A case in which the Court held that eliminating the diminished capacity defense retroactively was reasonable.

Metrish v. Lancaster

A case in which the Court found that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 requires the plaintiff to prove their employer would not have taken an action but for the existence of improper motives.

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar

A case in which the Court held that attempting to compel a person to issue a recommendation does not constitute extortion under the Hobbs Act.

Sekhar v. United States

A case in which the Court held that Congress’ approval of an interstate water compact does not violate the Commerce Clause and that the compact does respect state lines.

Tarrant Regional Water District v. Herrmann

Hillman v. Maretta

A case in which the Court found that the Federal Employees' Group Life Insurance Act preempts a Virginia state law regarding beneficiary designation upon divorce.

A case in which the Court held that it was a violation of the First Amendment to withhold funding from non-government organizations if they did not institute an anti-prostitution policy.

Agency for International Development v. Alliance for Open Society International

Salinas v. Texas

A case in which the Court held that the Fifth Amendment's Self-Incrimination clause does not protect individuals that have not been arrested.

A case in which the Court held that the Necessary and Proper Clause gave Congress the power to create federal crimes and regulate their punishment, as well as apply the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA) on a defendant.

United States v. Kebodeaux

A case in which the Court held that a non-custodial parent cannot stop an adoption made lawfully by a non-Indian parent by invoking the ICWA.

Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl

A case in which the Court held that when a municipal government is acting as a contract-based participant in the market, as opposed to a market regulator, it could not regulate motor carrier activities.

American Trucking Associations v. City of Los Angeles

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A case in which the Court found that Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act was unconstitutional.

Shelby County v. Holder

A case in which the Court found that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was unconstitutional under the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment.

United States v. Windsor

A case in which the Court held that the use of race in college admissions is constitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment only if applied with "strict judicial scrutiny."

Fisher v. University of Texas

A case in which the Court found that a police officer and narcotic-sniffing dog entering the porch of a home constitutes a search and, without a warrant, is a violation of the Fourth Amendment.

Florida v. Jardines

A case in which the Court found that a defendant cannot be found guilty of a claim not included in the indictment.

Alleyne v. United States

A case in which the Court found that taking a DNA sample from people who are arrested, but not yet convicted, of a serious crime is not a violation of the Fourth Amendment.

Maryland v. King

A case in which the Court found that the proponents of California's same-sex marriage ban (Proposition 8) do not have standing to appeal the decision that made Proposition 8 unconstitutional.

Hollingsworth v. Perry

A case in which the Court held that proving actual innocence allows a petitioner to pursue habeas corpus relief regardless of a statute of limitations.

McQuiggin v. Perkins

A case in which the Court held that the respondents lacked Article III standing against FISA because fear of intercepted communication and costs incurred to avoid intercepted communications are not injuries.

Clapper v. Amnesty International USA

A case in which the Court held that the Fourth Amendment protects against the warrantless taking of a blood sample under exigent circumstances.

Missouri v. McNeely

Gunn v. Minton

A case in which the Court found that even though federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction over patent law cases, state courts can still hear cases related to patent law as long as that it is not the primary issue.

A case in which the Court found that the courts must apply the Chevron doctrine and defer to an agency's interpretation of its jurisdiction when that jurisdiction is called into question.

City of Arlington v. FCC

A case in which the Court held the Fifth Amendment's Taking Clause could be enacted when a temporary flood regime destroyed property.

Arkansas Game & Fish Commission v. United States of America

Florida v. Harris

A case in which the Court found that police officers do not need to show evidence of a drug-detection dog's reliability to prove probable cause.

A case in which the Court found the National Voter Registration Act preempted other voter registration requirements.

Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona

A case in which the Court was asked to decide whether a state's failure to fund counsel for an indigent defendant for five years should be weighed against the state in violation of the right to a speedy trial.

Boyer v. Louisiana

A case in which the Court found that the Padilla rule created an entirely new rule regarding ineffective assistance of counsel and therefore did not apply to persons whose conviction became final before its announcement.

Chaidez v. United States

A case in which the Court held that a clause prohibiting class action suits was enforceable even though it would cause costly arbitration.

American Express Co., et al. v. Italian Colors Restaurant

A case in which the Court held that the Gonzalez Act made an exception to the Federal Tort Claims Act by saying that a claim of the intentional tort of battery may be brought against an armed forces physician.

Levin v. United States

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