Justices faced political battles over partisan and racial gerrymandering and the trump administrations plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. You can scroll down the list or click on one of the following letters to jump directly to that portion of it. A dash denotes that the justice voted without filing or joining an opinion. Opinions of the court 2017 slip opinions are the first version of the court s opinions posted on this website. To the teacher the supreme court case studiesbooklet contains 82 reproducible supreme court case studies. Supreme court library nearly 900 titles, more than 1. Slip opinion not the courts final written decision the. Appearing at the top of published illinois court opinions, beginning in 2016, is a symbol indicating that the pdf document has been digitally signed by the reporter of decisions and attesting to the accuracy and integrity of this document. This opinion is subject to motions for rehearing under rule 22 as well as formal revision before publication in the new hampshire reports. A slip opinion consists of the majority or principal opinion, any concurring or dissenting opinions written by the justices, and a prefatory syllabus prepared by the reporters office that summarizes the decision.
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Today the supreme court ruled, 63, that the clean water act requires a permit when a point source of pollution adds pollutants to navigable waters through groundwater, if this addition of pollutants is the functional equivalent of a direct discharge from the source into navigable waters. The supreme court, in its first antitrust merger case in nearly 30 years, reversed the lower courts dismissal on stateaction grounds of an ftc suit against a merger between the only two hospitals located in dougherty county, georgia. With these words, chief justice john marshall established the supreme court s role in the new government. Specific court forms or those customized by the courts for their use are available directly from the court. Case law, also known as precedent or common law, is the body of prior judicial decisions that guide judges deciding issues before them. A multimedia judicial archive of the supreme court of the united states. Opinions and orders published prior to 2006 are not available in this search. Merger analysis in the courts federal trade commission. The cases included in the lii historic collection are listed alphabetically below. The judicial branch is a history of the supreme court of the united states, organized by chief. The kansas supreme court and the kansas court of appeals usually releases published opinions around 9. Readers are requested to notify the reporter, supreme court of new hampshire, one charles doe drive, concord, new hampshire 03301, of any. Historical supreme court cases now online library of.
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Justices face a nonpolitical retention election three years after appointment and every eight years. The 2018 term of the supreme court of the united states began october 1, 2018, and. Lists of united states supreme court cases wikipedia. Enter search information into one or more of the fields. Roberts first presided over the court on october 3, 2005, the first day of the 20052006 term.
More than 225 years of supreme court decisions acquired by the library of congress are now publicly available online free to access in a page image format for the first time. Prestige and influence of individual judges on the u. The united states supreme court is the highest tribunal in the nation for all cases and controversies arising under the constitution of the united states. As the result of the doctrine of merger, the purchase and sale agreement merged into the deed of conveyance and was extinguished. There are also useful things to identify amid the pages to help focus reading. The 2017 term of the supreme court of the united states began october 2, 2017, and. You can search directly for key words yourself in either the syllabi or full opinions. These opinions are known as published or citable opinions.
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Consequently, we are not persuaded by the petitioners argument that the trial court ignored the merger doctrine and pulled the. It is composed of a chief justice and four associate justices appointed by the governor. The supreme court s decision on samesex marriage instantly will enter the pantheon of landmark cases. The data set includes 42 federal court decisions with findings on the merits of the antitrust complaint issued between. Using more than one field will result in a more narrow search.
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