Supreme Court - Sliplists, 529 U. S., Part 1

529 U. S., Part 1

Shalala v. Illinois Council on Long Term Care, Inc., 529 U. S. 1 (2000)

R032; No. 98-1109; 2/29/00. Title 42 U. S. C. 405(h), part of a special system of administrative and judicial review for denials of Medicare claims, bars respondent nursing home association from invoking federal-question jurisdiction to challenge the validity of Medicare enforcement regulations.

United States v. Johnson, 529 U. S. ___ (2000)

R033; No. 98-1696; 3/1/00. This Court is bound by the controlling statute, 18 U. S. C. sec. 3624(e), which, by its necessary operation, does not reduce the length of a supervised release term by reason of excess time served in prison.

Portuondo v. Agard, 529 U. S. ___ (2000)

R034; No. 98-1170; 3/6/00. A prosecutor's comments that respondent had the opportunity to hear all other witnesses before testifying and tailor his testimony accordingly did not violate his Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights to be present at trial and confront his accusers or his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process.

United States v. Locke, 529 U. S. ___ (2000)

R035; No. 98-1701; 3/6/00. Washington's supertanker regulations regarding general navigation watch procedures, crew English language skills and training, and maritime casualty reporting are pre-empted by a comprehensive federal regulatory scheme; the case is remanded so the validity of other state regulations may be assessed in light of the considerable federal interest at stake.

FDA v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 529 U. S. ___ (2000)

R036; No. 98-1152; 3/21/00. Reading the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act as a whole, as well as in conjunction with Congress' subsequent tobacco-specific legislation, it is plain that Congress has not given the Food and Drug Administration the authority to assert jurisdiction over tobacco products.

Cortez Byrd Chips, Inc. v. Bill Harbert Constr. Co., 529 U. S. ___ (2000)

R037; 98-1960; 3/21/00. The venue provisions of the Federal Arbitration Act are permissive, allowing a motion to confirm, vacate, or modify an arbitration award to be brought either in the district where the award was made or in any district proper under the general venue statute.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Samara Brothers, Inc., 529 U. S. ___ (2000)

R038; No. 99-150; 3/22/00. In an action for infringement of unregistered trade dress under sec. 43(a) of the Lanham Act, a product's design is distinctive, and therefore protectible, only upon a showing of secondary meaning.

Board of Regents of Univ. of Wis. System v. Southworth, 529 U. S. ___ (2000)

R039; No. 98-1189; 3/22/00. The First Amendment permits a public university to charge its students an activity fee used to fund a program to facilitate extracurricular student speech, provided that the program is viewpoint neutral.

Garner v. Jones, 529 U. S. ___ (2000)

R040; No. 99-137; 3/28/00. The retroactive application of a Georgia law permitting the extension of intervals between parole considerations does not necessarily violate the Ex Post Facto Clause, but the case is remanded for a determination whether the law, in its operation, violates the Clause.

Florida v. J. L., 529 U. S. ___ (2000)

R041; No. 98-1993. 3/28/00. An anonymous tip that a person is carrying a gun is not, without more, sufficient to justify a police officer's stop and frisk of that person.

Erie v. Pap's A. M., 529 U. S. ___ (2000)

R042; No. 98-1161. 3/29/00. The judgment of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court invalidating on freedom of expression grounds Erie's ordinance banning public nudity is reversed.

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