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104 S. Ct. 2052 (1984) | Cited 83144 times
... JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the Court. This case requires us to consider the proper standards for judging a criminal defendant's contention that the Constitution requires a conviction or death sentence to be set aside because counsel's assistance at the trial or sentencing was ...
106 S. Ct. 466 (1985) | Cited 49454 times
... JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. In 1976, Congress amended § 101 of the Federal Magistrates Act, 28 U. S. C. § 636, to provide that a United States district judge may refer dispositive pretrial motions, and petitions for writ of habeas corpus, to a magistrate, who shall conduct ...
99 S. Ct. 2781 (1979) | Cited 45005 times
... MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court. The Constitution prohibits the criminal conviction of any person except upon proof of guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. In re Winship, 397 U.S. 358. The question in this case is what standard is to be applied in a federal habeas corpus ...
87 S. Ct. 1396 (1967) | Cited 34892 times
... MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court. We are here concerned with the extent of the duty of a court-appointed appellate counsel to prosecute a first appeal from a criminal conviction, after that attorney has conscientiously determined that there is no merit to the indigent's appeal. ...
86 S. Ct. 1602 (1966) | Cited 33228 times
... MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN delivered the opinion of the Court. The cases before us raise questions which go to the roots of our concepts of American criminal jurisprudence: the restraints society must observe consistent with the Federal Constitution in prosecuting individuals for crime. More ...
92 S. Ct. 594 (1972) | Cited 32383 times
... Petitioner, an inmate at the Illinois State Penitentiary, Menard, Illinois, commenced this action against the Governor of Illinois and other state officers and prison officials under the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 17 Stat. 13, 42 U. S. C. § 1983, and 28 U. S. C. § 1343 (3), seeking to recover ...
127 S.Ct. 2197 (2007) | Cited 30798 times
... 551 U. S. ____ (2007) Imprisoned by the State of Colorado and alleging violations of his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment protections against cruel and unusual punishment, William Erickson, the petitioner in this Court, filed suit against prison officials in the United States District Court for the ...
97 S. Ct. 285 (1976) | Cited 30666 times
... MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. Respondent J. W. Gamble, an inmate of the Texas Department of Corrections, was injured on November 9, 1973, while performing a prison work assignment. On February 11, 1974, he instituted this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, 1 ...
109 S. Ct. 1827 (1989) | Cited 29705 times
... JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. The question presented is whether a complaint filed in forma pauperis which fails to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) is automatically frivolous within the meaning of 28 U. S. C. § 1915(d). The answer, we hold, is no. ...
123 S.Ct. 1029 (2003) | Cited 28685 times
... 537 U. S. ____ (2003) On Writ Of Certiorari To The United States Court Of Appeals For The Fifth Circuit In this case we once again examine when a state prisoner can appeal the denial or dismissal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. In 1986 two Dallas County assistant district attorneys ...
129 S.Ct. 1937 (2009) | Cited 26550 times
... Opinion of the Court 556 U. S. ____ (2009) Respondent Javaid Iqbal is a citizen of Pakistan and a Muslim. In the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks he was arrested in the United States on criminal charges and detained by federal officials. Respondent claims he was deprived of ...
125 S.Ct. 738 (2005) | Cited 22296 times
... 543 U. S. ____ (2005) The question presented in each of these cases is whether an application of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines violated the Sixth Amendment. In each case, the courts below held that binding rules set forth in the Guidelines limited the severity of the sentence that the judge ...
120 S.Ct. 1495 (2000) | Cited 21856 times
... Opinion of the Court WILLIAMS v. TAYLOR On Writ Of Certiorari To The United States Court Of Appeals For The Fourth Circuit Justice Stevens announced the judgment of the Court and delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, III, and IV, and an opinion with respect to Parts II and ...
951 F.2d 1153 (1991) | Cited 21764 times
... REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: In 1983, Gilbert Martinez was tried in state court and convicted of numerous pizza parlor robberies. During the pretrial proceedings, the prosecution indicated that, should the defendant testify, it would seek to introduce as impeachment evidence the defendant's two prior ...
