United States v. Watts, 519 U.S. 148 (decided January 6, 1997): court can take into account preponderance of evidence of illegal...

O’Gorman & Young, Inc. v. Hartford Fire Ins. Co., 282 U.S. 251 (decided January 5, 1931): upholding New Jersey statute requiring...

Theatre Enterprises, Inc. v. Paramount Film Distributing Corp., 346 U.S. 537 (decided January 4, 1954): jury properly heard issue of...

United States v. Gaskin, 320 U.S. 527 (decided January 3, 1944): “Peonage” (abducting someone in debt to you and forcing him to work for...

Rochin v. California, 342 U.S. 165 (decided January 2, 1952): Defendant vomited out two capsules of (illegal) morphine at hospital after...

Blake v. United States, 103 U.S. 227 (decided January 1, 1880): (Wikipedia has this being decided on January 1 though all Westlaw says is...

National League of Cities v. Brennan, 419 U.S. 1321 (decided December 31, 1974): the last two days of 1974 were busy.  On December 30 a...

Louisiana v. Hill, 141 S.Ct. 1232 (decided December 30, 2020):  Hill was convicted of statutory rape and “SEX OFFENDER” was put on his...

Parisi v. Davidson, 396 U.S. 1233 (decided December 29, 1969): Douglas denies stay of Vietnam deployment of man who appealed denial of...

Synanon Foundation, Inc. v. California, 444 U.S. 1307 (decided December 28, 1979): Rehnquist denies stay of order allowing California...

Socialist Workers Party v. Attorney General of the United States, 419 U.S. 1314 (decided December 27, 1974): Marshall denies stay of...

Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. v. Sebelius, 568 U.S. 1401 (decided December 26, 2012): Sotomayor denies stay of enforcement of Affordable Care...

Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. v. Gunther, 116 U.S. 113 (decided December 25, 1885) (was this case really “filed” on December 25, as...

Missouri Kansas & Texas Ry. Co. of Texas v. Ferris, 179 U.S. 602 (decided December 24, 1900): no federal question presented by Texas...

International News Service v. Associated Press, 248 U.S. 215 (decided December 23, 1918): wire services can’t steal stories from one...

Memphis & L. R.R. Co. v. Berry, 112 U.S. 609 (decided December 22, 1884): tax break given to railroad company formed by act of...

Oregon v. Mitchell, 400 U.S. 112 (decided December 21, 1970): original jurisdiction case; Congress can set voting age requirements for...

United States v. Marion, 404 U.S. 307 (decided December 20, 1971): speedy trial requirement (Sixth Amendment) is not triggered until...

Sorrells v. United States, 287 U.S. 435 (decided December 19, 1932): defendant accused of liquor sale (during Prohibition) can assert...

Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City of Cleveland, Ohio, 409 U.S. 249 (decided December 18, 1972): simply because airplane crashed into...