Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Civil Procedure : From 10/01/00 To 07/01/01
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law |
| Title: | KANSAS v. COLORADO |
| Date: | 06/11/01 |
| Case Number: | 105 |
| Summary: | Money damages for violation of the Arkansas River Compact do not violate the Eleventh Amendment because the parties to the compact are states, not citizens, and the unliquidated nature of the money damages does not bar an award of prejudgment interest. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Criminal Law & Procedure |
| Title: | FLORIDA v. THOMAS |
| Date: | 06/04/01 |
| Case Number: | 00-391 |
| Summary: | Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. Cohn, 420 U.S. 469 (1975), sets out the four instances where the U.S. Supreme Court may exercise jurisdiction in the face of further criminal proceedings in state court below. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure |
| Title: | BECKER v. MONTGOMERY |
| Date: | 05/29/01 |
| Case Number: | 00-6374 |
| Summary: | The failure to sign an otherwise timely and complete notice of appeal does not require the court of appeals to dismiss the appeal. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure |
| Title: | NEW HAMPSHIRE v. MAINE |
| Date: | 05/29/01 |
| Case Number: | 130 |
| Summary: | Judicial estoppel bars New Hampshire from asserting that the Piscataqua River boundary runs along the Maine shore. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Civil Rights |
| Title: | BOOTH v. CHURNER |
| Date: | 05/29/01 |
| Case Number: | 99-1964 |
| Summary: | Before filing suit in court, an inmate seeking only money damages must complete a prison administrative process that could provide some sort of relief on the complaint stated, even if the administrative process can result in no award of money. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Civil Rights |
| Title: | BUCKHANNON BD. & CARE HOME, INC. v. W. VIRGINIA DEP'T OF HEALTH & HUMAN RES. |
| Date: | 05/29/01 |
| Case Number: | 99-1848 |
| Summary: | The term "prevailing party" for purposes of attorneys' fee awards does not include a party where litigation brought about a voluntary change in the defendant’s conduct, but neverthelss failed to secure a judgment on the merits or a court-ordered consent decree. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Injury and Tort Law |
| Title: | COOPER INDUS., INC. v. LEATHERMANTOOL GROUP, INC. |
| Date: | 05/14/01 |
| Case Number: | 99-2035 |
| Summary: | The Constitution requires that appellate courts review punitive damages awards using a de novo standard rather than a deferential standard. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Civil Rights |
| Title: | ALEXANDER v. SANDOVAL |
| Date: | 04/24/01 |
| Case Number: | 99-1908 |
| Summary: | Private individuals may not sue to enforce disparate-impact regulations promulgated under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 USC 2000d et seq. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure |
| Title: | SEMTEK INT'L INC. v. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORP. |
| Date: | 02/27/01 |
| Case Number: | 99-1551 |
| Summary: | Because diversity jurisdiction incorporates state claim-preclusion law, federal law giving res judicata effect to judgments based on a state statute of limitations would violate the Rules Enabling Act, 28 USC 2072(b). |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration |
| Title: | GREENTREE FINANCIAL CORP.-ALABAMA v. RANDOLPH |
| Date: | 12/11/00 |
| Case Number: | 99-1235 |
| Summary: | An order compelling arbitration and dismissing a party's underlying claims is a "final decision with respect to an arbitration" within the meaning of the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 USC 16, and thus is immediately appealable. Arbitration agreements are enforceable even when they are silent as to arbitration costs and fees. |