83 S. Ct. 1194 (1963) | Cited 20736 times
... Opinion of the Court by MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, announced by MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN. Petitioner and a companion, Boblit, were found guilty of murder in the first degree and were sentenced to death, their convictions being affirmed by the Court of Appeals of Maryland. 220 Md. 454, 154 A. 2d 434. Their ...
482 N.E.2d 701{Date}September 16 (1985) | Cited 16720 times
... SULLIVAN, J. Following a bench trial by the Howard County Court, Ronald J. Crose (Crose) was convicted of driving while intoxicated, as a class D felony, and sentenced to a one year suspended sentence. The judgment also placed him on two years of supervised probation. The issues on appeal are: ...
108 S. Ct. 2250 (1988) | Cited 16181 times
... JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court. This case presents the question whether a physician who is under contract with the State to provide medical services to inmates at a state-prison hospital on a part-time basis acts "under color of state law," within the meaning of 42 U. S. C. § ...
91 S. Ct. 1999 (1971) | Cited 15886 times
... MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court. The Fourth Amendment provides that: "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated . . . ." In Bell v. Hood, 327 U.S. 678 (1946), we ...
87 S. Ct. 824 (1967) | Cited 14656 times
... MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioners, Ruth Elizabeth Chapman and Thomas LeRoy Teale, were convicted in a California state court upon a charge that they robbed, kidnaped, and murdered a bartender. She was sentenced to life imprisonment and he to death. At the time ...
90 S. Ct. 1598 (1970) | Cited 14113 times
... MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner, Sandra Adickes, a white school teacher from New York, brought this suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against respondent S. H. Kress & Co. ("Kress") to recover damages under 42 U. S. C. § ...
111 S. Ct. 2546 (1991) | Cited 14008 times
... JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a case about federalism. It concerns the respect that federal courts owe the States and the States' procedural rules when reviewing the claims of state prisoners in federal habeas corpus. I A Buchanan County, Virginia, jury convicted ...
766 F.2d 841 (1985) | Cited 13903 times
... MODIFIED OPINION ERVIN, Circuit Judge: Appellant Garcia Jay Wright is an inmate at Maryland Penitentiary. He brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the warden, a correctional officer, and the chief medical officer of Maryland Penitentiary. Wright alleges that a variety of actions by ...
727 F.2d 91 (1984) | Cited 13420 times
... SPROUSE, Circuit Judge: Edward Lester Schronce appeals from his conviction for unlawful possession of an unregistered firearm and unlawful possession of an illegally manufactured firearm in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5861(c) and (d) (1976). The firearm was an automatic rifle that had been converted ...
109 S. Ct. 1865 (1989) | Cited 13202 times
... CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court. This case requires us to decide what constitutional standard governs a free citizen's claim that law enforcement officials used excessive force in the course of making an arrest, investigatory stop, or other "seizure" of his person. We ...
109 S. Ct. 2304 (1989) | Cited 12866 times
... JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court. This case presents the question whether a State, or an official of the State while acting in his or her official capacity, is a "person" within the meaning of Rev. Stat. § 1979, 42 U. S. C. § 1983. Petitioner Ray Will filed suit in Michigan ...
94 S. Ct. 2963 (1974) | Cited 12013 times
... MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court. We granted the petition for writ of certiorari in this case, 414 U.S. 1156 (1974), because it raises important questions concerning the administration of a state prison. Respondent, on behalf of himself and other inmates of the Nebraska Penal ...
127 S.Ct. 910 (2007) | Cited 11361 times
... 549 U. S. ____ (2007) In an effort to address the large number of prisoner complaints filed in federal court, Congress enacted the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA), 110 Stat. 1321-71, as amended, 42 U. S. C. §1997e et seq. Among other reforms, the PLRA mandates early judicial screening ...
638 F.2d 947 (1981) | Cited 11251 times
... The United States appeals from a judgment dismissing its petition for forfeiture of 262 weapons. The district court held that it lacked jurisdiction because the United States Attorney General or his delegate failed to authorize the forfeiture action. The issues on appeal are: (1) whether the United ...
103 S. Ct. 2317 (1983) | Cited 10999 times
... JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court. Respondents Lance and Susan Gates were indicated for violation of state drug laws after police officers, executing a search warrant, discovered marihuana and other contraband in their automobile and home. Prior to trial the Gateses moved to ...
