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U.S. Supreme Court 2009 Term Arguments

Oral arguments before the Supreme Court of the United States, presented by Oyez, a multimedia judicial archive at the IllinoisTech Chicago-Kent College of Law.

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Samantar v. Yousuf

U.S. Supreme Court 2009 Term Arguments ·

2010/03/03

A case in which the Court held that the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act does not extend to an individual acting in his official capacity on behalf of the foreign state.

Hui v. Castaneda

U.S. Supreme Court 2009 Term Arguments ·

2010/03/02

A case in which the Court held that the immunity granted by the Federal Tort Claims Act precludes Bivens actions against Public Health Service officers for constitutional violations committed while in the scope of the employees' official duties.

McDonald v. Chicago

U.S. Supreme Court 2009 Term Arguments ·

2010/03/02

A case in which the Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment makes the Second Amendment's right to bear arms for the purpose of self-defense applicable in the states.

Holland v. Florida

U.S. Supreme Court 2009 Term Arguments ·

2010/03/01

A case in which the Court held that a state prisoner who has exhausted their appeals process in their state has one year to file a writ of habeas corpus, with certain exceptions (including attorney misconduct) that may allow the courts to relax that deadline.

Berghuis v. Thompkins

U.S. Supreme Court 2009 Term Arguments ·

2010/03/01

A case in which the Court held that a Michigan state court did not deprive a prisoner of his Miranda rights or his right to effective counsel because he failed to state his defense of those rights "unambiguously."

Skilling v. United States

U.S. Supreme Court 2009 Term Arguments ·

2010/03/01

A case in which the Court held that the former CEO of Enron received a fair trial before an impartial jury, and that the federal law that makes it a crime to deprive someone of a fair and honest trial only applies to bribery and kickback schemes.

United States v. Marcus

U.S. Supreme Court 2009 Term Arguments ·

2010/02/24

A case in which the Court held that an appellate court may correct an error not raised at trial only when the appellant demonstrates that: (1) there is an error; (2) the error is clear and obvious; (3) the error affected the appellant's substantial rights; and (4) the error seriously affects the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of judicial proceedings.

Carr v. United States

U.S. Supreme Court 2009 Term Arguments ·

2010/02/24

A case in which the Court held that the Sex Offender and Registration Act does not apply to sex offenders' interstate travel that occurred before the Act's effective date.

Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project

U.S. Supreme Court 2009 Term Arguments ·

2010/02/23

A case in which the Court held that sections of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act were not unconstitutionally vague in a lawsuit that named the Kurdistan Workers Party and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.

United States v. O'Brien

U.S. Supreme Court 2009 Term Arguments ·

2010/02/23

A case in which the Court held that the fact that a firearm was a machine gun is an element to be proved to the jury beyond a reasonable doubt, not a sentencing factor to be proved to the judge at sentencing.

Lewis v. Chicago

U.S. Supreme Court 2009 Term Arguments ·

2010/02/22

A case in which the Court held that an employee may file a Title VII disparate impact claim within 300 days after their employer executes the allegedly unlawful practice.

Astrue v. Ratliff

U.S. Supreme Court 2009 Term Arguments ·

2010/02/22

A case in which the Court determined that an award of attorney’s fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act can be used to offset the prevailing party’s preexisting debt to the government.

Conkright v. Frommert

U.S. Supreme Court 2009 Term Arguments ·

2010/01/20

A case in which the Court held that the Second Circuit Court of Appeals erred when they did not hold a claim of unfair pension distribution by employees of the Xerox Corporation to a deferential standard of review.

Berghuis v. Smith

U.S. Supreme Court 2009 Term Arguments ·

2010/01/20

A case in which the Court held that a Michigan state court did not create an unfair bias in jury selection for a murder trial.

Mac's Shell Service v. Shell Oil Products Co.

U.S. Supreme Court 2009 Term Arguments ·

2010/01/19

A case in which the Court held that a franchise operator cannot successfully bring a claim of constructive termination of the franchise unless it can be proven that the parent company directly forced the franchise out of business.

Granite Rock Co. v. International Brotherhood of...

U.S. Supreme Court 2009 Term Arguments ·

2010/01/19

A case in which the Court held that federal courts have jurisdiction to determine whether or not a collective bargaining agreement was formed between two parties when the agreement is disputed, but neither party makes a challenge to the arbitration clause contained in the agreement.

Jerman v. Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Kramer, & Ulrich LPA

U.S. Supreme Court 2009 Term Arguments ·

2010/01/13

A case in which the Court held that a debt collector's mistake in interpreting the law cannot qualify for the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act bona fide error defense.

American Needle Inc. v. National Football League

U.S. Supreme Court 2009 Term Arguments ·

2010/01/13

A case in which the Court held that separate teams in the NFL are not a collective, single entity, and that their actions regarding licensing their merchandise are subject to the Sherman Antitrust Act.

Abbott v. Abbott

U.S. Supreme Court 2009 Term Arguments ·

2010/01/12

A case in which the Court held that the Hague Convention gave a father a right to have his child brought back to Chile from Texas after the child's mother violated her divorce agreement that required both parents' consent for the child to be taken out of Chile.

United States v. Comstock

U.S. Supreme Court 2009 Term Arguments ·

2010/01/12

A case in which the Court held that the Necessary and Proper Clause granted Congress authority to enact the Adam Walsh Protection and Safety Act.

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