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Supreme Court Insight: Sample Content

Content from 1975-2016/2017 term

Original Jurisdiction Case

State of Kansas, Plaintiff v. State of Nebraska and State of Colorado
Term: October 2002

Landmark Case

Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, et al., Petitioners v. Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights, Inc., et al.
Term: October 2005
Includes links to related legislative and regulatory histories (Note: access depends on institutional subscriptions)

Disposition: Dismissed as (cert was) improvidently granted

United States v. Estelle Jacobs, AKA "Mrs. Kramer"
Term: October 1977

Summary Disposition

Ever Higgins, Petitioner v. Tyson Foods, Inc.
Term: October 2005

Content from Cert Denied 1 (1997-2017/18 term)

Subject: Cruel and Unusual Punishment

Linda Darlene McKenney, et al., Petitioners v. John Mark Williams, Deceased, by Phyllis A. Williams
Term: October 1997

Petitioner: RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company

R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Petitioner v. Florence Kenyon, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Floyd J. Kenyon, Sr.
Term October 2003

Amicus Brief from the Associated Press

Center for National Security Studies, et al., Petitioners v. Department of Justice
Term: October 2003
Includes links to related legislative and regulatory histories (Note: access depends on institutional subscriptions)