106 S. Ct. 366 (1985) | Cited 10797 times
... JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner William Lloyd Hill pleaded guilty in the Arkansas trial court to charges of first-degree murder and theft of property. More than two years later he sought federal habeas relief on the ground that his court-appointed attorney had ...
105 S. Ct. 3099 (1985) | Cited 10508 times
... JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court. The question presented is whether 42 U. S. C. § 1988 allows attorney's fees to be recovered from a governmental entity when a plaintiff sues governmental employees only in their personal capacities and prevails. I On November 7, 1979, a ...
124 S.Ct. 2531 (2004) | Cited 10440 times
... 542 U. S. ____ (2004) Petitioner Ralph Howard Blakely, Jr., pleaded guilty to the kidnaping of his estranged wife. The facts admitted in his plea, standing alone, supported a maximum sentence of 53 months. Pursuant to state law, the court imposed an "exceptional" sentence of 90 months after making ...
533 U.S. 194 (2001) | Cited 10348 times
... 533 U. S. ____ (2001) On Writ Of Certiorari To The United States Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit In this case a citizen alleged excessive force was used to arrest him. The arresting officer asserted the defense of qualified immunity. The matter we address is whether the requisite analysis ...
203 F.3d 1122 (2000) | Cited 9967 times
... FOR PUBLICATION OPINION Argued and Submitted October 21, 1999--San Francisco, California Concurrence by Judge Rymer; Dissent by Judge Sneed OPINION The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 ("PLRA") provides that a district court "shall dismiss" an in forma pauperis complaint "if the court ...
515 F.3d 224 (2008) | Cited 9954 times
... PRECEDENTIAL ARGUED JUNE 26, 2007 BEFORE: FISHER, NYGAARD, and ROTH, Circuit Judges. OPINION OF THE COURT Jeanne Phillips ("Phillips"), individually and in her capacity as administrator of the estate of her son, decedent Mark Phillips, appeals the District Court's dismissal of her claims ...
93 S. Ct. 1827 (1973) | Cited 9879 times
... MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court. The respondents in this case were state prisoners who were deprived of good-conduct-time credits by the New York State Department of Correctional Services as a result of disciplinary proceedings. They then brought actions in a federal ...
99 S. Ct. 1861 (1979) | Cited 9796 times
... MR. JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court. Over the past five Terms, this Court has in several decisions considered constitutional challenges to prison conditions or practices by convicted prisoners. 1 This case requires us to examine the constitutional rights of pretrial detainees ...
106 S. Ct. 2639 (1986) | Cited 9589 times
... JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the Court. We granted certiorari in this case to consider whether a federal habeas petitioner can show cause for a procedural default by establishing that competent defense counsel inadvertently failed to raise the substantive claim of error rather ...
107 S. Ct. 3034 (1987) | Cited 9585 times
... JUSTICE SCALIA delivered the opinion of the Court. The question presented is whether a federal law enforcement officer who participates in a search that violates the Fourth Amendment may be held personally liable for money damages if a reasonable officer could have believed that the search ...
82 S. Ct. 917 (1962) | Cited 9392 times
... MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN delivered the opinion of the Court. Tried and convicted in a Federal District Court for an offense against the United States, petitioner applied for leave to appeal his conviction to the Court of Appeals in forma pauperis. His application was denied. The case presents this ...
91 S. Ct. 746 (1971) | Cited 9346 times
... MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court. Appellee, John Harris, Jr., was indicted in a California state court, charged with violation of the California Penal Code §§ 11400 and 11401, known as the California Criminal Syndicalism Act, set out below. 1 He then filed a complaint in ...
512 U.S. 477 (1994) | Cited 9319 times
... JUSTICE SCALIA delivered the opinion of the Court. This case presents the question whether a state prisoner may challenge the constitutionality of his conviction in a suit for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. I Petitioner Roy Heck was convicted in Indiana state court of voluntary manslaughter for ...
127 S.Ct. 1769 (2007) | Cited 9223 times
... 550 U. S. ____ (2007) We consider whether a law enforcement official can, consistent with the Fourth Amendment, attempt to stop a fleeing motorist from continuing his public-endangering flight by ramming the motorist's car from behind. Put another way: Can an officer take actions that place a ...
