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The Federal Energy Agency issued a permit allowing a private company to build a transmission line through a national...
The Federal Energy Agency issued a permit allowing a private company to build a transmission line through a national forest. The agency skipped a notice-and-comment step required by statute. Three plaintiffs sued in f...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc., Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission, Summers v. Earth Island Institute
A city ordinance barred demonstrations near a convention center during political conventions. A protest group sued fo...
A city ordinance barred demonstrations near a convention center during political conventions. A protest group sued for an injunction. After the district court ruled against the city, the city repealed the ordinance bu...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc., Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. ICC, Roe v. Wade
A city ordinance imposes a $10,000 civil penalty on any organization that distributes anonymous campaign flyers withi...
A city ordinance imposes a $10,000 civil penalty on any organization that distributes anonymous campaign flyers within 60 days before a municipal election. A civil-rights group plans to distribute anonymous flyers cri...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner, Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus
A federal agency issued a permit allowing a private company to drain wetlands next to a city park. A neighborhood ass...
A federal agency issued a permit allowing a private company to drain wetlands next to a city park. A neighborhood association sued in federal court, alleging that the agency misread the governing statute. The complain...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife, Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc., Summers v. Earth Island Institute
A newspaper challenged a state campaign-finance disclosure law in state court. The state supreme court rejected the n...
A newspaper challenged a state campaign-finance disclosure law in state court. The state supreme court rejected the newspaper's First Amendment argument. The court also held, in a separate section, that the newspaper...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Michigan v. Long
A senator sent a letter asking a federal district court to declare whether a proposed bill would be constitutional be...
A senator sent a letter asking a federal district court to declare whether a proposed bill would be constitutional before Congress votes on it. In a separate action, a medical-device manufacturer sued for a declarator...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Muskrat v. United States, Aetna Life Insurance Co. v. Haworth
A trade association of independent pharmacies challenged a state rule requiring pharmacies to disclose customer recor...
A trade association of independent pharmacies challenged a state rule requiring pharmacies to disclose customer records to a state database. The association alleges that several named member pharmacies must comply nex...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Hunt v. Washington State Apple Advertising Commission, Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc.
Congress appropriated funds for grants to private schools, including religious schools, to buy math textbooks. A fede...
Congress appropriated funds for grants to private schools, including religious schools, to buy math textbooks. A federal taxpayer sued, claiming the grants violate the Establishment Clause. A second taxpayer sued to c...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Frothingham v. Mellon, Flast v. Cohen, Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc., Craig v. Boren, Havens Realty Corp. v. Coleman
Congress asked the Supreme Court to issue a formal opinion advising whether a proposed bill would be constitutional b...
Congress asked the Supreme Court to issue a formal opinion advising whether a proposed bill would be constitutional before Congress votes on it. Separately, a company filed a declaratory judgment action after a federa...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, Marbury v. Madison, Muskrat v. United States, Michigan v. Long, Ex parte McCardle, United States v. Klein
Congress enacted a statute appropriating money for grants to private elementary schools, including religious schools,...
Congress enacted a statute appropriating money for grants to private elementary schools, including religious schools, to purchase science equipment. A federal taxpayer sued, alleging that the statute violates the Esta...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Frothingham v. Mellon, Flast v. Cohen, Hein v. Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc.
Congress enacted a statute regulating federal commissions. After the statute took effect, a newly appointed commissio...
Congress enacted a statute regulating federal commissions. After the statute took effect, a newly appointed commissioner sued in federal court, alleging that the statute violated the Constitution and that a federal of...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Marbury v. Madison
Four federal suits are filed. In the first, voters argue that their state no longer has a republican form of governme...
Four federal suits are filed. In the first, voters argue that their state no longer has a republican form of government because state initiatives can override statutes. In the second, a removed federal officer challen...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Baker v. Carr, Luther v. Borden, Nixon v. United States, Rucho v. Common Cause
Four lawsuits reach federal court. In the first, voters allege that their state government is not "republican" becaus...
Four lawsuits reach federal court. In the first, voters allege that their state government is not "republican" because the legislature allows statewide initiatives to override statutes. In the second, a federal judge...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Baker v. Carr, Luther v. Borden, Nixon v. United States, Rucho v. Common Cause, Japan Whaling Association v. American Cetacean Society
State A enacted a law requiring online political advertisers to file donor reports within 24 hours after any ad is po...
State A enacted a law requiring online political advertisers to file donor reports within 24 hours after any ad is posted. Violations carry civil penalties. A small advocacy group planned to run ads next month, but su...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Abbott Laboratories v. Gardner, Susan B. Anthony List v. Driehaus, Friends of the Earth, Inc. v. Laidlaw Environmental Services, Inc., Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. ICC, Roe v. Wade
While several appeals were pending in the Supreme Court from lower federal-court judgments against the United States,...
While several appeals were pending in the Supreme Court from lower federal-court judgments against the United States, Congress enacted a statute providing: "The Supreme Court shall have no appellate jurisdiction over...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Ex parte McCardle, United States v. Klein, Marbury v. Madison
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