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Overview: Petitioner sought review of his conviction for carrying a concealed weapon, contending that the weapon seized from him was obtained through an illegal search, under U.S. Const. amend. IV, and that the trial court improperly denied his motion to...

Overview: Respondent school officials suspended petitioner students from public high school because they wore black armbands to school in protest of the Vietnam War. Petitioners sued respondents under 42 U.S.C.S. § 1983. The trial court dismissed the...

Overview: The subscribers asserted that the carriers were former local monopolies which engaged in parallel billing and contracting misconduct designed to discourage new competitors from entering their markets through sharing of the carriers' networks. The...

Overview: The student was suspended from school after he refused the principal's direction to take down a banner that he unfurled at a school-sponsored and school-supervised event. The principal directed the student to take the banner down because the banner...

Overview: Respondents were California residents who suffered from a variety of serious medical conditions and had sought to avail themselves of medical marijuana pursuant to the terms of the Compassionate Use Act, Cal. Health & Safety Code § 11362.5...

Overview: Petitioners, a rap music group, were sued by respondent, the corporate owner of an original rock ballad, for copyright infringement. Petitioners claimed the song was a parody entitled to fair use protection under the Copyright Act of 1976, 17...

Overview: Plaintiffs and intervener appealed directly to the instant Court on the injunctive rulings. The State cross-appealed from the declaratory judgment. The Court affirmed the judgment, holding that abortion was within the scope of the personal liberty...

Overview: Respondent alleged that the death of her husband resulted from his exposure to products containing asbestos that were manufactured by petitioner. The district court granted petitioner's summary judgment motion. The court of appeals reversed the...

Overview: Respondents filed a libel suit against petitioners following the publication of two articles portraying respondents as racists. Vacating and remanding the partial grant of petitioners' motion for summary judgment, the Court found that the court...

Overview: The employee refused the unwelcome and threatening sexual advances of a supervisor. She suffered no adverse tangible job consequences because of her refusal of the supervisor's advances. The employee filed suit against the employer alleging a violation...