526 U.S. 838 (1999) | Cited 9054 times
... Opinion of the Court O'SULLIVAN v. BOERCKEL ____ U. S. ____ (1999) On Writ Of Certiorari To The United States Court Of Appeals For The Seventh Circuit Federal habeas relief is available to state prisoners only after they have exhausted their claims in state court. 28 U. S. C. §§2254(b)(1), (c) ...
109 S. Ct. 1197 (1989) | Cited 8914 times
... JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court. In this case, we are asked to determine if a municipality can ever be liable under 42 U. S. C. § 1983 1 for constitutional violations resulting from its failure to train municipal employees. We hold that, under certain circumstances, such ...
126 S.Ct. 2378 (2006) | Cited 8843 times
... 548 U. S. ____ (2006) This case presents the question whether a prisoner can satisfy the Prison Litigation Reform Act's exhaustion requirement, 42 U. S. C. §1997e(a), by filing an untimely or otherwise procedurally defective administrative grievance or appeal. We hold that proper exhaustion of ...
111 S. Ct. 2321 (1991) | Cited 8363 times
... JUSTICE SCALIA delivered the opinion of the Court. This case presents the questions whether a prisoner claiming that conditions of confinement constitute cruel and unusual punishment must show a culpable state of mind on the part of prison officials and, if so, what state of mind is required. ...
935 F.2d 1106 (1991) | Cited 8238 times
... LOGAN, Circuit Judge Pro se plaintiff Kenneth E. Hall, Jr. appeals the district court's dismissal of his claim that the policies and procedures of the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center (LARC), as well as the actions of LARC employees, violated his First Amendment right to free exercise of ...
108 S. Ct. 2379 (1988) | Cited 8218 times
... JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court. Pro se prisoners can file notices of appeal to the federal courts of appeals only by delivering them to prison authorities for forwarding to the appropriate district court. The question we decide in this case is whether under Federal Rule of ...
89 S. Ct. 1709 (1969) | Cited 8209 times
... MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court. In the spring of 1966, within the period of a fortnight, a series of armed robberies occurred in Mobile, Alabama. The victims, in each case, were local shopkeepers open at night who were forced by a gunman to hand over money. While robbing ...
106 S. Ct. 1712 (1986) | Cited 7974 times
... JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court. This case requires us to re-examine that portion of Swain v. Alabama, 380 U.S. 202 (1965), concerning the evidentiary burden placed on a criminal defendant who claims that he has been denied equal protection through the State's use of peremptory ...
102 S. Ct. 1584 (1982) | Cited 7853 times
... JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the Court. Rule 52(b) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure permits a criminal conviction to be overturned on direct appeal for "plain error" in the jury instructions, even if the defendant failed to object to the erroneous instructions before ...
83 S. Ct. 407 (1963) | Cited 7819 times
... MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court. The petitioners were tried without a jury in the District Court for the Northern District of California under a two-count indictment for violation of the Federal Narcotics Laws, 21 U. S. C. § 174. 1 They were acquitted under the first ...
128 S.Ct. 586 (2007) | Cited 7814 times
... 552 U. S. ____ (2007) In two cases argued on the same day last Term we considered the standard that courts of appeals should apply when reviewing the reasonableness of sentences imposed by district judges. The first, Rita v. United States, 551 U. S. ___ (2007), involved a sentence within the range ...
93 S. Ct. 2041 (1973) | Cited 7809 times
... MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court. It is well settled under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments that a search conducted without a warrant issued upon probable cause is " per se unreasonable . . . subject only to a few specifically established and well-delineated exceptions." ...
507 U.S. 725 (1993) | Cited 7787 times
... JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the Court. The question in this case is whether the presence of alternate jurors during jury deliberations was a "plain error" that the Court of Appeals was authorized to correct under Rule 52(b) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. I Each of the ...
101 S. Ct. 2392 (1981) | Cited 7626 times
... JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court. The question presented is whether the housing of two inmates in a single cell at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility is cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. I Respondents Kelly Chapman and Richard ...
