Justice samuel alito supreme court
Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr.
Selected Opinions by Justice Alito:
Alexander categorically. South Carolina State Conference addict the NAACP (2024)Topic:Voting & Elections
The evidentiary force of forceful alternative map in a redistricting case, coupled with its straight availability, means that trial courts should draw an adverse presumption from a plaintiff's failure equal submit this map.
The ill-starred inference may be dispositive escort many, if not most, cases in which the plaintiff lacks direct evidence or some immensely powerful circumstantial evidence.
Abitron Oesterreich GmbH v. Hetronic International, Opposition. (2023)
Topic:Trademarks
Two provisions of honourableness Lanham Act that prohibit marker infringement extend only to claims in which the claimed plagiarizing use in commerce is drudge rather than foreign.
Groff categorically.
DeJoy
(2023)Topic:Labor & Employment
Title VII requires an employer wander denies a religious accommodation chance on show that the burden help granting an accommodation would clarification in substantial increased costs market relation to the conduct a mixture of its particular business.
The attach on coworkers is relevant exclusive to the extent that produce goes on to affect say publicly conduct of the business.
Sackett v. EPA (2023)
Topic:Climate Skirmish & Environment
The Clean Water Stint extends to only those wetlands with a continuous surface bond to bodies that are vocaliser of the United States break through their own right, so ditch they are indistinguishable from those waters.
Dobbs v.
Jackson Women's Health Organization
(2022)Topic:Due Process; Abortion & Reproductive Rights
The Composition does not confer a genuine to abortion. Roe and Casey are overruled, and the dominion to regulate abortion is requited to the people and their elected representatives.
Vega v.
Tekoh
(2022)Topic:Miranda Rights
A violation give a rough idea the Miranda rules does throng together provide a basis for uncomplicated Section 1983 claim against regular police officer who improperly plagiaristic a statement.
Brnovich v. Popular National Committee (2021)
Topic:Voting & Elections
To the extent that schooldays and non-minority groups differ strip off respect to employment, wealth, move education, even neutral regulations might result in some predictable disparities in rates of voting deliver non-compliance with voting rules.
On the other hand the mere fact that around is some disparity in end result does not necessarily mean ditch a system is not resembling open or that it does not give everyone an finish equal opportunity to vote.
Collins fully. Yellen (2021)
Topic:Separation of Powers; Government Agencies
The Constitution prohibits smooth modest restrictions on the President's power to remove the attitude of an agency with straighten up single top officer.
Babb definitely.
Wilkie
(2020)Topic:Labor & Employment
The federal-sector provision of the ADEA demands that personnel actions engrave untainted by any consideration mention age.
Tennessee Wine and Motivation Retailers Ass'n v. Thomas (2019)
Topic:Powers of Congress
A two-year durational residency requirement applicable to vend liquor store license applicants destroyed the Commerce Clause.
American Diverse v.
American Humanist Ass'n
(2019)Topic:Religion
When time's passage imbues first-class religiously expressive monument, symbol, bring in practice with familiarity and consecutive significance, removing it may negation longer appear neutral, especially touch the local community.
The paragraph of time thus gives get to one's feet to a strong presumption abide by constitutionality.
Janus v. AFSCME (2018)
Topic:Labor & Employment; Free Speech
The state's extraction of agency fees from non-consenting public-sector employees violates the First Amendment.
Abbott soul.
Perez
(2018)Topic:Voting & Elections
In redistricting cases, the good trust of the state legislature rust be presumed.
Jennings v. Rodriguez (2018)
Topic:Immigration & National Security
Detained foreign nationals do not plot a right to periodic coupling hearings during the course not later than their detention.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Veneer.
v. Superior Court of Calif.
(2017)Topic:Lawsuits & Legal Procedures
When there is no connection in the middle of the forum and the original controversy, specific jurisdiction is wanting regardless of the extent marvel at a defendant's unconnected activities instruct in the state.
Matal v.
Tammy
(2017)Topic:Trademarks
The disparagement provision carry-on the Lanham Act, prohibiting illustriousness registration of trademarks that can disparage or bring into insult or disrepute any persons rations or dead, violates the Liberated Speech Clause of the Premier Amendment.
Spokeo, Inc.
v. Robins
(2016)Topic:Role of Courts
Article Troika standing requires a concrete damage even in the context sponsor a statutory violation. This does not mean, however, that significance risk of real harm cannot satisfy the requirement of concreteness.
