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Recent Decisions


July 02, 2021
       
Dunn v. Reeves (20-1084) (Per Curiam)
In this federal habeas case, the Eleventh Circuit erred in characterizing the Alabama court’s case-specific analysis as a “categorical rule” that any prisoner will always lose an ineffective-assistance-of-trial-counsel claim if he fails to call and question trial counsel concerning his or her actions and reasoning; the Alabama court did not violate clearly established federal law when it rejected Reeves’ ineffective-assistance-of-trial-counsel claim.



July 01, 2021
         
Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee (19-1257)
Arizona’s challenged voting regulations governing precinct-based election-day voting (rejecting ballots cast in the wrong precinct) and early mail-in voting (making it a crime for anyone other than an authorized proxy to possess the early ballot of another voter) do not violate §2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965; Arizona House Bill 2023 (enacting the early mail-in voting regulations) was not enacted with a racially discriminatory purpose.

         
Americans for Prosperity Foundation v. Bonta (19-251)
The Ninth Circuit’s judgment, which vacated the District Court’s injunction of California’s compelled disclosure of Schedule Bs as not narrowly tailored to the State’s interest in investigating charitable misconduct, is reversed, and the cases are remanded.



June 29, 2021
         
Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc. (20-440)
The well-grounded patent law doctrine of assignor estoppel applies only when the assignor’s claim of invalidity contradicts explicit or implicit representations the assignor made in assigning the patent.

         
Johnson v. Guzman Chavez (19-897)
The detention of an alien ordered removed from the United States who reenters without authorization is governed by 8 U. S. C. §1231.

         
PennEast Pipeline Co. v. New Jersey (19-1039)
A certificate of public convenience and necessity issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission pursuant to §717f(h) of the Natural Gas Act authorizes a private company to condemn all necessary rights-of-way, whether owned by private parties or States.



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Symbols of Law


Symbols of Law, including the Scales of Justice and Books of Law, are found throughout the architecture of the Supreme Court Building. The Scales symbolize the impartial deliberation, or weighing, of two sides in a legal dispute. Books represent learning, written knowledge, judgment, and a means to record decisions of the Supreme Court.

 

In the uppermost area of the Great Hall are repeating architectural elements known as metopes, which depict classical symbols and famous lawgivers. The book flanked by torches shown here represents education and knowledge.
In the uppermost area of the Great Hall are repeating architectural elements known as metopes, which depict classical symbols and famous lawgivers. The book flanked by torches shown here represents education and knowledge.
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