523 U.S. 614 (1998) | Cited 7572 times
... Opinion of the Court BOUSLEY v. UNITED STATES ____ U. S. ____ (1998) NOTICE: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the preliminary print of the United States Reports. Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, ...
96 S. Ct. 598 (1976) | Cited 7561 times
... MR. JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court. The District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, after parallel trials of separate actions 1 filed in 1970, entered an order in 1973 requiring petitioners "to submit to [the District] Court for its approval a ...
122 S.Ct. 983 (2002) | Cited 7528 times
... On Writ Of Certiorari To The United States Court Of Appeals For The Second Circuit This case concerns the obligation of prisoners who claim denial of their federal rights while incarcerated to exhaust prison grievance procedures before seeking judicial relief. Plaintiff-respondent Ronald Nussle, ...
718 F.2d 198 (1983) | Cited 7500 times
... WIDENER, Circuit Judge: This case presents the question of what action a district court must take upon a magistrate's proposed findings and recommendations on a dispositive motion under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) when there is no objection made to the magistrate's proposal. The plaintiff in this § ...
88 S. Ct. 507 (1967) | Cited 7424 times
... MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court. The petitioner was convicted in the District Court for the Southern District of California under an eight-count indictment charging him with transmitting wagering information by telephone from Los Angeles to Miami and Boston, in violation of ...
62 S. Ct. 457 (1942) | Cited 7397 times
... MR. JUSTICE MURPHY delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioners, together with Anthony Horton and Louis Kaplan, were found guilty upon an indictment charging them with a conspiracy to defraud the United States, under § 37 of the Criminal Code (R. S. § 5440; 18 U. S. C. § 88). 1 Judgment was ...
523 U.S. 224 (1998) | Cited 7371 times
... Title 8 U. S. C. Section 1326(a) makes it a crime for a deported alien to return to the United States without special permission and authorizes a maximum prison term of two years. In 1988, Congress added subsection (b)(2), which authorizes a maximum prison term of 20 years for "any alien described" ...
510 U.S. 266 (1994) | Cited 7319 times
... CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion, in which JUSTICE O'CONNOR, JUSTICE SCALIA, and JUSTICE GINSBURG joined. A warrant was issued for petitioner's arrest by Illinois authorities, and upon learning of it he surrendered and was released on bail. The ...
106 S. Ct. 662 (1986) | Cited 7300 times
... JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court. In Parratt v. Taylor, 451 U.S. 527 (1981), a state prisoner sued under 42 U. S. C. § 1983, claiming that prison officials had negligently deprived him of his property without due process of law. After deciding that § 1983 contains no ...
104 S. Ct. 3194 (1984) | Cited 7299 times
... CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court. We granted certiorari in No. 82-1630 to decide whether a prison inmate has a reasonable expectation of privacy in his prison cell entitling him to the protection of the Fourth Amendment against unreasonable searches and seizures. We also ...
109 S. Ct. 1814 (1989) | Cited 7281 times
... JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court. We are called upon to decide whether 28 U. S. C. § 1915(d) authorizes a federal court to require an unwilling attorney to represent an indigent litigant in a civil case. We hold that it does not. I Section 1915(d) provides: "The court may ...
103 S. Ct. 3383 (1983) | Cited 7254 times
... JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court. We have two questions before us in this case: whether the District Court erred on the merits in rejecting the petition for habeas corpus filed by petitioner, and whether the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit correctly denied a stay of ...
102 S. Ct. 1198 (1982) | Cited 7108 times
... JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the Court, except as to Part III-C. In this case we consider whether the exhaustion rule in 28 U. S. C. §§ 2254(b), (c) requires a federal district court to dismiss a petition for a writ of habeas corpus containing any claims that have not been exhausted ...
90 S. Ct. 1068 (1970) | Cited 7006 times
... MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court. Constitutional questions decided by this Court concerning the juvenile process have centered on the adjudicatory stage at "which a determination is made as to whether a juvenile is a 'delinquent' as a result of alleged misconduct on his ...
101 S. Ct. 1908 (1981) | Cited 6728 times
... JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court. The respondent is an inmate at the Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex who ordered by mail certain hobby materials valued at $23.50. The hobby materials were lost and respondent brought suit under 42 U. S. C. § 1983 to recover their value. ...
