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Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc. | 568 U.S. 85, 88–102 (2013) | Article III • Case or Controversy Clause • mootness | Unanimous |
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Chafin v. Chafin | 568 U.S. 165, 168–180 (2013) | International Child Abduction Remedies Act • Article III • Case or Controversy Clause • mootness | Unanimous |
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Gunn v. Minton | 568 U.S. 251, 253–265 (2013) | patent law • legal malpractice • subject-matter jurisdiction | Unanimous | |||||||||||||||
Roberts' unanimous opinion for the Court held that a state court had jurisdiction to decide a legal malpractice lawsuit that required resolution of a patent law issue, because the lawsuit did not "arise under" federal patent law and thus did not fall within federal courts' exclusive subject-matter jurisdiction over patent law claims. | ||||||||||||||||||
Gabelli v. SEC | 568 U.S. 442, 444–454 (2013) | Investment Advisers Act • statute of limitations | Unanimous | |||||||||||||||
Roberts' unanimous opinion for the Court held that the five-year statute of limitations within which the SEC must seek civil penalties under the Investment Advisers Act begins when the fraud occurs, not when it is discovered. | ||||||||||||||||||
Decker v. Northwest Environmental Defense Center | 568 U.S. 597, 615–16 (2013) | Clean Water Act • Industrial Stormwater rule | Alito |
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Wos v. E. M. A. | 568 U.S. 627, 647–66 (2013) | Medicaid anti-lien provision • state recovery of tort awards for medical expenditures | Scalia, Thomas |
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Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. | 569 U.S. 108, 111–25 (2013) | Alien Tort Statute • extraterritoriality | Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito |
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Missouri v. McNeely | 569 U.S. 141, 166–76 (2013) | Fourth Amendment • exigent circumstances • drunk driving • government-compelled blood alcohol test | Breyer, Alito |
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Arlington v. FCC | 569 U.S. 290, 312–28 (2013) | Telecommunications Act of 1996 • Chevron deference to agency interpretation of its own statutory jurisdiction | Kennedy, Alito |
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Trevino v. Thaler | 569 U.S. 413, 430–34 (2013) | ineffective assistance of counsel • procedural default | Alito |
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Alleyne v. United States | 570 U.S. 99, 124–32 (2013) | Sixth Amendment • right to a jury trial • mandatory minimum sentencing • judicial factfinding | Scalia, Kennedy |
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FTC v. Actavis, Inc. | 570 U.S. 136, 160–77 (2013) | Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 • Federal Trade Commission Act • generic drugs | Scalia, Thomas |
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Agency for Int'l Development v. Alliance for Open Society Int'l, Inc. | 570 U.S. 205, 208–21 (2013) | United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 • Spending Clause • conditions imposed on recipients of federal funding • First Amendment • free speech | Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Sotomayor |
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United States v. Kebodeaux | 570 U.S. 387, 399–403 (2013) | Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act • Necessary and Proper Clause |
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Shelby County v. Holder | 570 U.S. 529, 534–557 (2013) | Voting Rights Act of 1965 • coverage formula • preclearance • Fifteenth Amendment | Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito |
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Hollingsworth v. Perry | 570 U.S. 693, 697–715 (2013) | Article III • standing • California Proposition 8 | Scalia, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan |
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United States v. Windsor | 570 U.S. 744, 775–78 (2013) | Fifth Amendment • equal protection • Defense of Marriage Act • same-sex marriage |
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