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Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005), [1] was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States in which the Court held, 5–4, that the use of eminent domain to transfer land from one private owner to another private owner to further economic development does not violate the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment.
Reassigned as Judge of the United States Claims Court on October 1, 1982, from Trial Judge of the United States Court of Claims by 96 Stat. 27: Colaianni: MI: 1982–1984 Smith: VA: 1985–1993 Redesignated January 1, 1993, as Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims by 106 Stat. 4506: Smith: VA: 1993–2000 Wilson: MD: 2001–2002 ...
Adopts the MRPC "as the rules of conduct for members of the Bar of this Court." [56] United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims: Adopts the MRPC as the "disciplinary standard for practice". [57] United States Court of Federal Claims: Requires law students appearing before the court to "have knowledge of" the MRPC. [58] United States Tax ...
United States v. Lara, 541 U.S. 193 (2004) As an Indian tribe and the United States are separate sovereigns, both the United States and a Native American (Indian) tribe can prosecute an Indian for the same acts that constituted crimes in both jurisdictions without invoking double jeopardy if the actions of the accused violated Federal law ...
Perhaps the best known case creating an implied cause of action for constitutional rights is Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). In that case, the United States Supreme Court ruled that an individual whose Fourth Amendment freedom from unreasonable search and seizures had been violated by federal agents could sue for the violation of the Amendment itself, despite the lack ...
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (1998–2009) Elena Kagan: Solicitor General of the United States (2009–2010) Neil Gorsuch: Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (2006–2017) Brett Kavanaugh: Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (2006 ...
The Connecticut Supreme Court case stemmed from a suit brought by the Boston Globe, Hartford Courant, The New York Times and The Washington Post in 2002. On October 5, 2009, the United States Supreme Court rejected a request by the diocese for the court to stay or reconsider the Connecticut opinion ordering the release of the documents. [61]
United States Reports, the official reporter of the Supreme Court of the United States. Case citation is a system used by legal professionals to identify past court case decisions, either in series of books called reporters or law reports, or in a neutral style that identifies a decision regardless of where it is reported.