92 S. Ct. 2182 (1972) | Cited 6698 times
... MR. JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court. Although a speedy trial is guaranteed the accused by the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution, 1 this Court has dealt with that right on infrequent occasions. See Beavers v. Haubert, 198 U.S. 77 (1905); Pollard v. United States, 352 U.S. 354 ...
95 S. Ct. 2525 (1975) | Cited 6659 times
... MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court. The Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments of our Constitution guarantee that a person brought to trial in any state or federal court must be afforded the right to the assistance of counsel before he can be validly convicted and punished by ...
92 S. Ct. 2593 (1972) | Cited 6598 times
... MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court. We granted certiorari in this case to determine whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment requires that a State afford an individual some opportunity to be heard prior to revoking his parole. Petitioner Morrissey was ...
538 U.S. 63 (2003) | Cited 6531 times
... This case raises the issue whether the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit erred in ruling that the California Court of Appeal's decision affirming Leandro Andrade's two consecutive terms of 25 years to life in prison for a "third strike" conviction is contrary to, or an ...
98 S. Ct. 2674 (1978) | Cited 6488 times
... MR. JUSTICE BLACKMUN delivered the opinion of the Court. This case presents an important and longstanding issue of Fourth Amendment law. Does a defendant in a criminal proceeding ever have the right, under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments, subsequent to the ex parte issuance of a search ...
252 F.3d 676 (2001) | Cited 6482 times
... PUBLISHED Argued: April 5, 2001 Affirmed in part and reversed in part by published opinion. Judge Williams wrote the opinion, in which Judge Michael and Judge Traxler joined. OPINION A North Carolina jury convicted John Hardy Rose of capital murder for the murder of Patricia Stewart. Following ...
125 S.Ct. 1807 (2005) | Cited 6318 times
... 544 U. S. ____ (2005) The federal Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) establishes a 1-year statute of limitations for filing a federal habeas corpus petition. 28 U. S. C. §2244(d)(1). That limitations period is tolled, however, while "a properly filed application for ...
106 S. Ct. 1078 (1986) | Cited 6316 times
... JUSTICE O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the Court. This case requires us to decide what standard governs a prison inmate's claim that prison officials subjected him to cruel and unusual punishment by shooting him during the course of their attempt to quell a prison riot. I At the time he was ...
520 U.S. 397 (1997) | Cited 6276 times
... On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Respondent Jill Brown brought a claim for damages against petitioner Bryan County under Rev. Stat. Section(s) 1979, 42 U. S. C. Section(s) 1983. She alleged that a county police officer used excessive force in ...
96 S. Ct. 984 (1976) | Cited 6159 times
... MR. JUSTICE POWELL delivered the opinion of the Court. The question presented in this case is whether a state prosecuting attorney who acted within the scope of his duties in initiating and pursuing a criminal prosecution is amenable to suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for alleged deprivations of the ...
104 S. Ct. 3405 (1984) | Cited 6045 times
... JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court. This case presents the question whether the Fourth Amendment exclusionary rule should be modified so as not to bar the use in the prosecution's case in chief of evidence obtained by officers acting in reasonable reliance on a search warrant issued ...
58 S. Ct. 1019 (1938) | Cited 6019 times
... MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner, while imprisoned in a federal penitentiary, was denied habeas corpus by the District Court. 1 Later, that court granted petitioner a second hearing, prompted by "the peculiar circumstances surrounding the case and the desire ...
52 S. Ct. 180 (1932) | Cited 6008 times
... MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court. The petitioner was charged with violating provisions of the Harrison Narcotic Act: c. 1, § 1, 38 Stat. 785, as amended by c. 18, § 1006, 40 Stat. 1057, 1131, (U. S. C., Title 26, § 692); 1 and c. 1, § 2, 38 Stat. 785, 786, as amended, (U. ...
963 F.2d 1258 (1992) | Cited 6006 times
... Order AND AMENDED OPINION CHOY, Circuit Judge: Appellant Michael Henry Ferdik appeals pro se the judgment of the District Court for the District of Arizona of November 5, 1990 dismissing his claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 after he violated a court order by failing to file a second amended complaint ...
