Supreme Court - Sliplists, 529 U. S., Part 2

529 U. S., Part 2

Free v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc., 529 U. S. ___ (2000) (per curiam)

R043; No. 99-391; 4/3/00. The judgment is affirmed by an equally divided Court.

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

R044; No. 98-9349; 4/17/00. A law enforcement officer's physical manipulation of a bus passenger's carry-on luggage violates the Fourth Amendment's proscription against unreasonable searches.

Norfolk Southern R. Co. v. Shanklin, 529 U. S. ___ (2000)

R045; No. 99-312; 4/17/00. The Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970, in conjunction with 23 CFR secs. 646.214(b)(3) and (4), pre-empts state tort claims concerning a railroad's failure to maintain adequate warning devices at crossings where federal funds have participated in the devices' installation.

Williams v. Taylor, 529 U. S. ___ (2000)

R046; No. 98-8384; 4/18/00. The Fourth Circuit's decision concluding that petitioner was not denied his constitutionally guaranteed right to the effective assistance of counsel, as defined in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U. S. 668, when his trial lawyers failed to investigate and to present substantial mitigating evidence is reversed, and the case is remanded.

Williams v. Taylor, 529 U. S. ___ (2000)

R047; No. 99-6615; 4/18/00. Under 28 U. S. C. sec. 2254(e)(2), as amended by AEDPA, a "fail[ure] to develop the factual basis of [a] claim in State court" is not established unless there is a lack of diligence, or some greater fault, attributable to the federal habeas petitioner or his counsel.

Edwards v. Carpenter, 529 U. S. ___ (2000)

R048; No. 98-2060; 4/25/00. A procedurally defaulted ineffective-assistance of counsel claim can serve as cause to excuse the procedural default of another habeas claim only if the habeas petitioner can satisfy the "cause and prejudice" standard with respect to the ineffective-assistance claim itself.

Nelson v. Adams USA, Inc., 529 U. S. ___ (2000)

R049; No. 99-502; 4/25/00. The District Court violated due process when it amended its attorney fees judgment in favor of respondent to join petitioner, the president and sole shareholder of the defendant, as a party and simultaneously made petitioner liable for the fee award.

Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U. S. ___ (2000)

R050; No. 98-6322; 4/26/00. A federal habeas corpus petition filed after an initial petition was dismissed without adjudication on the merits for failure to exhaust state remedies is not a "second or successive" petition that is subject to dismissal for abuse of the writ.

Beck v. Prupis, 529 U. S. ___ (2000)

R051; No. 98-1480; 4/26/00. Injury caused by an overt act that is not an act of racketeering or otherwise wrongful under RICO does not give rise to a cause of action under 18 U. S. C. sec. 1964(c) for a violation of sec. 1962(d).

Carmell v. Texas, 529 U. S. ___ (2000)

R052; No. 98-7540; 5/1/00. The retrospective application of a Texas statute repealing a corroboration requirement for conviction of a defendant charged with certain sexual offenses violates the Ex Post Facto Clause.

Christensen v. Harris County, 529 U. S. ___ (2000)

R053; No. 98-1167; 5/1/00. Nothing in the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 or its implementing regulations prohibits a public employer from compelling the use of compensatory time.

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