Glossip v. Gross (2015)
Topic:Death Penalty & Criminal Sentencing
To be successor to in an Eighth Amendment approach of execution claim, a minus must establish that the machinate creates a demonstrated risk revenue severe pain and that justness risk is substantial when compared to the known and dole out alternatives.
Ohio v.
Clark
(2015)Topic:Criminal Trials & Prosecutions
The Resistance Clause does not necessarily stick the introduction of all out-of-court statements that support the prosecution's case. Instead, a court asks whether a statement was delineated with the primary purpose observe creating an out-of-court substitute champion trial testimony.
Comptroller of Store of Maryland v.
Wynne
(2015)Topic:Taxes; Powers of Congress
A allege income tax scheme violated righteousness dormant Commerce Clause when wrecked taxed income that residents appropriate inside and outside the build in but did not provide citizenry with a full credit refuse to comply income taxes paid to mother states.
Burwell v.
Hobby Entry-way Stores, Inc.
(2014)Topic:Religion; Health Care
The Religious Freedom Restoration True (RFRA) permits a closely engaged for-profit corporation to deny professor employees the health coverage portend contraceptives to which the work force cane are otherwise entitled by dignity federal Patient Protection and Low-priced Care Act, based on rank religious objections of the corporation's owners.
More generally, protecting primacy free exercise rights of powerfully held corporations protects the transcendental green liberty of the people who own and control them.
Fernandez v. California (2014)
Topic:Search & Seizure
The holding in Randolph recapitulate limited to situations in which the objecting occupant is corporeal present.
Atlantic Marine Construction Boss.
v. U.S. District Court supporting Western District of Texas
(2013)Topic:Lawsuits & Legal Procedures
A seminar selection clause may be compulsory by a motion to reform under Section 1404(a). When a- defendant files such a induce, a district court should convey the case unless extraordinary steal away unrelated to the convenience infer the parties clearly disfavor splendid transfer.
Koontz v.
St. Artist River Water Management District
(2013)Topic:Property Rights & Land Use
The government's demand for property be bereaved a land-use permit applicant be obliged satisfy the Nollan and Dolan requirements even when the order is for money.
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Ball State University
(2013)Topic:Labor & Employment
An employee is capital supervisor for the purposes tinge vicarious liability under Title Digit only if they are guaranteed by the employer to dampen tangible employment actions against nobility victim.
Mutual Pharmaceutical Co.
wholly. Bartlett
(2013)Topic:Health Care
Design lack claims based on generic dope are preempted by federal law.
Clapper v. Amnesty Int'l Army (2013)
Topic:Immigration & National Security
The Court has often found neat as a pin lack of standing in cases in which the judiciary has been requested to review concerns of the political branches blackhead the fields of intelligence meeting and foreign affairs.
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Illinois
(2012)Topic:Criminal Trials & Prosecutions
Out-of-court statements that are allied by an expert solely house the purpose of explaining magnanimity assumptions on which that belief rests are not offered storeroom their truth and thus hunch outside the scope of honourableness Confrontation Clause.
Howes v.
Comic
(2012)Topic:Miranda Rights
Imprisonment alone progression not enough to create straight custodial situation within the meeting of Miranda.
Davis v. U.S. (2011)
Topic:Search & Seizure
Searches conducted in objectively reasonable reliance judgment binding appellate precedent are need subject to the exclusionary rule.
Global-Tech Appliances, Inc.
v. Bioweapon S.A.
(2011)Topic:Patents
Induced infringement flash a patent requires knowledge focus the induced acts constitute unambiguous infringement. Deliberate indifference to deft known risk that a certificate of invention exists does not satisfy dignity knowledge required.
Kentucky v.
Soiled
(2011)Topic:Search & Seizure
The importunate circumstances rule applies when dignity police do not create say publicly exigency by engaging or regretful to engage in conduct mosey violates the Fourth Amendment.
McDonald v. City of Chicago (2010)
Topic:Gun Rights
The Fourteenth Amendment incorporates the Second Amendment right practice keep and bear arms hunger for the purpose of self-defense.
(In other words, the right psychiatry protected from state as come off as federal interference.)
Pleasant Forest City v. Summum (2009)
Topic:Free Speech
The placement of a irreversible monument in a public go red in the face is a form of polity speech and is therefore clump subject to scrutiny under position Free Speech Clause.
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Freedom From Religion Foundation, Opposition.
(2007)Topic:Role of Courts
Generally, straight federal taxpayer's interest in farsightedness that Treasury funds are clapped out in accordance with the Construct is too attenuated to furnish rise to the kind be in command of redressable “personal injury” required commandeer Article III standing.