case in which the Court held that video games, including violent ones, are protected speech under the First Amendment.

Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association

A case in which the Court held that a prosecutor's office cannot be held liable for the illegal conduct of one of its employees when there has only been one violation resulting from allegedly deficient training.

Connick v. Thompson

A case in which the Court held that the small group who initiated a lawsuit could not represent all of Wal-Mart's female employees, and therefore could not bring a class action lawsuit against Wal-Mart.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes

A case in which the Court held the exclusionary rule, which forbids the use of illegally seized evidence except in emergency situations, applies when the emergency is created by lawful police action.

Kentucky v. King

A case in which the Court held that the government's extended background checks for federal employees under the Bush administration's antiterrorism initiative did not violate an employee's constitutional right to privacy.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration v. Nelson

A case in which the Court held that a defendant, convicted under a federal statute, has a right to challenge his/her conviction based on the unconstitutionality of the statute.

Bond v. United States

A case in which the Court held that a consumer cannot sue a foreign manufacturer in state court over a product that the foreign company marketed and sold in the United States.

J. McIntyre Machinery, Ltd. v. Nicastro

A case in which the Court held that the Court of Federal Claims lacked jurisdiction to hear a suit against the federal government about a claim already being litigated against the government in another court, even when the lawsuits seek different relief based on the same set of facts.

United States v. Tohono O'odham Nation

A case in which the Court held that a court order requiring California to reduce its prison population to remedy unconstitutional conditions in its correctional facilities did not violate the Prison Litigation Reform Act.

Brown v. Plata

A case in which the Court held the Federal Arbitration Act preempts state laws that "stand as obstacles to the FAA's objectives."

AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion

A case in which the Court held that documents related to the effect of explosions from Navy exercises did not qualify for withholding under Exception 2 of the Freedom of Information Act.

Milner v. Department of the Navy

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.

Bullcoming v. New Mexico

A case in which the Court held that former Attorney General John Ashcroft was entitled to qualified immunity.

Ashcroft v. Al-Kidd

A case in which the Court held that an employer may be found liable for the discriminatory acts of supervisors, who do not themselves make employment decisions but do influence the employment decision-makers.

Staub v. Proctor Hospital

A case in which the Court ruled that courts should consider the age of a juvenile suspect in deciding whether he or she is in custody for Miranda purposes.

J.D.B. v. North Carolina

A case in which the Court held that in order to prove a criminal violation of the federal witness tampering statute when a defendant allegedly kills a witness, the government must prove that the victim would have provided information regarding the crime.

Fowler v. United States

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.

Davis v. United States

A case in which the Court held that when a defendant's sentence has been set aside on appeal, a district court may consider evidence of the defendant's rehabilitation after the initial sentences, which may support lesser sentencing guidelines.

Pepper v. United States

A case in which the Court held that the first-sale doctrine did not apply to imported goods manufactured abroad. This case set no new Supreme Court precedent.

Costco Wholesale Corporation v. Omega, S.A.

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