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ABF Freight System, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board
After employee Michael Manson gave a false excuse for being late to work, ABF Freight System, Inc. (ABF) fired him for tardiness.
United States Supreme Court | 510 U.S. 317 (1994)
Adair v. United States
A law passed by Congress in 1898 made it illegal for employers to fire employees solely on the basis of their participation in labor unions. The law essentially made the "yellow dog" contract illegal.
United States Supreme Court | 208 U.S. 161 (1908)
Adams v. Williams
A police officer acting on the tip of an informant asked the defendant to open his car door. The police officer reached into the car and pulled a gun from the defendant's waistband, which the police officer knew would be there because of information supplied to him by the informant.
United States Supreme Court | 407 U.S. 143 (1972)
Adamson v. California
Adamson was convicted of murder. During the trial, the state had commented to the jury on his failure to take the stand.
United States Supreme Court | 332 U.S. 46 (1947)
Adarand Constructors v. Pena
Adarand, a contractor specializing in highway guardrail work, submitted the lowest bid as a subcontractor for part of a project funded by the United States Department of Transportation. Under the terms of the federal contract, the prime contractor would receive additional compensation if it hired small businesses controlled by "socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.
United States Supreme Court | 515 U.S. 200 (1995)
Adkins v. Children's Hospital
In 1918, Congress enacted a law which guaranteed a minimum wage to women and children employed in the District of Columbia. This case was decided together with Children's Hospital v.
United States Supreme Court | 261 U.S. 525 (1923)
Airport Commissioners v. Jews for Jesus
The Board of Airport Commissioners of Los Angeles adopted an ordinance which prohibited all "First Amendment activities" in the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Alan Snyder, a minister with Jews for Jesus, was instructed by an airport officer to refrain from distributing free religious literature on a walkway in the central terminal of LAX.
United States Supreme Court | 482 U.S. 569 (1987)
Alabama v. Bozeman
The Interstate Agreement on Detainers creates uniform procedures for lodging and executing a detainer, a legal order that requires a state to hold a currently imprisoned individual when he has finished serving his sentence so that he may be tried by a different State for a different crime. In 1997, Michael Bozeman was serving a federal prison sentence at a federal prison in Florida.
United States Supreme Court | 533 U.S. 146 (2001)
Albright v. Oliver
Illinois police obtained a warrant to arrest Kevin Albright after he was seen selling a substance which look liked an illegal drug. Upon hearing of the warrant, Albright surrendered to police detective Roger Oliver.
United States Supreme Court | 510 U.S. 266 (1994)
Alden v. Maine
A group of probation officers sued their employer, the State of Maine, in 1992 alleging that the state had violated the overtime provisions of the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act. Following the Court's decision in Seminole Tribe v.
United States Supreme Court | 527 U.S. 706 (1999)
Alexander v. Sandoval
Alabama added an amendment to the state constitution which made English the official language of Alabama. Shortly afterward Alexander, the director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety and the defendant, changed the driving examination in Alabama so that it was only available in English.
United States Supreme Court | 532 U.S. 275, 121
Alexander v. United States
Ferris Alexander was the owner of a chain of stores and theaters in Minnesota that distributed sexually explicit media. He was charged with violating federal obscenity laws and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).
United States Supreme Court | 509 U.S. 544 (1993)
Allen v. Wright
In an effort to curb racially discriminatory practices in private schools, the Internal Revenue Code denies tax-exempt status to schools which promote such practices. The Code also prohibits individuals from making tax-deductible donations to private schools which racially discriminate.
United States Supreme Court | 468 U.S. 737 (1984)
Allgeyer v. Louisiana
A Louisiana statute prohibited foreign (out-of-state) insurance corporations from conducting business in Louisiana without maintaining at least one place of business and an authorized agent in the State. Louisiana implemented the statute as an exercise of its police powers, intending to protect its citizens from deceitful insurance companies.
United States Supreme Court | 165 U.S. 578 (1897)
Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus
In 1974, Minnesota adopted legislation which required private employers to pay a fee if they terminated employee pension plans or if they moved their offices from the state, leaving insufficient funds to cover pensions for ten-year employees. This law affected Allied Structural Steel as the company began closing offices in Minnesota.
United States Supreme Court | 438 U.S. 234 (1978)
Allied-Bruce Terminix Co. v. Dobson
In 1987, Steven Gwin, a homeowner in Birmingham, Alabama, bought a lifetime "Termite Protection Plan" from a local office of Allied-Bruce Terminix Company. The termite prevention contract specified that any controversy would be settled exclusively by arbitration.
United States Supreme Court | 513 U.S. 265 (1995)
American National Red Cross v. S.G. and A.E.
Plaintiffs filed two state-law tort actions in New Hampshire state courts, alleging that one of them had contracted AIDS from a transfusion of contaminated blood during surgery. The second action was brought against the Red Cross after plaintiffs discovered that it had supplied the tainted blood.
United States Supreme Court | 505 U.S. 247 (1992)
Anderson v. Dunn
Anderson attempted to bribe a member of Congress to receive favorable treatment from the government. The House order its sergeant-at-arms (Dunn) to arrest Anderson and bring him to the House where he was reprimanded by the Speaker for his contempt of Congress.
United States Supreme Court | 19 U.S. 204 (1821)
Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union
Congress passed the Child Online Protection Act (COPA) to prevent minors from accessing pornography online. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and online publishers sued in federal court to prevent enforcement of the act, arguing that it violated the Free Speech clause of the First Amendment.
United States Supreme Court | 542 U.S. 656 (2004)
Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition
The Child Pornography Prevention Act of 1996 (CPPA) prohibits "any visual depiction, including any photograph, film, video, picture, or computer or computer-generated image or picture" that "is, or appears to be, of a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct," and any sexually explicit image that is "advertised, promoted, presented, described, or distributed in such a manner that conveys the impression" it depicts "a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct." The Free Speech Coalition, an adult-entertainment trade association, and others filed suit, alleging that the "appears to be" and "conveys the impression" provisions are overbroad and vague and, thus, restrain works otherwise protected by the First Amendment.
United States Supreme Court | 535 U.S. 234 (2002)
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