San Juan County v. United States of America
Historical Case
Case Summary Issue: Whether environmental groups that claim no interest in property may intervene in Quiet Title Act litigation filed by San Juan County to determine whether it has an…
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Wagnon v. Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
Historical Case
Case Summary Issue: Whether an American Indian Tribe may enjoin a State from imposing a tax on the receipt of motor fuel by off-reservation distributors who sell motor fuel to…
United States v. Rapanos
Historical Case
Case Summary Issue: Whether the Clean Water Act authorizes federal jurisdiction over isolated wetlands, on privately owned land, that do not abut a body of open water but lie approximately…
Fair v. Rumsfeld
Historical Case
Case Summary Issue: Whether Congress may condition the receipt of federal funding upon the willingness of colleges and universities to permit military recruiters upon their campuses? Plaintiff: Forum for Academic…
Medellin v. Texas
Historical Case
Case Summary Issue: Whether President Bush exceeded his authority in ordering the State of Texas to comply with an international treaty and must Texas ignore the Constitution and adhere to…
Medellin v. Dretke
Historical Case
Case Summary Issue: Whether the U.S. Supreme Court should apply international law in such a manner as to accord foreign citizens greater access to the courts of the land than…
Dynalantic Corp. v. U.S. Department of Defense
Historical Case
Case Summary Issue: Whether the use of racial preferences by the federal government violates the Equal Protection Component of the Due Process Clause of the Fifth Amendment to the U.S.…
Friendly House v. Napolitano
Historical Case
Case Summary Issue: Whether a ballot initiative approved by the voters of Arizona (56 percent to 44 percent) to address voting and the receipt of benefits by illegal aliens violates…
Commissioner v. Banks & Commissioner v. Banaitis
Historical Case
Case Summary Whether, under Section 61(a) of the Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. 61(a), a taxpayer’s gross income from the proceeds of litigation includes the portion of his damages recovery…
Center For Native Ecosystems v. Salazar
Historical Case
Case Summary Issue: Whether the Fish and Wildlife Service may continue to list or delist a species based upon the threats present across only a “significant portion of [the species’]…