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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Administrative Law, Commercial Law, Construction, Criminal Law & Procedure, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate |
| Title: | Rapanos v. US |
| Date: | 06/19/06 |
| Case Number: | 04–1034 |
| Summary: | In cases involving certain state wetlands lying near ditches or man-made drains that eventually empty into traditional navigable waters, judgments against petitioners-landowners are vacated and remanded for further proceedings as to whether the specific wetlands at issue possessed a significant nexus with navigable waters for purposes of regulation under the Clean Water Act (CWA). |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Bankruptcy Law, Civil Rights, Construction, Contracts, Food & Beverages |
| Title: | Domino's Pizza, Inc. v. MacDonald |
| Date: | 02/22/06 |
| Case Number: | 04–593 |
| Summary: | A plaintiff cannot state a claim under 42 U.S.C. section 1981 unless he has or would have rights under the existing or proposed contract that he wishes "to make and enforce." Section 1981 plaintiffs must identify injuries flowing from a racially motivated breach of their own contractual relationship, not of someone else's. |