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. — (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...

Nebraska v. Wyoming et al., 325 U.S. 665 (decided October 8, 1945): Original jurisdiction case where the Court confirms the Special...

Doe v. Gonzalez, 546 U.S. 1301 (decided October 7, 2005): Ginsburg denies emergency stay because appeal in Second Circuit is being...