List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 478
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This is a list of all the United States Supreme Court
cases from volume 478 of the United States Reports
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Supreme Court of the United States
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all state and federal courts, and original jurisdiction over a small range of cases...
cases from volume 478 of the United States Reports
United States Reports
The United States Reports are the official record of the rulings, orders, case tables, and other proceedings of the Supreme Court of the United States. Opinions of the court in each case, prepended with a headnote prepared by the Reporter of Decisions, and any concurring or dissenting opinions are...
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- Press-Enterprise Co. v. Superior Court of Cal., County of Riverside,
- Thornburg v. GinglesThornburg v. GinglesThornburg v. Gingles was a lawsuit that reached the United States Supreme Court in 1985. A unanimous court found that "the legacy of official discrimination ... acted in concert with the multimember districting scheme to impair the ability of .....
, - Davis v. BandemerDavis v. BandemerDavis v. Bandemer, , is a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that claims of partisan gerrymandering was within the judiciary's remit, but failed to agree on a clear standard for the judicial review of the class of claims of a political nature to which such cases belong...
, - Bowers v. HardwickBowers v. HardwickBowers v. Hardwick, , is a United States Supreme Court decision that upheld, in a 5-4 ruling, the constitutionality of a Georgia sodomy law criminalizing oral and anal sex in private between consenting adults when applied to homosexuals. Seventeen years after Bowers v. Hardwick, the Supreme Court...
, - Japan Whaling Assn. v. American Cetacean Soc.,
- Acosta v. Louisiana Dept. of Health and Human Resources, (per curiam)
- Allen v. Hardy, (per curiam)
- Papasan v. Allain,
- Library of Congress v. Shaw,
- Posadas de Puerto Rico Associates v. Tourism Co. of P. R.,
- Allen v. Illinois,
- Bazemore v. Friday, (per curiam)
- Sheet Metal Workers v. EEOC,
- Firefighters v. Cleveland,
- Pennsylvania v. Delaware Valley Citizens' Council for Clean Air,
- Rose v. Clark,
- United States v. James,
- Baker v. General Motors Corp.,
- Randall v. Loftsgaarden,
- Bethel School District v. FraserBethel School District v. FraserBethel School District v. Fraser, 478 U.S. 675 , was a United States Supreme Court decision involving free speech and public schools. Matthew Fraser was suspended from school for making a speech full of sexual double entendres at a school assembly...
, - Arcara v. Cloud Books, Inc.,
- Bowsher v. SynarBowsher v. SynarBowsher v. Synar, 478 U.S. 714 struck down the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act as an unconstitutional usurpation of executive power by Congress because the law empowered Congress to terminate the United States Comptroller General for certain specified reasons, including "inefficiency, 'neglect of duty,'...
, - University of Tennessee v. Elliott,
- Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. ThompsonMerrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. ThompsonMerrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Thompson, 478 U.S. 804 , was a United States Supreme Court decision involving the original jurisdiction of the federal district courts under 28 U.S.C...
, - Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n v. SchorCommodity Futures Trading Commission v. SchorCommodity Futures Trading Commission v. Schor, 478 U.S. 833 , was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held an administrative agency may, in some cases, exert jurisdiction over state-law counterclaims.-Background:...
, - Araneta v. United States,
- Mikutaitis v. United States,
- Prudential Fed. Sav. & Loan Assn. v. Flanigan,