United States v. Kirby Lumber Co., 284 U.S. 1 (decided November 2, 1931): in one of his last opinions, Holmes holds that the gain...

Graham v. Fulton County Special Purpose Grand Jury, 143 S.Ct. 397 (decided November 1, 2022): According to Georgia Secretary of State...

General Atomic Co. v. Felter, 434 U.S. 12 (decided October 31, 1977): state court can’t enjoin litigants from filing actions in federal...

Jones v. Meehan, 175 U.S. 1 (decided October 30, 1899): language of treaty, and rights of inheritance as to Indian property, are...

Shell v. Mississippi, 498 U.S. 1 (decided October 29, 1990): capital murder conviction reversed because definition of “especially...

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. — (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...