Jackson v. Allen , 132 U.S. 27 (decided October 28, 1889): case should not have been removed because diversity of citizenship not clearly...

Maxwell v. Bugbee , 250 U.S. 525 (decided October 27, 1919): New Jersey tax on out-of-state inheritor based on ratio of property owned in...

United States v. Kurtz , 164 U.S. 49 (decided October 26, 1896): this mundane case concerns how a clerk’s fee is to be calculated -- by...

Myers v. United States , 272 U.S. 52 (decided October 25, 1926): President can remove officers appointed with consent of Senate (here, a...

Robinson v. Hanrahan , 409 U.S. 38 (decided October 24, 1972): forfeiture of car after armed robbery conviction violated Due Process;...

INS v. Hibi , 414 U.S. 5 (decided October 23, 1973): denies application for citizenship by Philippines-born veteran who fought there and...

Maney v. United States , 278 U.S. 17 (decided October 22, 1928): District Court award of citizenship was not res judicata; United States...

Mireles v. Waco , 502 U.S. 9 (decided October 21, 1991): judicial immunity for judge who ordered public defender seized and brought into...

United States v. Sandoval , 231 U.S. 28 (decided October 20, 1913): Congress can make laws as to Indian lands (here, a prohibition on...

Comm’r of Internal Revenue v. McCoy , 484 U.S. 3 (decided October 19, 1987): Court of Appeals can’t award equitable relief (forgiving...

Rivas-Villegas v. Cortesluna , 595 U.S. 1 (decided October 18, 2021): plaintiff sued under §1983 for excessive force; Court held that...

McPherson v. Blacker , 146 U.S. 1 (decided October 17, 1892): rejects argument that under art. II, §1, clause 2 (Electors from states...

Charlotte Harbor & N. Ry. Co. v. Welles , 260 U.S. 8 (decided October 16, 1922): Florida Legislature can ratify county’s ultra vires...

Civil Rights Cases , 109 U.S. 3 (decided October 15, 1883): strikes down federal statute prohibiting racial discrimination in public...

McConnell v. Rhay , 393 U.S. 2 (decided October 14, 1968): Court holds that its rule of Mempa v. Rhay , 1967, that there is a right to...

Moore v. Terminal Railroad Ass’n of St. Louis , 358 U.S. 31 (decided October 13, 1958): Court, without opinion, reverses Missouri Supreme...

United States v. Morrison , 429 U.S. 1 (decided October 12, 1976):  After conviction based on marijuana found in car, the Circuit Court...

Arlington County Board v. Richards , 434 U.S. 5 (decided October 11, 1977): community can restrict on-street parking to residents and...

Lucy v. Adams , 350 U.S. 1 (decided October 10, 1955): Court reinstates injunction, meaning that University of Alabama can’t deny two...

Pilon v. Bordenkircher , 444 U.S. 1 (decided October 9, 1979): Court, relying on its own recent precedent, reverses the denial of habeas...