124 S.Ct. 1354 (2004) | Cited 5954 times
... 541 U. S. ____ (2004) Petitioner Michael Crawford stabbed a man who allegedly tried to rape his wife, Sylvia. At his trial, the State played for the jury Sylvia's tape-recorded statement to the police describing the stabbing, even though he had no opportunity for cross-examination. The Washington ...
532 U.S. 731 (2001) | Cited 5952 times
... 532 U. S. ____ (2001) On Writ Of Certiorari To The United States Court Of Appeals For The Third Circuit The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 amended 42 U. S. C. §1997e(a), which now requires a prisoner to exhaust "such administrative remedies as are available" before suing over prison ...
91 S. Ct. 160 (1970) | Cited 5945 times
... MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court. On December 2, 1963, Alford was indicted for first-degree murder, a capital offense under North Carolina law. 1 The court appointed an attorney to represent him, and this attorney questioned all but one of the various witnesses who ...
105 S. Ct. 2806 (1985) | Cited 5922 times
... JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a suit for damages stemming from a warrantless wiretap authorized by petitioner, a former Attorney General of the United States. The case presents three issues: whether the Attorney General is absolutely immune from suit for actions ...
588 F.2d 740 (1978) | Cited 5914 times
... Johnson brought this civil rights action (42 U.S.C. § 1983) challenging the constitutional validity of the forfeiture of his accumulated earnings from work performed at an honor camp on the ground, among others, that the actions of the defendants deprived him of his property without due process of ...
96 S. Ct. 2909 (1976) | Cited 5911 times
... Judgment of the Court, and opinion of MR. JUSTICE STEWART, MR. JUSTICE POWELL, and MR. JUSTICE STEVENS, announced by MR. JUSTICE STEWART. The issue in this case is whether the imposition of the sentence of death for the crime of murder under the law of Georgia violates the Eighth and Fourteenth ...
433 U.S. 72 (1977) | Cited 5873 times
... Argued March 29, 1977 REHNQUIST, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which BURGER, C. J., and STEWART, BLACKMUN, POWELL, and STEVENS, JJ., joined. BURGER, C. J., post, p. 91, and STEVENS, J., post, p. 94, filed concurring opinions. WHITE, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, ...
99 S. Ct. 2689 (1979) | Cited 5860 times
... MR. JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court. Last Term, in Procunier v. Navarette, 434 U.S. 555 (1978), we granted certiorari to consider the question whether negligent conduct can form the basis of an award of damages under 42 U. S. C. § 1983. The constitutional violation alleged in ...
88 S. Ct. 1620 (1968) | Cited 5822 times
... MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court. This case presents the question, last considered in Delli Paoli v. United States, 352 U.S. 232, whether the conviction of a defendant at a joint trial should be set aside although the jury was instructed that a co-defendant's confession ...
673 F.2d 266 (1982) | Cited 5788 times
... In 1976 appellant, Richard C. Ivey, was discharged from employment by the University of Alaska and by Inupiat University. He subsequently filed suit under the Civil Rights Act for back pay and reinstatement claiming that he was terminated because of his efforts to desegregate the schools and ...
105 S. Ct. 3375 (1985) | Cited 5727 times
... JUSTICE BLACKMUN announced the judgment of the Court and delivered an opinion of the Court except as to Part III. In Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 87 (1963), this Court held that "the suppression by the prosecution of evidence favorable to an accused upon request violates due process where the ...
92 S. Ct. 763 (1972) | Cited 5726 times
... MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court. Petitioner was convicted of passing forged money orders and sentenced to five years' imprisonment. While appeal was pending in the Court of Appeals, defense counsel discovered new evidence indicating that the Government had failed ...
528 F.2d 309 (1975) | Cited 5724 times
... Robert Louis Roseboro, an inmate of the Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina, instituted this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 seeking declaratory and injunctive relief as well as damages for alleged violations of his constitutional rights. The district court granted the defendant's motion for ...
103 S. Ct. 1303 (1983) | Cited 5689 times
... JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court. We must decide in this case what authority the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit have to review decisions of the District of Columbia Court of ...